Apple’s Everest: Why the iPhone Is in Trouble

Is this the end of an icon?

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The iPhone is in trouble.

Scratch that — smartphones are in trouble; lock, stock, and two smoking bezels.

I’ve noted on multiple occasions that, unless a device flips or folds — or has a pointlessly over-specced camera system — it is utterly dreary. You wouldn’t take it out for a beer…