Last week, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed plans for OpenAI AI phone for 2028. Now, he has shared new details which outline some of the key specifications of the smartphone, which will make it a truly agentic AI smartphone.
Kuo Says OpenAI Will Redefine Smartphones
In his official X account, Ming-Chi Kuo notes that OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors for its first-ever AI phone and has entered into an exclusive system co-design partnership with Luxshare for supply chain mass production.
This is because, to make the world's first agentic AI phone, OpenAI will need to control both software and hardware, and working with leading semiconductor manufacturers and supply chain production lines will ensure OpenAI's ability to integrate AI agents directly into the phone's real-time context.
Moreover, Kuo notes that based on the current estimation, MediaTek is better positioned to become the sole supplier of chipsets for OpenAI. It is believed to be a modded version of the upcoming flagship Dimensity 9600 processor, which will be better tuned for on-device AI and higher GPU capabilities. It is also expected to be built on the same N2P 2nm fabrication node as that of the regular Dimensity 9600.
Also, aside from all the AI-first propositions, Kuo claims that OpenAI's phone will also offer superior imaging. The imaging ISP is said to be one of the headline specs, with an "enhanced HDR pipeline improving real-world visual sensing".
Aside from that for an AI-first phone, OpenAI plans to use a dual NPU architecture for heterogeneous AI compute. Given the RAM and storage-hungry nature of AI, it is no surprise that Kuo claims the phone will offer LPDDR6 RAM and UFS 5.0 storage. It could also integrate pKVM + inline hashing for security and stricter on-device processing.
What Will The OpenAI Phone Look Like?
While there is no concrete data around the design of the OpenAI's AI smartphone, it seems like we already know how it could look. Our Editor in Chief, Anmol Sachdeva decided to ask ChatGPT itself how a ChatGPT-branded phone will look like and it gave us the below image.
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As you can see it is very similar to the iPhone Air design with its camera bar and looks interesting to say the least, with the ChatGPT logo at the back. However, there is no way to confirm if this is the actual design in process or just ChatGPT's way of mocking us.
Either way, with OpenAI jumping into the hardware bandwagon and that too with a smartphone, it will be interesting to see how agentic AI smartphones shape the future narrative. Kuo says OpenAI will target the high-end smartphone segment with an estimated 30 million units in 2028. Production could begin as early as 2027.
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