{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0f829dacc4a28739f278a5c8","clusterId":"c_7088b045ca109ab6a0f57c3e","slug":"qualcomm-ceo-says-the-next-thing-after-smartphones-is-smartphones","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Qualcomm CEO Says The Next Thing After Smartphones Is Smartphones","summary":"Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, that smartphones will not disappear, and that what follows them is another smartphone rather than a new device category. He framed the coming period as the AI agent smartphone era, a phone that acts through an agent rather than simply running apps. Watches, VR goggles, and smart glasses had been floated as candidates for the post-phone device.","whyItMatters":"The company that supplies the processors inside most flagship phones is arguing that the device category it sells into stays the center of computing, which pushes the AI agent pitch onto the phone rather than onto glasses or a new form factor.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWatches, VR goggles, and smart glasses have all been floated over the past decade as the device that would take over from the phone. Amon\u0026#39;s answer at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui is that none of them does. The phone remains the form factor, and the change happens inside it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he describes arriving is the AI agent smartphone, a phone whose main interface is an agent rather than a grid of apps. Qualcomm supplies chips to most of the handset makers who would have to build it.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Cristiano Amon's AI agent phone still assumes the app store survives. The agent layer sits above the apps, but the revenue model sits below them, and no part of the Snapdragon Summit framing resolves which one pays.","twitterPost":"Cristiano Amon calls the next device a smartphone. The AI agent layer is the change; the handset form factor is the constant he is protecting.","threadsPost":"Cristiano Amon's answer to the post-phone question keeps the phone. What changes is the interface: an AI agent replaces app-by-app tapping. The hardware stays put, so the disruption lands on software distribution, not on the device category. Watches and glasses lose the framing that made them candidates.","newsletterBlurb":"Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon used the Snapdragon Summit in Maui to say smartphones are not going anywhere, and that the device after them is another smartphone. He calls the coming period the AI agent smartphone era. Watches, VR goggles, and smart glasses had been the long-running candidates for the post-phone slot.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438584/?rss\",\"title\":\"\\\"The Next Thing After Smartphones Is Smartphones,\\\" Qualcomm CEO Declares, on the Future of the 'AI Agent Era'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4945,"outputTokens":545,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791169167,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T02:55:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7088b045ca109ab6a0f57c3e","canonicalTitle":"「スマホの次もスマホだ」クアルコムCEOが断言する“AIエージェント時代”の未来","representativeArticleId":"a_de69ac09b47633c85d2e5a99","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Cristiano Amon\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-30T22:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-30T22:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/438/4438584/?rss","title":"「スマホの次もスマホだ」クアルコムCEOが断言する“AIエージェント時代”の未来"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Cristiano Amon"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}