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Indeed it is, and that's OK. These predictions only need to serve for 2-3 model years at the outside, before the Next Big Thing comes along.
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The sales figures for the Note, and especially the Note II, would disagree.
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In other words, I predict the NEXT phablet device won't sell nearly as well because most people who want a phablet already have a Note. :-) |
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One thing to bear in mind as well, something could still be considered a niche in the smartphone market even if that niche is a sizable one consisting of millions of devices. |
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The problem with your prediction is that the next phablet from Samsung to compare like with like will probably be the GS4 creeping into that sort of size range and it will sell loads.
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(Grow? Sure. Grow to the levels of smaller, more handy phones, and larger, more usable tablets? Heck, I might even bet a whole six pack against that.) |
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But what exactly are we betting on in terms of size? IOW, are the Note III and iPhone 6 included, assuming the rumors are true? --Pat |
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This is roughly what the mobile device market is going to look like next year:
If you plan to listen to investment advice from PatNY or Barron's "analysts," you may as well throw your money in the toilet. Unless, of course, the advice is so blatantly obvious ("smartphone and tablet sales will increase next year") as to be worthy of printing on the inside of a fortune cookie. Again, how people get paid for this and how people can take this industry seriously is beyond me. |
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