One month after launch of its "smartphone replacement," Humane already seems doomed.

One month after launch of its “smartphone replacement,” Humane already seems doomed.

  • psmgx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion in a sale

    Lol what? They’re lucky to get 7.5 million, and that includes a lot of handies behind the dumpster at Wendy’s

    • Toto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      What makes anyone think that there won’t be AI chips in cell phones very soon?

      A cell phone replacement needs to replace the cell phone. Otherwise it’s just another device they expect you to carry

      • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeEnglish
        51·
        2 years ago

        What the hell is a “cell phone replacement”? We repeatedly reengineered phones from voice carried over a telegraph wire, to a screen covered with sensors that fits in your pocket.

        Aside from a brain implant, what possible innovation is left other than tweaking with hardware and upgrading silicon?

        • thomas@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          That is the one billion dollars question that every one at Silicon Valley is asking.

          We now have a clearer answer to that. We know that the answer they are looking for isn’t whatever this thing is.