Has smartphone competition died in 2021?

Smartphones used to be this bustling emerging market where each and every company with a good idea had a shot. If you have been following the industry in the past decade, you probably remember how each phone maker had kind of their own trick of trade: HTC used to make dual speaker phones with industrial design that stood out, LG was the one with the quirky ideas. Want a crazy modular phone or a 3D screen? LG used to have your back with . Even Samsung dipped its toe in freaky smartphones back then: the had a built-in pico projector, remember that?

And then there were other brands: Motorola ...