Unfortunately, AI is the best thing that could have happened to smartphones

Date:
Wed, 29 May 2024 04:00:01 +0000

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Whether you like it or not, AI is coming to phones and it's going to be a bigger deal than everything else. There's no escape.

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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 a foldable iPhone or a rollable Motorola Rizr coming soon. 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? I thought it would be glasses. I admit I seriously overestimated the state of smart glasses technology before now. Real smart glasses are a decade away, maybe more. I still believe that smart glasses are the next thing, but now its more like the next next thing, or whats after whats next. You know, not next, but NEXT. Real smart, ahem, glasses (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

Were stuck with our phones. The phone you just bought wont be the last thing you buy called a smartphone. There will be another, and it will do more than the one you have now, and what it will mostly do more is AI. 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 ? Thats not real, unlike AI, which is totally a real thing and not a marketing gimmick for a trick you can do with large language models.

Wont smartphone cameras also get better? Who knows anymore. Camera numbers have stopped making sense. Theyre like quantum string theory. Everybody pretends to understand them, but then a quark wobbles on the other side of
the Galaxy, and we pretend that cause and effect can be reversed. One of
these is twice as zoomy as the other (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

Case in point: the Galaxy. We had 10X zoom on the Galaxy S23 Ultra . It was great; the best zoom ever. It couldnt be beat. But you know whats even better?! 5X zoom. We had 10X zoom, then we got 5X zoom on the new and
improved Galaxy S24 Ultra . When it comes to having too much zoom, 5 is
better than 10 .

And lets be honest, Samsungs best camera phones are 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 asked Google Gemini Advanced, an
AI. Its answer was a mix of folderol, AI hallucinations, and a shrug.

Gemini suggested there could be some new battery breakthroughs, faster displays, or best yet sustainable materials and manufacturing. Also, it says 6G is coming soon , so 5G needs to watch its back.

I guess this means foldable phones arent happening? They were just starting
to get the basics right, but serious questions remain about durability and longevity with foldable displays. (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)

Why isnt the OnePlus Open water resistant? Why doesnt Samsung offer any certified renewed foldable phones? Why has the Google Pixel Fold lagged
behind less 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. Your Pixel phone will make your photos much more appealing to the bots on Twitter. Your Galaxy phone will write messages that your colleagues Galaxy might summarize before it automatically responds. Your AI phone will be able to call your friends
and talk to their AI call screening app on your behalf.

Remember when AI seemed so amazing!? (Also, remember when that guy loudly
quit his job because he thought turning off the AI would be like killing a living being!?) Its coming to your phone, even better than before! Also, its totally not scary unless you think its scary when AI confidently expresses satire and anecdotes as irrefutable facts. Then, its horrifying!

So get ready, because AI is here, or its coming soon, or its been here for a long time, depending on what phone you use. If your phone doesnt have AI already, your next smartphone will. Theres never been a better time to never upgrade.



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