As we have reminded you on other occasions, the IFA is one of the most important events in the field of consumer electronics worldwide. The fair Berlin, together with MWC in Barcelona, could be the two major events that place Europe as a benchmark in technology and, the passage of many manufacturers and suppliers through them, may be crucial to determine its presence in the sector in the short term.
While waiting for the devices that will be released in different formats in the German capital over the next few days to be confirmed with total security, today we are going to offer you a list with the phablets that came in style in recent editions. Will they be models from the largest firms, or will they be terminals manufactured by other more anonymous ones that took advantage of here to make their own show of force?
1. 2016, an IFA without the biggest
During last year's meeting, we were able to see significant advances in fields such as virtual reality or wearables. However, in the case of media of more than 5,5 inchesWe are witnessing a curious phenomenon in which some of the most important actors such as Samsung, LG or Apple, made the presentations of their flagships coinciding with the Berlin fair or a few days apart. However, we could see how more anonymous brands broke in, generating excitement. We give you the example of TP-Link, who presented here his X1 Max and that was characterized by having a metal casing, its 4 GB RAM and its processor capable of reaching 2 Ghz. Its operating system is Marshmallow and launched a few months later, it intended to offer average benefits at a price closer to the entry range.
2. 2015, 4K comes to phablets
If there is a winner in the field of the largest smartphones at IFA 2015, that is Sony. The Japanese technology company has opted for the image in all its terminals, regardless of their format. This has had an unexpected repercussion: a rise in their price. We highlight the Xperia Z5 Premium. This device, which was the tallest of a family made up of two other models, was characterized by its panel of 5,5 inches, its 3 GB RAM, its storage of up to 200 and especially, due to the resolution of the screen, which reached the 4K and that made this model the first to reach such high heights. Two years later, it is already possible to find some similar ones in the high range. However, this was pioneering.
3. Huawei continues its assault on the skies
The 2015 edition of the Berlin event was very prolific in terms of the launch or presentation of new phablets. In it, we were able to attend the consolidation of actors who had experienced sustained growth in a few years as Huawei. The Shenzhen-based technology company unveiled here one of its crown jewels of that year, the Mate 7. Its most outstanding features are the following: 5,5 inches with resolution Full HD, self-made processor of the Kirin series, 3 GB RAM and a rear camera that reached up to 20 Mpx. The double lenses were still something to be perfected and that would take a few months to arrive. The fingerprint reader and Force Touch were other claims of this device that aspired to the high-end also for its price: About 699 euros.
4. 2014, Samsung approaches the Max phablets
Three years in consumer electronics go a long way and the models that were released back in 2014 may already be obsolete in the eyes of many. However, at the IFA that year, we could see how trends began to emerge that are now fully consolidated. The most significant model of that edition could be the Galaxy Note 4.
Although it has features that today, can be strange, such as, Android Kit Kat However, it can be upgraded to Marshmallow, it has other very common features today: 5,7 inches with resolution QHD, 16MP rear camera or a 3 GB RAM to which is added an initial storage of 32. In its day, this model it was fully in the high-end range. Currently, these features are typical of the mid-range. Another of its claims was its processor, which could reach a maximum of 2,7 Ghz.
5. 2013, the giant Alcatel appears
We close this list of the most outstanding phablets of the latest IFA with a terminal that once gave a lot to talk about on its screen. Its about One touch hero, which went until 6 inches and that it boasted of having a series of accessories that were intended to bring it closer to more professional audiences. Accompanied by a stylus, an adapter for videos and a case with LEDs, this stand, which also served as a ebook, it was completed with a 2 GB RAM with storage ranging from 8 to 16, a processor de 1,2 GHz and a rear camera of 13 Mpx. In its day, it was addressed to the high end. Where would you fit in four years later?
Do you think these devices marked a before and after in the direction that the rest of the models would follow in the future? We leave you available a list with everything that is expected both in the supports of more than 5,5 inches and in the tablet format at this year's event so you can learn more.