Counterpoint: Strong Demand for AI-Enabled Smartphones

Fifty-nine percent of people surveyed in seven countries, including the U.S., plan on upgrading to a generative AI-enabled smartphone within the next year, Counterpoint said Monday. Besides those from the U.S., people from Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, Poland and Japan were among the 3,535 surveyed. Counterpoint said demand for GenAI-enabled smartphones was particularly heavy in the U.S., followed by Germany and France. More than 66% of respondents indicated readiness to pay extra for AI-enabled smartphones.