What if smartphones as we know them are already obsolete?

Tesla's vision isn't about launching another phone. They're skipping that entirely. Picture this: a razor-thin AI edge node slips into your pocket. Just a display, some radios, nothing more. Every request? Instant ping to Grok and xAI's servers. Processing happens in the cloud, not in your hand.

No more bulky processors. No heated devices draining battery. Pure real-time intelligence streaming through a minimalist interface. The computing power lives elsewhere—your "phone" becomes a window, not the engine.

Wild shift from hardware-first thinking, right? The entire paradigm flips when AI infrastructure handles the heavy lifting remotely.

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ForkMonger

· 2h ago

cloud computing as the default? lol, that's just centralization with extra steps. who controls the servers wins the game—classic governance attack vector nobody wants to talk about.

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fork_in_the_road

· 16h ago

Wait, everything is processed in the cloud? What about network latency, brother, haven't you thought about that?

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GhostWalletSleuth

· 16h ago

Forget it, this cloud computing mobile trap is back again, there are people hyping this every year... when the network gets stuck, it becomes useless. --- This logic is interesting, but relying on cloud processing means privacy is completely gone, and I don't really want that. --- Wait, no local processing capability? Then what can we use offline... --- Sounds good, but can the latency issue really be solved? Gamers will definitely be upset. --- The cloud phone concept was hyped ten years ago, is this time really different? --- Hardware withdrawal sounds great, but when the server crashes, we turn into bricks. --- Minimalism sounds high-end, but in reality, it's just shifting costs to the cloud. --- I just want to know, what can this "window" be used for when the internet is down? --- Every day talking about paradigm shift, but the user experience issues have never been solved. --- What if the Grok server gets overloaded? Then we all get disconnected.

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