Neither of us really knows whether they're being made, but that isn't relevant. What's important is that they're being sold en masse.

The question everybody is spilling so much ink over is what's the best alternative; the fact that this is a capable performer, widely available at a fair price makes it an alternative, whether new ones are currently being made or not. If you couldn't go out and get one, it wouldn't be relevant or an alternative (to smart phones).