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At that point may as well have the cellular and processing function in the AirPods themselves.

sure i won't get the display but i get speech to text, text to speech, calls, messages, calendar, activity tracker and all the other stuff that one can install on apple watch.

are you saying that everybody who has smartphone needs 100% of what makes it a smartphone?

What you're implying is that blind people can't properly use a smartphone, which I believe is false.

I'm not sure what the grandparent was implying, but there's definitely a major benefit for larger screen sizes, even for those that are completely blind. iOS voiceover and other accessibility UI affordances are much more difficult to implement on the watch form factor, where a very small amount of content can be 'active' at a time.

There are some interesting startups targeting the possibilities here, but right now, smart watches provide a less capable experience for everyone right now.