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Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new ‘AI Phone’ priced at under $1K
It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.
Specifically, they have focused on the likes of Apple and Google, which have created operating systems and phones that largely cut telecom companies out of the equation when it comes to making money around apps, and “owning” that customer relationship. It remains to be seen whether DT and Perplexity will be able to crack the notoriously tricky smartphone market, which is dominated by a small number of companies and has over the years seen even leviathans like LG cash in their chips and back away. It nevertheless points to just how magnetic the AI pull is right now, how even legacy companies see it as a possible panacea, and how even cutting-edge startups are looking for safe moats amid fierce competition.
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