Some tech bosses say AI could challenge the smartphone. The real fight is over who reaches customers and who takes a cut of the money.
The smartphone is not going away, but the race to replace it has started. Fast Company reports that some tech bosses now suggest AI could threaten the phone's dominance. The story argues the debate is about more than gadget sales. It is about who controls the way customers are reached.
The smartphone changed the world. For years it has been the main device people use to look things up, shop and connect with businesses. Now some tech leaders are hinting that AI could shake up that role. The source material does not name which bosses said this or what products they have in mind.
Fast Company frames the fight as one over the gateway to the customer. Whoever controls that gateway also gets a cut of the money spent through it. So the question is not only which device people carry. It is which company sits between you and the things you buy.
The full article was not available, so details are thin. There are no named devices, no timelines and no numbers. Nothing here says the phone is being replaced soon. The point is that the contest over what comes next has begun, and the stakes include who gets paid.
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