Comment by thaumasiotes

> By 2011 Apple had launched iPhone 4s, Android manufacturers had sold 100M phones, and HP's latest and greatest mobile device looked like this

That looks just like a BlackBerry. What's the problem supposed to be? RIM sold 52 million of them that year.

They're much easier to use than modern phones, because you don't need to touch the screen. The only advantage of the full-screen iPhone / Android style is that you have a bigger image when watching videos.