The phone is still at the rumour stage, yet if the rumours are to be true, it could be the beginning of the end of high end phones such as iPhones and the telecommunications companies across the world, including the Big 4 of Myanmar (MPT, Mytel, Telenor, Ooredoo)
The killer features that some of you might have read on the grapevine so far, includes…
1. Satellite internet and phone – This space based internet service eliminate the telco towers and consequently telecommunication companies, as the phone connects directly via satellites instead of going through telco towers. Even if there is a need for more powerful antenna, Tesla cars can be fitted with one, to boost the connectivity. If the internet service is extended to voice calls (similar to old time Iridium satellite phones), the sim cards and telcos would be all redundant.
2. Solar charging – This would have addressed the pain of every single mobile phone user; charging the battery. finding the cable, forgetting the cable, finding the power source, making sure the adaptor fits, looking for an electricity source, buying car adaptors, all would have become a thing of the past. The productivity increases would be quantum leap in the rural areas with no electrification. This would really have been a giant step for mankind.
3. Crypto mining – While Bitcoin may be popular, having this feature on the phone would allow Musk and Telsa to control the next big cryptocurrency (MarsCoin?) on earth.
There are other hearsay features such as neural ink support or astrophotography, still these are nice to have accessories rather than industry changing in nature.
Yet, for the ordinary folks who can afford, we are all anxiously awaiting to buy the first model to proudly boast on social media, while coincidently making Musk the richest of the richest person on the planet earth.
For telcos and phone makers, it may be time to crack management brains on how their companies can avoid becoming a case study akin to Nokia of Finland.
