well, the current market situation for smartphones will be stable...but that likely means the cutting edge of innovation shifts to another frontier (which I thi

well, the current market situation for smartphones will be stable...but that likely means the cutting edge of innovation shifts to another frontier (which I think we are already beginning to see, as smartphone innovation plateaus and interest in wearables and IoT speeds up). I for one think it is entirely feasible that the smartphone itself could become a glorified cellular hotspot (a "dumb pipe" if you will), a hub connecting you and a personal area network of micro-gadget sensors and nearby displays to the Internet at large. In which case "where the value is" will once again shift from today's winners to tomorrow's winners. All glory is fleeting.