Perhaps it depends on what you use them for. I'm in Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher, ChatGPT and Safari most of the day (recently anyway). In short, I tend to create on my computing device. I need the screen real estate for graphics work, the keyboard for writing work.

iPads don't interest me either. I could add a keyboard … but then why not stick with my laptop.

I really hope smart glasses will put an end to the smartphone era and we'll realize how much smartphones sucked.. I want to be able to type in the air just like I'm typing on a keyboard right now, similar thing with with a mouse - like a laptop but you can use it everywhere.

Google Glass didn't make it, but maybe Meta can make it this time.

I think when phones started morphing into computing devices(aka "smartphones"), functionality was being shoved into them that didn't quite fit. Things started to change when the UI/UX process for mobile software was re-considered and the builders walked away from the desktop UI/UX but on phones to what we have today.

"Hate" is a strong word though. I tend to use separate devices for separate functions and stopped trying to find an all-in-one device. That made it OK but I tend to use only a few apps on my phone or tablet compared to others.

I think the general idea of a smart phone isn’t too bad, but I hate what they’ve become. The idea of a general purpose, hand-held, computer packed with sensors is great. That these amazing tools are hampered by restrictive software, have no general purpose OS, and are generally used to generate addictive behavior and drain people of time and money… not so great.