YouTube keeps recommending me videos of new phone reviews, but I find them boring. I think the days of exciting hardware innovations are over. Let me explain why:

Phones: The market is dominated by two operating systems, Android and iOS. The only noticeable changes are in the cameras or the batteries, but they are not very significant. Even the cameras have reached a point where they are amazing for any high-end phone, and there is no room for major improvement.

Videogame consoles: They all use the same x86 architecture (Switch excluded, but that's a legacy console by now), so the hardware is not very different. The main factors are the online store, the controller, and the exclusive games. You prefer gyro controls? Go for PS5. You don’t? Go for Xbox.

Laptops/PCs: Some people may get hyped about a new GPU, but does it really matter for most users? Sure, a new GPU may be faster, more efficient, and more affordable, but it is not a game-changer. It is not like going from a Commodore 64 to an Amiga. And the same goes for the operating systems: Mac OS, Windows, Linux/ChromeOS. They are all stable, reliable, and familiar. Nothing revolutionary is coming.

So, I don’t understand why people are so eager to watch new phone reviews. They all seem to say the same thing: it is the same thing, just newer.

PS: The exciting areas now could be: VR and AR. Also whatever hardware gets to use upcoming AI innovations, if someone makes a robot that's really useful for home chores that would be REALLY cool. But another phone review? God, no please. It's just a phone.