Rumors about a future Tesla smartphone have been ringing for a long time and we’ve even heard its possible name: “Model PiPhone”.
A conceptual video of YouTube imagine this phone could connect to the internet via Starlink, drive a Tesla vehicle, and even be mind-controlled (!) thanks to Neuralink advancements.
Furthermore, it also claims that the phone would come with night vision cameras, solar charging and cryptocurrency mining features.
However, If this all sounds too interesting to be true, it’s probably because it isn’t. The “Tesla Model Pi” phone was born from unofficial renders created by ADR Studio Design and at the moment there is no information from reliable sources.
Some time ago, Musk already talked about this rumor. On a tweet published in 2020, Musk said that Tesla ‘definitely is not’ actively developing any kind of smartwatch or smartphoneand even referred to them as “yesterday’s technology”, as opposed to what Neuralink considers “the future”.
Definitely not. Smartwatches and phones are yesterday’s technology, Neuralinks are the future.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 14, 2020
So as much as we’d like to see a breath of fresh air with Tesla entering this market, it’s not something that looks like it’s going to happen, at least not yet.
