[andrepd]

It's a shame and a contradiction how the smartphone market has ballooned for the past few years yet choice is smaller and smaller.

How can it be that there are 100s of smartphone models out every year yet every single one has the same form factor? You cannot even get a phone smaller than the phablets of 6 or 7 years ago, let alone a phone with physical keys...

[lotsofpulp]

The technology is so complicated that costs in design/patents/royalties/manufacturing make it unfeasible to produce anything without economies of scale. Coupled with insufficient number of buyers willing to pay a lot, the potential profit margins are so low it simply is not worth the risk reward ratio.

[swiley]

NDAs, closed drivers, and other anti-competition tricks to keep innovation out.