My wife had a conversation once about the Wal-Mart's and big chains taking over the world of retail. She was really missing choice- all the big stores had the same things. I told not to worry- at some point, those who buy things would get tired of it too, and demand for choices- even if it cost a little more- would bring back specialty shops and "mom & pop" style stores. I think the slow economy has kept that down a little, but I stand by it: When people get sick of something, that is when change is forced on the consumer world.
I feel the same about tech. There is a point where NSA leaks, IRS scandals, Facebook releasing all your information, Google selling all your habits to advetisers, and just general crap like that will fuel a desire to return to privacy. That is when you will see a closed system that secures your information become the rage. It will swing back to people caring about their privacy.
Also feel that way about the rapid fire mobile landscape. At some point, the "casual" user will have a device that just fits their needs and a decent size consumer group of them will stop buying. Then, the year-over-year spech war will have a natural slowdown. Not ever stop- even the PCs gave way to laptops over time due to laptops improving. But, it wasn't the constant 4-6 month cycle we saw during the apex of the PC wars. We are at that 4-6 month period now in mobile. The tech savy buyer is petrified to pull the trigger on a top end phone right now- something better is coming in March. Why buy in January???
How many threads have been started about buyers being afraid to buy the L1520 not because of the size or any shortcomings of the device, but by golly- WP 8.1 phones are coming "soon".... wouldn't I be just better off waiting for them?? Then it will be: Why should I buy the first ones? The WP 8.1 second generation will be even BETTER!!!
When consumers start demanding a bigger return on their phone purchases, it will slow down.
Until then: The market is supporting it, so it will be full speed ahead.