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The next step is to innovative _away_ the smartphone I think. Who wants to lug around a large smartphone anymore? Apple’s Watch series 4 with LTE feels like a great step in the right direction. I come to love it since I got it around Christmas. I find myself leaving the phone home more and more and pounder returning my new XR. Then I think we’ll see glasses with LTE and meaningful AR.

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Except that phones used to be a lot smaller, too - so if anything, the market has been going for the opposite direction. You can find plenty of quite tiny, "not-so-smart" phones on Alibaba already - that "small brick", vintage form factor makes for a great combination of ease of use and long-lasting battery power, and is IMHO better than a smart watch.

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