Tesla Phone for $189

[Encia22]

I'm into phones and have been following this kind of news for years, yet Musk never even got to the drawing board with such a project..., just speculation of something he said in an interview. Obviously. with the advent of AI, the hoaxing has become more sophisticated.

Yet, it goes deeper than just fake news per se, but shows how easily people are manipulated.

This post on LinkedIn is pretty good in explaining the trend...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/henrihaen...18752-3-yK
 

Henri Haenni

President and CEO of Abilene Group
1mo

The Tesla Pi Phone or a perfect lesson in digital misinformation This week, social media once again lit up with stories about the “Starlink-powered Tesla Pi Phone.” Solar charging. No SIM cards. Global coverage via satellite. It sounded revolutionary but it was also completely false. Tesla and Elon Musk both confirmed: there is no such phone (unless this also is a misinformation ? !) But this false story spread like wildfire across platforms. Why? Because it exploited the one thing we all crave : hope for technologies to solve our problems. For compliance, risk, and governance professionals, this is more than a curiosity, it’s some sort of warning. In the age of AI-generated content and synthetic media, the speed of belief now exceeds the speed of verification. Do we even have time to verify ? And that's the point... Regulatory systems, from the EU’s Digital Services Act to NIST’s AI frameworks, are trying to catch up, but misinformation now moves at exponential velocity. The Tesla Phone hoax isn’t about a gadget. It’s more about trust systems : how we validate truth, identity, and source in a world of automated persuasion. As #compliance leaders, we need to treat digital #misinformation as a systemic risk, not a PR issue. Because when trust collapses, governance follows. And then, we can quote Valery Legasov : "what will be cost of lies ?"

[imitator]

Put it in the freezer in case of emp. It just might work afterwords if all the satalites don't get wiped out. Spotty service is better than none in that case. 

Oh, don't forget a solar and hand crank generator for it.

Great idea! 
Then I might need to buy three... one for the freezer, one for everyday life, but I'm still not sure what to do with the third one. 

[KTemplar]

I can’t wait to get one.

Apple lost me.  My sister gave me an Apple gift card for my birthday this year.  Bar code blurry, call customer support literally 8 times, different explanations everytime .  Rude ass customer service reps.  Sent copies of from back and front of card with receipt and receipt package.  Nothing but run around for two months, they never fixed it.  BYYEEE!


Tesla phone appears to be an AI hoax. Too bad, I think it would be a hit!  Still never buying Apple gift cards ever again!

[RandomLurker]

Likely hoax, this time, but a $189 usable smart phone might actually be doable.

Myself, I don't need:
the biggest screen,
the fastest chip,
the best camera,
the newest games,
an over-designed transparent UI, 
ANY kind of AI,
etc. etc.

A phone from 6-8 or more years ago would serve me perfectly.  I just need a PHONE with some basic utility apps.  The industry has chased itself down such a rabbit hole outdoing each-other: that 48mp camera is 40mp more than I'll ever need.  They could certainly pare back to the basics.

[Maxmars]

I added a short note to the OP...

This product doesn't exist.

[EXETER]

I'll consider it, I read that an unlimited package of free home internet at 100 megabytes per second  and free installation will cost forty bucks a month.  Not bad of a price, but most likely, there is no satelite to serve the U.P. of Michigan.

This internet service will not rely on a single geostationary satellite like HughesNet, etc. It uses a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit.  There are currently around 8,000 of them in orbit, so there will always be one or more in sight, coming or going.  You will need a view of the sky that is relatively free of tree branches, however.  Coverage will extend well above the Canadian border.

[rickymouse]

This internet service will not rely on a single geostationary satellite like HughesNet, etc. It uses a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit.  There are currently around 8,000 of them in orbit, so there will always be one or more in sight, coming or going.  You will need a view of the sky that is relatively free of tree branches, however.  Coverage will extend well above the Canadian border.

I got hundred twenty five foot high pines on my property and big Oak trees.  Not much of a view of the northern lights here.  Not very good cell phone reception either. 

Wouldn't there be dead spots in reception as the phone switches satellites?

Guess that is out of the question here, unless the satellite is directly overhead.