I don't think Apple are in the best position to fight Elon since all their shit is built in China where protests have ground everything down and Elon's factories are state side and I bet making a new 'Telsa phone' is easier than doing a full electric car...especially with Starlink available..
Bringing out a new phone with a new software ecosystem now would be a really long shot, to say the least. However, if there ever was a good time for it, it's now.
I'd definitely say the tipping factor is Elon himself, he's a marketing god as he can grab so much attention himself and funnel that straight into his new products or venture. People pre pay just to be part of his events while I feel Apple is extremely reliant on it's 'prestige' too much to respond to this tactic effectively.
The software ecosystem for an OS takes a long time and investment though, regardless of how good Elon is himself. That would be the bottleneck for a Tesla phone.
Teslas use Ubuntu as a base, so they have many well versed Linux devs who would be capable of hiring competent Android devs, as Android is also based on Linux.
It really is developing the hardware and manufacturing capability that is the hard part for tesla as they already have the capability of making their own custom Android ROM.
I don't think Apple are in the best position to fight Elon since all their shit is built in China where protests have ground everything down and Elon's factories are state side and I bet making a new 'Telsa phone' is easier than doing a full electric car...especially with Starlink available..
Bringing out a new phone with a new software ecosystem now would be a really long shot, to say the least. However, if there ever was a good time for it, it's now.
I'd definitely say the tipping factor is Elon himself, he's a marketing god as he can grab so much attention himself and funnel that straight into his new products or venture. People pre pay just to be part of his events while I feel Apple is extremely reliant on it's 'prestige' too much to respond to this tactic effectively.
The software ecosystem for an OS takes a long time and investment though, regardless of how good Elon is himself. That would be the bottleneck for a Tesla phone.
Teslas use Ubuntu as a base, so they have many well versed Linux devs who would be capable of hiring competent Android devs, as Android is also based on Linux.
It really is developing the hardware and manufacturing capability that is the hard part for tesla as they already have the capability of making their own custom Android ROM.