Because the market hype and competition has mostly stabilized, it used to be that in the Android world you had multiple manufacturers compete with bleeding edge

Because the market hype and competition has mostly stabilized, it used to be that in the Android world you had multiple manufacturers compete with bleeding edge tech to see who was the best. During a time when running certain software would be a challenge for your phone or taking a picture or video would produce quite grainy quality. Especially when even todays midtier phones can handle almost any software and produce decent quality footage. It doesn't help that most gimmicky phones just haven't catched on, even Samsungs fold.