Phablet is a smartphone form factor describing devices with a screen between 5 to 6.9 inches (130 to 180 mm) in size, designed to combine or straddle the functionalities of a smartphone and tablet, eliminating the need for two devices. In early 2013, The Wall Street Journal described the devices as "typically hybrids of smartphones and small tablets with a screen size of five to seven inches." The term itself, a portmanteau of the words phone and tablet appear as early as 2012.