Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
In that case, you were never arguing with me to begin with as I totally agree. My big long speel began due to the following...
I should probably clarify that a bit to be "I wasn't arguing that they are the end of the handheld market" right now. But as the technology develops and more of the market moves to phones for mobile gaming, I don't see it as a matter of them never being able to kill the dedicated gaming handheld, even if the dedicated handheld becomes a more game focused phone.

Frankly, it would take so little on the hardware end to make phones competitive with handhelds in the long run that the only thing that will decide what happens is how much the market for dedicated handhelds contracts due to the extra competition.

But if we look at it as a question of what I would like to see happen: I'd love more gaming oriented smart phones, and I'd love if such a concept replaced handhelds completely. I already own several handhelds and a smart phone, and I only take one of those everywhere. So I really do agree with Yearg that there's a strong possibility we'll see the market start shifting more and more in the smart phone and tablet direction over the coming years to the point that dedicated handhelds will become unnecessary.