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		mandeepj on Aug 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX, T-Mobile to connect satellites to cellphon... How many of you are not convinced that StarLink will launch a smart phone soon? Tesla has all the related tech and StarLink has the connectivity. I guess at this point, it's just a matter of time.

wmf on Aug 26, 2022 [–]

Remember the Facebook phone? A slam dunk, right? Or the Fire Phone? (More like Fyre Phone.)

mandeepj on Aug 26, 2022 | [–]

You notice a pattern there? A phone should be generalized; both the phones that you mentioned were narrowed down by its parent company to their own use cases. I guess maybe that's why they FAILED.

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