Where's the question? You claim you're bringing a question into the OP for discussion's sake, and then drop a poorly founded assertion and nothing else.
I suppose, then, that I can just address your assertion. Ok, so, ready? Here's my reply: Whatever.
Seriously, what does it matter whether we consider iOS and Android one platform? Either way, that gaming on these devices is "becoming more relevant" should be obvious to anyone with half a brain. Over the past several years, smartphone adoption in developed nations has skyrocketed, to the point where today I don't really no anyone personally who doesn't own one.
Couple this with the fact that some people are gamers, and those people own these phones, and these phones have games available for them, and these games are cheap/free...
Well, you can see where I'm going with this I'd guess. Problems remain, though, that keep smartphone gaming from being truly relevant. Most of the games still feel cheap and short/simplistic compared to those found on dedicated gaming handhelds. Also, it would be nice to have a solution for controlling your games that doesn't involve either smudging up your screen (and putting your fingers over parts of the action) or attaching a console-style controller to a portable device, rendering its primary quality (that it's portable) irrelevant/meaningless.
But if all you're asserting is that smartphone gaming has become more relevant over the last few years, I'll say it again: Whatever.
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