Apple Inc. (AAPL): Here’s Why The Stock Could Use a ‘Phablet’ Boost

The time is right. At a time when Samsung’s taking global market share away and squaring away patents for bar-raising eye-tracking technology, no one could merely phone it in anymore in the smartphone realm.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock has been stagnant as Apple sacrifices near-term margins for the pursuit of mainstream relevance. Why not go “all in” with a phablet before it’s too late?

Industry tracker IDC points out that handsets with screens that are 5 inches or larger have exploded from 1.2 million in 2011 to 29.7 million in 2012.

“People are using smartphones in different ways now,” IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo was quoted saying in a Bloomberg article last week. “This is a trend that can’t be missed.”

The comments were in response to Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) falling behind by failing to address the phablet market, but it could also apply to Apple.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a company that has never been afraid to dream big, but now it can’t do it exclusively with small devices.

The article Apple Stock Could Use a Phablet Boost originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Apple and Google. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

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