Elon Musk plans to release his own smartphone with a unique OS

Elon Musk said that at this time, Tesla does not intend to develop its own smartphone, but such a product may appear on the market if it turns out that Apple and Google will exert pressure, forcing Tesla to enter this segment.

During an interview on the Joe Rogan podcast, Musk noted that Tesla has a strong base to create a smartphone that wouldn't use Android or iOS, referring to software the company already has.

"The production of a Tesla smartphone is not a priority plan. We don want to do it unless we have to», — he emphasized.

Musk also explained that the appearance of the Tesla smartphone can be expected only if Apple and Google start serious problems in managing their platforms.

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"If these companies start doing bad things, like censoring apps or becoming “gatekeepers” in the negative sense of the word, then I think we can release our phone», — the businessman noted.

Musk probably has in mind the unsuccessful attempts of other large companies to create a competitor for Android and iOS. For example, Amazon released the Fire Phone in 2014, which ran on a modified version of Android, but the device could not become a competitor for several reasons.

A similar situation was with Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, which did not&nbsp ;was able to win the support of application developers, which made its market not attractive enough. That is why Musk is probably holding back on the idea of ​​releasing a Tesla smartphone at this stage.

Rumors about a possible Tesla smartphone appeared after several reports, one of which even claimed that the device has the code name &laquo ;Model Pi», however, Musk denied these rumors, stressing that Tesla is currently not planning to release the phone.