Announced at MWC in Barcelona this week, the phone is an example of what a more affordable device with advanced AI capabilities could look like.

It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.

Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY), the German telecommunication giant, and its U.S. subsidiary, T-Mobile (TMUS), are stirring up the smartphone industry

Deutsche Telekom’s promised own-brand ‘AI phone’ is likely to be low-cost but will need more to differentiate it in a crowded AI-first device market.

It will boot a custom Magenta AI operating system with Perplexity Assistant baked in. Deutsche Telekom shared more details about its AI Phone at MWC

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