Imho it is actually good. Because Apple has too much power and can blackmail developers. If there is no hardware advantage and iPhone and Android devices get on the same level, more power will go to developers and not platforms. They will have to compete to keep devs on boards.
Point is that there is no much room to inovate at hardware level. Both Apple and Samsung are doing great devices now. Which is actually good.
Software is where we might see some exciting stuff coming.
Yes I'm bored with gaming consoles as well. Only innovation comes from games it selves. Kinnect is an exception.