An Interview with Joanna Stern About the iPhone Duo and AI for Normal People
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Consumer hardware narratives are shifting from specs to “how does AI actually feel in daily use” — interviews like this are market research on what non-technical users will tolerate and value. If you’re building on-device or assistant experiences, mine these reactions for friction points and mental models, not feature ideas.
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