Phones aren't stale. They peaked. That's like saying umbrellas design has gotten stale. You just can't improve the design much more.

Phone tech is really boring. Almost everything looks the same, they are all x% faster than last year's model which still does everything perfectly fine. In terms of hardware, the phone has kinda reached the optimal place.

I'm not the target audience for bleeding edge phones though. I take photos, listen to music(using Bluetooth and wired headphones), browse the web and message people. I don't really play games or use it for work.

By far the most interesting thing to me is foldable phones. I really like the idea of a flip phone, but I don't think it would be too happy sitting in my sweaty pocket while I cycle.

For me it's foldables, those have come a long way in a short time and I find them to be very compelling.

Once they perfect it though it's going to be back to the same stale shit.