The Smartphone Revolution Is Over (For Now)

Ahead of the Mobile World Congress event next week dozens of new smartphones are being revealed or teased to stir up the tech press, get potential customers excited, and, of course, drum up sales. Among the varied designs, operating systems, and technical specifications coming from a long list of manufacturers, one thing is clear--there's really not an enormous amount of innovation going on. The smartphone, it seems, has hit an evolutionary dead end.