We seem to be in the tail end of a consolidation phase right now, the one the article is about. I think it&#x27;s largely brought on by the final commodification of the internals of a phone&#x2F;tablet; even a $50 Amazon Fire tablet is now a decent tablet, something that wasn&#x27;t true in that price range two years ago and perhaps even one (I wasn&#x27;t looking then so I can&#x27;t quite vouch for it). (Yes, it&#x27;s probably subsidized a bit, but it still ends up setting the bar.)<p>Once that completes, I&#x27;d expect the market to expand a bit more as companies seek ways to stand out other than &quot;we have the cheapest thing&quot;.<p>But you may never again see a &quot;phone&quot; with a physical keyboard. Too niche. Instead, you&#x27;ll have to look for a case with integrated keyboard or something: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Sliding-out-Wireless-Bluetooth-keyboard-backlight&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B00NOM34WW&#x2F;ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1452087874&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=iphone+keyboard+case" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Sliding-out-Wireless-Bluetooth-keyboar...</a> I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;ll ever be economical again to produce a phone with a keyboard built in, but that niche can be filled with orders-of-magnitude-smaller runs of keyboard cases.