Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer
AI integration is a “key focus” of Transformer, per Reuters’ sources, who said that Amazon wants the phone to drive usage of Amazon’s AI products
It’s unclear why Amazon thinks now is a good time to get back into phones. Even potentially low prices may not be enough to convince people to buy.
You ARE looking forward to this, right?
No app store, have to rely on Alexa, who is definitely collecting and storing your personal data to do things by telling it everything, and a year ago they changed their terms so you can’t opt out of your Alexa recordings being automatically sent to Amazon… every day billionaires are closer and closer to successfully turning our phones into telescreens.
And I bet the phone is gonna be full of ads and product placement too, if it happens. I know before I finally ditched my Alexa over a year ago it was trying to suggest shit for me to buy I didn’t need.
“Alexa phone, call the doctor, I’m sick I need an ap—”
“You sure? This pack of cold medicine on Amazon has 5 star reviews, and is much cheaper than your doctor visit! Would you like me to add it to your cart for same-day delivery?”
Like. That’s maybe a little more time down the line in dystopian hypotheticals, but the vague implications behind the AI doing everything so you don’t have to gives up so much free will, and I’m just saying… it’s a power grab disguised as efficiency. Ugh.