The Impending Demise of the Smartphone by AI

AI brings a remarkable advantage in its capability to be easily upgraded. When investing in a phone, enhancements primarily come from software updates rather than hardware replacements. The challenge for companies like Apple will grow as users may question the need to spend $1,000 every few years for a new device, especially when the most desired features can be improved through cloud services adjustments or software updates on the existing phone.

Additionally, AI revolutionizes the way we interact with technology. Through verbal exchanges with AI assistants, individuals are turning to earpieces and increasingly, AI-enabled spectacles to communicate with AI bots. These spectacles will utilize integrated cameras for a versatile multimodal AI input solution.

With spectacles taking the forefront as the main interface, the user experience is likely to see greater enhancements through superior eyewear technology (instead of upgraded phones). This could involve advances in light technologies, speakers, microphones, batteries, lenses, and antennas. With the ongoing trend of size reduction, it’s foreseeable that a new breed of AI-driven devices will emerge, eliminating the necessity for wireless connections to smartphones while encompassing the functionalities of a typical smartphone within the spectacles themselves.

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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