Not only is phone hardware complex to make, but one is up against huge producers on the production side, and carriers on the distribution side who are already locked ina best-enemies relationship with those huge producers.
Connors had already taken a public scolding for a personal detail in his book about his youthful relationship with the great women's champion Chris Evert, and there was something very Connors-ian about this episode, the barreling forward, and to heck with the blowback.
Recent days have seen a marked downturn in the already-troubled relationship between the Islamic Republic and Azerbaijan, its neighbor to the northwest.
As smart as this well known firm is, its inability to listen without defensiveness put a few more nails in the coffin of that already weak relationship.