OpenAI Reportedly Developing AI Agent Smartphone with Qualcomm and MediaTek — Targeting 2028 Launch

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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that OpenAI is developing a smartphone in collaboration with Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Luxshare that replaces traditional apps with AI agents handling tasks directly — ordering transport, booking restaurants, managing email, and conducting research. Lighter tasks including context awareness and memory management run on-device, with complex inference offloaded to the cloud. Specifications expected finalized by early 2027 with mass production in 2028.