Valve won't be releasing a Steam Deck with more performance until at least 2025. Given the smartphone market's reputation for disappointing incremental updates, this is the right choice. Valve should, however, throw gamers a bone with a Steam Deck 1.5.
Um… seems you overlooked that the line links on an earlier article by them: Supposed Steam Deck killers are missing the point
They use that term in reference to that earlier article.