When iteration is the name of the game, it’s easy to overlook the improvements that smartphone makers do introduce every year. The G Pro 2 is certainly an improvement over its predecessor — the design is much nicer, the battery lasts longer, and the display is even bigger without adding much to the phone’s footprint. But it’s still the same idea that doesn’t really work for me: it tries to take the place of both a smartphone and a tablet, but compromises on both in ways that don’t make a great experience for either purpose.Perhaps that speaks to where we’re at with smartphones today. The days of complaining about awful performance, useless cameras, and gritty screens are generally behind us, and most every smartphone on the market is “pretty good.” The only real complaint many people have these days is battery life, and devices like the G Pro 2 address that with brute force — a bigger phone can utilize a bigger battery without requiring major leaps in battery technology. There’s little need to redesign the wheel when it rolls along just fine.