Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Elon Musk Openly Ponders About Tesla Making a Smartphone . . . Which Means They Already Are
Liberty Daily ^ | Jul. 14, 2023 | By J.D. Rucker

Posted on 07/14/2023 1:11:48 PM PDT by Red Badger

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

1 posted on 07/14/2023 1:11:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
Is it going to be electric?? Will it make calls on its own?
2 posted on 07/14/2023 1:16:35 PM PDT by Moorings
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I might buy one, I miss my flip phone and hate my current android phone.

I have an apple phone which may be better, but I have not used it yet cause I have only had it a few weeks

I really want a punkt phone, but they are overpriced

https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp02-4g-mobile-phone/


3 posted on 07/14/2023 1:16:45 PM PDT by algore (tv)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Apple and Samsung need some competitors that don’t track every move you make


4 posted on 07/14/2023 1:17:18 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Moorings

Battery powered of course.

And it will weigh 10 pounds.................


5 posted on 07/14/2023 1:19:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I was just being sarcastic. LOL


6 posted on 07/14/2023 1:19:44 PM PDT by Moorings
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
If you use a non-Tesla smart phone will the government make part of your cell phone bill go to Tesla?

At least that's how it works now with ICE drivers buying gas. There's a carbon tax that oil refineries have to pay unless they offset their refinery sins by paying indulgences known as RIN's (Renewable Identification Numbers, a much nicer sounding name than "carbon tax" or "carbon credits"). IIRC correctly, they can buy those at about 75 cents for every gallon of gas produced -- a cost passed on to consumers.

https://www.ioniqforum.com/threads/ev-licence-plate-animosity.45785/page-6#post-571961
https://www.ioniqforum.com/threads/ev-licence-plate-animosity.45785/page-6#post-572094

7 posted on 07/14/2023 1:19:53 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Moorings

So was I!.....................😁


8 posted on 07/14/2023 1:20:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

So the Elon Musk parody account is a sock puppet?


9 posted on 07/14/2023 1:24:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMind

Looks so................


10 posted on 07/14/2023 1:25:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Maybe he will bypass google/androit and apple.


11 posted on 07/14/2023 1:25:18 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Democrats aren't about Socialism or Communism. They are about Ghettoism, genocide and infanticide.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I’m beggin’ ya, Elon... Get the band back together ... That’ would be the Research In Motion band, and bring back BlackBerry.


12 posted on 07/14/2023 1:27:04 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

It’s not a new phone that’s hard, it’s a new operating system.
And the trick would be to make all the Apps designed for both Android & Apple to also work on the new operating system. If anyone can do it it’s Elon, and if he does it he might become the world’s first trillionaire.


13 posted on 07/14/2023 1:27:14 PM PDT by devere
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao

“Apple and Samsung need some competitors that don’t track every move you make”

That would be the original BlackBerry. It ended because it was too hard for government to spy on the citizens.


14 posted on 07/14/2023 1:29:18 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Given that he already has StarLink, it wouldn’t surprise me.


15 posted on 07/14/2023 1:30:58 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

It would be extra fun if it’s internet worked everywhere with Starlink.


16 posted on 07/14/2023 1:31:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Moorings

Watch....solar powered...set in on your windowsill..or car dash...


17 posted on 07/14/2023 1:32:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

if it runs a de-spywared version of android or ios it’ll do well.

if it runs its own operating system its success will depend on app makers making apps that work on it.


18 posted on 07/14/2023 1:37:08 PM PDT by cableguymn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DesertRhino

T-Mobile said they were working with starlink to do just that. I wonder if Musk killed that deal to do his own thing. never really heard much about it since the announcement.


19 posted on 07/14/2023 1:39:01 PM PDT by cableguymn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
"In fact, I’ve been leaning more and more toward thinking he’s a shill or even a ringleader of the Globalist Elite Cabal."

Mother Rucker once again reaching for his pearls of paranoia. And I know he lurks here after being banned what seems like ages ago.

You are always good for a laugh, JD. Get that through your tiny lesser hominid skull.

20 posted on 07/14/2023 1:41:11 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson