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Asus confirms its smartphone business is on indefinite hiatus (arstechnica.com)
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Asus chairman Jonney Shih sees AI applications as the company's main focus going forward.

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[-] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

This makes sense, smartphones have become commoditized, even mid-range devices have been good enough since 2020 or so. Even the camera advantage that flagships used to have isn't that big of a deal these days.

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