Tesla Pi phone : Billionaire Elon Musk has, for the first time, addressed the question of whether or not to make his own smartphone brand, to rival Apple and Android amid longstanding speculation that a “Tesla Pi” — or a “tELONphone” — is in the works.
Responding to a tweet, Musk stated: “I certainly hope it does not come to that (making his own phone), but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone.”
He was responding to Liz Wheeler, host of The Liz Wheeler Show video podcasts, who speculated: “If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?”
Wheeler then put out a Twitter poll, asking people if they would switch to a tELonphone, which has garnered more than 61,000 votes so far, with 18 hours still left for the poll to end.
