Interesting to know:  Did you know

    Posted by retirefire on 28th of Nov 2022 at 04:39 pm

    Interesting to know: 

    Did you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store? https://t.co/LGkPZ4EYcz

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

    Finally we note that Musk unveiled a simple plan Friday night if Apple or Google decides to boot the social media platform from their stores: build a smartphone. And how hard could that be? 

    Musk responded to conservative commentator Liz Wheeler, who tweeted: "If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?" 

    Its technically not hard at

    Posted by mirhamedali on 28th of Nov 2022 at 06:26 pm

    Its technically not hard at all since all the major cell phone "makers" dont actually make anything.  As a matter of fact they dont even assemble the phones.  Thord party companies such as Foxconn assemble them.  Every single major piece of the phone can be purcahed easily from third parties.  From the RAM, processor, screen, camera, etc ...

    Only difficult part might be

    Posted by kevindeng0727 on 28th of Nov 2022 at 07:28 pm

    Only difficult part might be the new OP system. Tesla already has a very good one for cars which might help them going forward.

    Initially they can start with

    Posted by mirhamedali on 28th of Nov 2022 at 10:18 pm

    Initially they can start with Android which is open source.

    Elon has software that essentially auto-pilot manned rockets to the space station and AI for sel driving cars.  A smart phone cant be that difficult for him

    Also keep in mind that Apple has a 50% profit margin on iphones.  Imagine Elon launches something that undercuts that price point significantly?  What deos that do to Apple?

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