{"id":236613,"date":"2026-04-28T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/the-openai-smartphone-will-fail-but-itll-be-good-for-iphone-users\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:55:07","slug":"the-openai-smartphone-will-fail-but-itll-be-good-for-iphone-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/the-openai-smartphone-will-fail-but-itll-be-good-for-iphone-users\/","title":{"rendered":"The OpenAI smartphone will fail, but it’ll be good for iPhone users"},"content":{"rendered":"

The OpenAI smartphone will fail, but it’ll be good for iPhone users<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/04\/28\/the-openai-smartphone-will-fail-but-itll-be-good-for-iphone-users\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-28 09:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: 9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The past few days have seen conflicting views from AI companies about the future of smartphones. Perplexity thinks AI will only benefit iPhones, while OpenAI reportedly thinks its own smartphone can render them obsolete.<\/p>\n

I would bet very heavily that the OpenAI smartphone will either never materialize or will be a commercial failure, but I still think the attempt is good news for iPhone users \u2026 <\/p>\n

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Perplexity: AI won\u2019t disrupt the iPhone<\/h2>\n

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas doesn\u2019t think AI presents a threat to iPhone; quite the reverse.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my opinion. I haven\u2019t said this before. The phone, the iPhone is actually not getting disrupted by AI at all. In fact, the more AI works better, the iPhone essentially becomes your digital passport.<\/p>\n

He says the iPhone is central to the ways in which we live our lives, and that isn\u2019t going to change.<\/p>\n

OpenAI smartphone<\/h2>\n

If a Ming-Ching Kuo report is accurate, OpenAI disagrees with this assertion. He suggests the company is working on its own smartphone.<\/p>\n

OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors, with Luxshare as the exclusive system co-design and manufacturing partner. Mass production is expected in 2028.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s concept is that the operating system will be based on AI agents instead of apps. In other words, you won\u2019t open a specific app to achieve a task \u2013 instead, you will delegate the task to an AI agent.<\/p>\n

OpenAI will be partially right \u2026 eventually<\/h2>\n

In principle, I think OpenAI is correct in its belief that human beings have tasks they want to achieve, and that apps are simply one possible tool we can use.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to be able to simply pick up my iPhone, tell Siri what it is I actually want to achieve and then receive confirmation a few seconds or minutes later that the task has been done. For example, tell Siri to book a trip, knowing that it has all my preferences for airlines, plane seats, hotels, etc; that it…<\/p>\n

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