Originally published in DailyWealth on June 20, 2025. DailyWealth re-ran it on April 10, 2026, as "AI Is Killing the Smartphone."
In 2004, I told Congress that our separate gadgets would merge into a single device. The same framework now says the smartphone has hit its limits.
We check our phones well over a hundred times a day and lose focus with every interruption. Voice-first AI and smart glasses are lining up to take over, and the companies building for what comes next will define the next era.