AI to infest eight in ten premium phones within two years
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And Counterpoint sees fad spreading from pricey handsets to smart rings and earbuds too... whether you asked for it or not
AI will be in the majority of premium smartphones and wearables within afew years - bad news for anyone who doesn't like or trust the overhyped pixie dust.
Counterpoint Research forecasts that more than 80percent of premium smartphones will have agentic AI capabilities by2027, while a similar proportion of so-called wearable devices are on track to be AI-enabled by 2032.
To some degree, this appears to be a push from the vendors,who see AI as a "premium" feature to justify the inflating price tag attachedto devices.
Counterpoint says that MediaTek became the firstchipset maker to commercialize agentic AI capabilities via its Dimensity 9400series, followed by Qualcomm with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8Gen 5 platforms.
This marked the start of a new smartphone technology...
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