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AI is the next big thing in smartphones, and theres nothing we can do about it.
Im sorry if you were hoping for afoldable iPhoneor arollable Motorola Razrcoming soon.
Real smart, ahem, glasses
Instead, you get AI, and for smartphone makers, it couldnt have come at a better time.
Hoping something else would be the next big thing?
Did you think it would be glasses?
Real smart, ahem, glasses
I thought it would be glasses.
I admitI seriously overestimated the state of smart glassestechnology before now.Real smart glassesare a decade away, maybe more.
You know, not next, but NEXT.
One of these is twice as zoomy as the other
Were stuck with our phones.
The phone you just bought wont be the last thing you buy called a smartphone.
It will AI like youve never seen, heard, or maybe even felt.
Were never sure with AI; there could be a feeling AI coming soon.
There will be other improvements besides AI, right?
Forget about the rest of the smartphone.
Forget about other improvements.
They’re already using titanium.
Whats next,Adamantium?
Wont smartphone cameras also get better?
Camera numbers have stopped making sense.
Theyre like quantum string theory.
Case in point: the Galaxy.
We had 10X zoom on theGalaxy S23 Ultra.
It was great; the best zoom ever.
It couldnt be beat.
But you know whats even better?!
We had 10X zoom, then we got 5X zoom on the new and improvedGalaxy S24 Ultra.
When it comes to having too much zoom,5 is better than 10.
And lets be honest,Samsungsbest camera phonesare stellar because of AI, not zoom.
When you take a photo of the full moon that stuns iPhone fans, its because of AI.
AI was already here, and its also what’s next.
But we haven’t gotten an iPhone foldable yet!
There must be other improvements coming besides AI, right?
Are we past the point of no return?
To find the answer, I askedGoogle GeminiAdvanced, an AI.
Its answer was a mix of folderol, AI hallucinations, and a shrug.
Also, it says6G is coming soon, so 5G needs to watch its back.
I guess this means foldable phones arent happening?
Why isnt theOnePlus Openwater resistant?
Why doesntSamsung offer any certified renewedfoldable phones?
Why has theGoogle Pixel Fold lagged behindless powerful Pixel phones when it comes to feature drops?
Foldable phones have had a brief, dubious history so far.
The best thing to happen to foldable phones is an AI distraction.
The symptoms of AI on your smartphone
What does it mean to have AI on your smartphone?
It means youre going to need a new smartphone.
AI probably doesnt work on the one you have now.
Or it works but soon it wont.
Or it may soon never have worked.
AI is changing rapidly, its hard to keep up.
When your phone has AI, it will be ready for the AI world.
YourPixel phone will make your photos much more appealingto the bots on Twitter.
YourGalaxy phone will write messagesthat your colleagues Galaxy might summarize before it automatically responds.
Your AI phone will be able to call your friends and talk to theirAI call screeningapp on your behalf.
Remember when AI seemed so amazing!?
Its coming to your phone, even better than before!
Then, its horrifying!
If your phone doesnt have AI already, your next smartphone will.
Theres never been a better time to never upgrade.
