[ApK]

"...well enough..."

"...watchable...."

Stunning endorsements. You are kind of making my point for me.

As for music, I was thinking in terms of audio quality (which as you say, does not matter to you as long as it is intelligible, but it matters to many) and formats and storage capacity, but I'll believe that smart phones have closed the gaps in those areas.

For me, the main function of a cell phone is to be a phone that is always available to me. That primary function is compromised by size, shape, weight, battery drain, and cost considerations foisted upon it by all the other functions.

Mediocrity is indeed widely accepted, and often for good reasons, like cost or convenience, but quality for a purpose will never be a mere niche.
I hope.

And even so, that doesn't mean that all-in-one smart phones or tablets can't live along side GOOD readers, and GOOD cameras, and GOOD communication devices, and GOOD media players.

It's not an either-or proposition.

ApK