Supply‑chain analyst Ming‑Chi Kuo reports that OpenAI is accelerating development of its inaugural hardware product—a smartphone slated for mass production in early 2027. The device will run a customized MediaTek Dimensity 9600 chip, feature an enhanced image‑signal processor, LPDDR6 memory, UFS 5.0 storage and a dual‑NPU architecture for simultaneous language and vision AI tasks. Kuo predicts shipments of up to 30 million units in 2027‑28, putting the phone in the same league as Samsung’s flagship models. Read more →