Google’s ‘Shamu’ phablet aims to eclipse Apple iPhone 6 Plus

By | October 10, 2014

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Smartphone screens are getting even bigger, judging from Google’s (GOOGL) upcoming 5.9-inch beast, code-named “Shamu.” Just weeks after Apple (AAPL) introduced its 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, Google is looking to top it with the latest Nexus handset from its Motorola unit. The Nexus 6, nicknamed Shamu after the famous killer whale, will be released this month, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday. The Nexus 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are classified as phablets, or phone-tablets. Once ridiculed as being too large to use as phones, phablets are the hottest category in smartphones today. Pundits likened the experience of using early phablets to holding a dinner plate to your ear. But as people use mobile devices more for nonvoice applications like Web surfing and watching videos, demand for phablets has grown. The Nexus 6 is larger than the iPhone 6 Plus and the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4. It will be… Scalper1 News

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