The Galaxy Note III is not a secret. Rumors about the super-sized smart phone (or pint-sized tablet, if you prefer) have been percolating since this spring. According to the latest leaks, the Note III will be equipped with a 5.7-inch display, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, and the Android 4.3 mobile operating system; there's also word of support for LTE Advanced networks.
Why a phablet and not just another smart phone? Well, because despite their ungainly size, phablets remain beloved by consumers.
Consider, for instance, the Samsung Galaxy Note II, which was released in 2012, and which sold extremely well around the globe – Engadget later called it a "massive success." Analytics firm Transparency Market Research has gone so far as to predict that the phablet market will swell to $116.4 billion by 2018.
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