2024-03-12
Ditch the apps? Deutsche Telekom pitches AI phone concepts that does it all

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has unveiled a futuristic “app-free” AI smartphone concept at one of the world’s most influential technology events, the Mobile World Congress 2024.

With this phone, users won’t be interacting with individual apps. Instead, they’ll only need to handle a single AI interface that accesses the features of all the apps on the phone.

In a bold statement, the CEO of Telekom told the tech conference that no one will be using apps in five to ten years.

But how likely is this and how will the app-less concept work? What are the benefits and potential downsides that come with it?

Listen to AI consultant Raj Shroff’s take on the matter.

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