If I could predict anything, there will not be a huge sudden personal robot breakthrough: instead, there will be decades in front of us of patient basic research in many countries by thousands of researchers, with unexpected, fascinating results.
As an ex Civil Servant of 39 years front line service I have to wonder at the crass stupidity and lack of basic knowledge of people like David Cross of Liverpool.
Consider it the true replacement for a basic feature phone, ticking all the smartphone checkboxes without having to either spend a lot up front or else shackle yourself to one carrier.