Elon Musk is rumored to be interested in creating a Tesla phone with unique features, making the competition between Apple and Tesla more obvious. Apple is also pushing to accelerate development of its electric car.
The Tesla smartphone
The supposed phone is anticipated to have Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon 8 Series solution, colors that match Tesla car colors, operate better as a car key for Tesla autos than any other phone, and (this is the interesting part) connect to Starlink. This last is interesting because, naturally, having to connect a smartphone to a satellite needs a big antenna and a very powerful radio. However, if they can get it to work, it will provide a massive, unique advantage to Tesla phone users who could get relatively high-bandwidth connections years before 5G is available to them.
A better path would be to put the satellite connectivity into the car, which could better conceal the large antenna, and then have the phone connect through the car when a 5G network was unavailable or when you want to watch a movie (to get around data caps). Then the car gets an always-on satellite connection for remote operation and to report on attempted thefts or parking lot damage more reliably. Last but not least, with smartphones becoming keys to cars, a Tesla phone could be further integrated with your Tesla car.
For example, it could have dedicated buttons to lock, unlock, locate the vehicle, and scream for help using the car’s external speakers to get attention. The phone would also help the car locate you if you had the autonomous feature and wanted it to pick you up, which would be particularly handy for those of us who forget where we park. How amazing is that?
As far as making a phone that worked out of the box, remember that Qualcomm helped Apple with the first iPhone, and they’ve become far more capable since then. With help from Qualcomm, Tesla starts with market-leading phone technology and would need to add the car features, which they are certainly more than capable of doing.
Wrapping Up
Even though Tesla is light on the phone side, Qualcomm will help close that gap; on the car side, Tesla knows far more than Apple. If Tesla can get its quality up to where it needs to be — a big if given its history — they should deliver a better driver experience than Apple can early on. In addition, the regulatory hurdles surrounding building a car are far more challenging to overcome than when building a phone, so Tesla arguably has a far faster time in the market with Qualcomm than Apple does with only its new car.
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