In the race to launch the world’s first truly native AI smartphone, it wasn’t Big Tech stealing the headlines at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025—with that award going to Deutsche Telekom (DT). The German operator showcased its first handset with native Magenta AI assistant powered by Perplexity, an emerging US-based conversational LLM. The demo does not specify the make, design, or technical specifications of the smartphone used to demo DT’s AI handset, probably because the whole idea is to democratize mobile generative AI tools for DT mobile customers on lower-end devices. We understand that higher end devices sold through DT will have more intuitive, app-free AI experiences, which raises the question about the extent of AI functionality via the MeinMagenta…