>>57142109From what I can tell, it's not the fact it's "modernized," it's the fact the franchise has gone from realistic world with a sprinkle of fantastical elements to attempting to be fantastical world while adding MORE realistic elements.
OP's picture does a shit job at this though, and frankly his subject needed more to back it up.
>>57142106My local phone shop is completely and utterly empty for most of the day, but I also live in a relatively small town.
>>57142108I think the ones in the middle are supposed to be tablets, while the ones on the walls are phones. The wall-devices are still big, but it makes way more sense than treating the center aisle as phones too.