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Tesla, software and disruption

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  • Aug 31, 2018
  • #Business #Technology
Benedict Evans
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When Nokia people looked at the first iPhone, they saw a not-great phone with some cool features that they were going to build too, being produced at a small fraction of the volum... Show More

When Nokia people looked at the first iPhone, they saw a not-great phone
with some cool features that they were going to build too, being produced
at a small fraction of the volumes they were selling. They shrugged. “No
3G, and just look at the camera!”

When car company people look at a Tesla, they have the same reaction. The
Nokia people were terribly, terribly wrong. Are the car people wrong?

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