Tesla Pi Phone vs Apple’s iPhone

Muhammad Fiaz Asim
6 min readJan 8, 2022

For tesla fans one other elon musk inspired product to look forward to is the powerful tesla model pi smartphone however the phone will compete with other phones in the market including the popular iphone made by apple in this video we put the tesla model pi phone and the apple iphone side by side apple is a universal name at this point as it ells as many phones as it can make last year alone the cupertino based company sold almost 200 million units globally there is no doubt that apple is getting more than a few things right with its iphones which it updates yearly however it is about to welcome one more competitor this latest competition is backed by the might of the world’s wealthiest man who has literally infinite resources to throw behind his new product with the backing of musk the tesla python has everything it needs to succeed because he has a track record of making a success out of everything he touches if you’re in doubt tesla sells the most electric vehicles today while spacex is launching satellites to orbit a breakneck speed for itself and other clients it is also taking nasa astronauts to space and returning them likewise his boring company is well boring away under our feet musk also has millions of fans who undoubtedly like to use a phone made by musk to go nicely with their other tesla products before continuing with the tesla model pi and apple iphone comparison apple is rumored to be competing with tesla the iphone maker has been linked to rumors that it has been making an electric car for a long time the car is not here yet but the talks have refused to go away however what is not a rumor is that musk had once tried to sell tesla to apple during what he called production hell when the automaker was in deep crisis however musk never got to meet the ceo of apple tim cook tesla survived and has since blossomed so how does the tesla model python stand against the apple iphone how will the phones be made apple famously does not manufacture its phones the company only designs and tests them in the us and contracts out the actual production it has partners worldwide that make the components including camera lens chips screens and so forth even its biggest competitor samsung has made batteries for apple the accelerometer is made by bosch sensotec based in germany while the gyroscope is made by st microelectronics based in switzerland two companies assemble the phones for apple they are foxconn and pegatron both based in taiwan but with factories in many countries if tesla wants to stick with its tradition of assembling its own products it could build its own assembly plants however building a lant for making phones is quite different from ev plants the company might also try a cautious approach by contracting out the first few batches from this point we will compare the two phones based on what we know about the model pi camera the camera setups of the two phones are remarkably similar based on concepts floating around however the latest and most powerful iphone the iphone 13 pro has three lenses at the back or the tesla model pi phone has been shown to have four lenses the iphone takes excellent pictures including wide lens photos but the model pi phone can do more for example you can point the pi phone in the starry sky at night and take quality high resolution pictures without needing a long exposure you also use one lens to take a picture while another lens captures a video front at this stage the iphone is popular for its notched screen in fact apple made the design famous the notch houses the front camera and other sensors however while other phone makers have tried different designs like a punched camera apple has only shrunken the size of the notch many people do not like the design as it takes up valuable screen real estate and ruins the aesthetic but have to put up with it to use an apple phone however the model python comes with neither a notch nor a punch making the screen continuous and pleasing to look at the trick is tesla has put the camera under the screen and out of the way until you need it one other thing that the model pi phone has under the screen but which the iphone lacks is the fingerprint scanner you will be able to unlock your python by placing your finger on one part of the screen which is a very convenient method back the iphone has a textured mac glass back that is susceptible to cracking when dropped which is why it is a course of wisdom to slap a case on it as soon as you unbox it it has a prominent apple logo at the back the python has a prominent logo at the back too but the phone has the ability to change color based on sunlight this is due to the photochromic coating on the phone charging the iphone charges through a port or wirelessly with complaints rampant about how slow the latter is compared to other flagship phones while wireless charging has not been confirmed for the pi phone it will include embedded solar panels so you can charge it with power from the sun rather than waiting to get where you can find a socket that is not difficult for tesla to achieve as it has a solar panel production facility processing power apple continues to improve its iphone processor each year although the improvements have not been earth shattering for the past few years the latest iphone has the a15 bionic chip with one more gpu in the flagship model while tesla has not released details about the processor in its pi phone it s known that it will be powerful this is because the model python will be used to mine cryptocurrency of course at this point it is known the pi phone will literally travel farther than the iphone as it will be eventually used on mars by colonists of the planet musket wants people to live on the red planet permanently and he has to provide a currency for them to be able to transact businesses and earn a living this is why he is creating mars coins the pi phone will have the capacity to mine mars coins the phone will also serve as your wallet whether you’re on earth or mars and you will be able to pay for your groceries gas and so forth without having to reach for your wallet or credit cards cryptocurrency is not the only reason the model python will need a powerful processor because it will also use oron technologies from musk’s neuralink which tries to read signals from the human brain by implanting chips inside it is not for sinister reasons as the technology helps to correct some health issues and can potentially help people with speech impediments put their thoughts into words satellite connectivity there were rumors that the iphone 13 would come with satellite connectivity but that didn’t happen however the python will be able to connect to tesla’s starlink satellite service for a high-speed internet connection you have probably heard about starlink one of musk’s latest businesses it is spreading like wildfire despite still being in beta technically testers are willing to pay 500 for the dish and 99 per month to access fast speed internet anywhere there on earth through spacex’s styling satellites in space the service will soon leave beta and more people will join however something more interesting is that spacex applied to provide some telephony services while the service details are not yet known there is no doubt the pi phone will benefit from it it might mean you do not need to purchase a sim card to work the python integration with other tesla products the iphone has a tesla app which many tesla car owners use to control their vehicles remotely however since the iphone’s os is not within tesla’s control the app remains a third-party-owned app which restricts some features however the tesla model python will come with a tighter integration with tesla vehicles and other products including solar panels home battery energy solutions and so forth availability the apple iphone has een available for years and apple has not gotten tired of releasing new models every year however the tesla model python is still on the way as tesla still has to finalize the features and the design but nothing says it will take long to be available do you think the tesla model python has what it takes to compete with the apple smartphone let’s hear what you think in the comment section

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Muhammad Fiaz Asim

My interest is writing articles, and I’ve had a lot of success with it. I have articles published in several magazines.