smartphone

also referred to as: smartphones

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 15, 2023 by Jessica Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about smartphone, oldest first

Sep 15, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Jessica Lessin: Camera quality is the only feature driving smartphone upgrades
“Like literally the only way to get someone to buy a new phone right now is like the pictures taken on the iPhone or the pictures taken on the other phone improved by the Android phone.”
Jessica Lessin Sep 15, 2023 ▶ 12:28 #14: The Apple Episode (Carbon Neutralish) · More or Less Podcast
Mar 15, 2024
Insight
Julia Hartz says parents must reparent their own smartphone habits before helping kids
“The second thing is, in order for us to help our kids, we have to reparent ourselves on smartphones.”
Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 32:42 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast
May 3, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jessica Lessin predicts smartphones will lose computing dominance within 20 years
“10 years from now, 20 years from now, I don't think the smartphone is gonna be as dominant as, I mean, it could be wrong, actually, but probably not in terms of how we're interacting with it, right, or it's a companion to other things”
Jessica Lessin May 3, 2024 ▶ 39:58 #45: How Tech Cos. Quit the Culture Wars · More or Less Podcast
Mar 7, 2025 negative
Insight
Britt Morin: Lasting brands are nearly impossible to build since 2014
“Around 20 14 ish is when we hit critical mass of a billion people on social media and a billion people on smartphones. Since then, it's been really hard to create a meaningful brand that lasts more than like a drop in the bucket for a couple of years.”
Brit Morin Mar 7, 2025 ▶ 2:29 #89: America’s Crypto Reserve, Nvidia’s $600M Hit & Digg’s Comeback · More or Less Podcast
May 23, 2025 negative
Opinion
Morin: Consumers Are Exhausted by Phones and Social Media, Seeking an Out
“There we are in a moment right now where people's relationship with their phones in particular is deeply like filled with negative emotion, right? Like people want out of the ecosystem. It's like the combined ecosystem of social media and phones, I think has p…”
Dave Morin May 23, 2025 ▶ 55:52 OpenAI Teams Up with Jony Ive, Vibe Coding, Gemini, and More | More or Less #100 · More or Less Podcast
Aug 28, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Smartphones will soon let users remove unwanted OS features via AI prompts
“Maybe in a few years, you're just gonna be able to be like, please get rid of all of this. The phone will just finally do it.”
Dave Morin Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 32:08 Meta’s $17B Reckoning & Why Parents Can’t Compete With Big Tech's Algorithm · More or Less Podcast
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