The era of affordable, high-performance smartphones is ending due to the increasing demands of AI. These devices, once capable of outperforming 1980s supercomputers for under $120, democratized internet access for millions. However, AI's memory requirements are now creating a bottleneck, driving up costs and threatening the availability of cheap smartphones. AI
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IMPACT AI's increasing hardware demands may make essential technology inaccessible to lower-income populations globally.
RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the impact of AI on the cost and availability of smartphones.