OpenAI smartphone, advanced to 2027

A few days ago, Taiwanese analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, keeping a close eye on the walls of Asian suppliers, announced that OpenAI was working on designing its own AI-centric smartphone, with an expected arrival in 2028. An accelerated timeline to compete with Apple and Samsung. More recently, he informs us that the timeline has been brought forward, and that this device could be mass-produced as early as the beginning of 2027 for a release before the end of this year. OpenAI would indeed like to coincide this release with its IPO, initially planned for the end of 2026 but postponed to 2027. A high-end model with a 2-nanometer MediaTek chip. Furthermore, Kuo specifies that the device would be a high-end model, equipped with a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 application processor with a 2nm manufacturing process, produced by TSMC in the second half of 2026. The smartphone would also feature a dual NPU (Neural Processing Unit) architecture to distribute AI-related tasks and conserve battery life. Kuo estimates that the device could sell up to 30 million units between 2027 and 2028.