&quot;Like the CEO of sony, who spoke about the end of innovation in smartphones a few months ago.&quot;<p>The only innovation was the original iphone.  There has been <i>zero</i> innovation in the smartphone space since then.<p>Every single smartphone is just a touchscreen slab.  They are, in terms of design, indistinguishable from the original iphone.<p>Sure - thinner, a curved edge, a different button ... but those are just trivial details.<p>The original iphone was a <i>different thing</i> than, say, a moto razr or a candybar phone or a treo.  That was innovation.<p>I haven&#x27;t seen any since...