Mobile usage for phone, tablet, and phablet

http://www.flurry.com/blog/flurry-insights/tides-turn-phablet%E2%80%99s-popularity

I got my HP tablet in the fall of 2011, and I used it nearly every day since until June 2014 when I finally entered the smartphone era by getting an iPhone 5C (free upgrade with the 32 gig version.)

Since upgrading from a flip phone to an iPhone, I have not used my tablet.

In 2012 or 2013, I thought that tablets, especially the 7- to 8-inch versions, would be the main mobile device for consuming large amounts of text-based content. Longform.

But some evidence has shown that people don't mind reading long text-heavy articles on their smartphones. And now my personal experience supports this.

Unless I wanted to replace the laptop, which I don't, I see no point in me using a tablet.

Two devices: laptop and smartphone.

I've had no problem reading and writing a lot of text on the iPhone. The device and all that it can do and the amazing apps available still stuns me.

I like both native apps and web apps. I will not download an app for every website. For reading web content, I prefer responsive web design sites, although I don't mind the Medium.com native iPhone app.

I like apps, such as Instagram, Dark Sky, Sky Guide, Circa, and ESPN Radio.

I don't think that the Circa news consumption experience can be duplicated with only a website. It's a mobile app experience.