Nearly a decade after taking off, the smartphone is at a turning point. Advances in hardware have become incremental, and growth in handset sales has largely stalled. But the development of software and services on the phone is booming, driven largely by advances in artificial intelligence, expanding what the devices are capable of and making them increasingly indispensable. The change is roiling the industry. Slowing growth...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 11, 2017 13:00 UTC