2013 to be the Year of the ‘Phablet’

Tech giants will unveil gadgets mid-way between tablet PCs and phones at Las Vegas’s CES tech show today — and analysts predict they will be a hit.

“Phablets” have been tipped to be the biggest gadget of 2013 — touchscreen gadgets mid-way between iPad-style tablets and smartphones.

Several companies are expected to unveil five-inch phones at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show — and others will show off 6in devices, nearly as big as Amazon’s Kindle Fire.