I just finished reading an article about Doubao mobile phones, and the core idea is roughly:

It has significant implications for the times, but it is unlikely to follow the path of "Huawei's Wenjie."

To be honest, I generally agree.

It's not hard to understand why Doubao has become so popular this time.
For the first time, AI has been pulled from the app layer to the system layer, and many people are experiencing for the first time that "so this is how a phone can be used." The instant sell-out during pre-sales and the premium on second-hand sales are essentially the result of a combination of emotions and novelty.

But the problem indeed came very quickly.

The first point that cannot be bypassed is:
Once system-level AI expands outward, it will inevitably touch the bottom line of mobile phone manufacturers.
It's not very realistic for Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, and even Huawei to hand over the system entry to a third-party closed-source AI.

The success of Wenjie is largely due to the fact that Huawei controls the entire chain, rather than just providing an "assistant."

The second point, which is actually more difficult than dealing with manufacturers, is the app ecosystem.
If AI can really help you compare prices, place orders, and reply to messages across platforms, what users will remember in the end will definitely be "Doubao", not Taobao or Meituan.
From the user's perspective, this is great, but from the platform and advertiser's perspective, it is basically equivalent to taking away their lifeline.

So you will find that this is not a matter of whether someone is willing to cooperate, but rather an inherent opposition.

Looking further down on the user side, it’s actually not that optimistic.
To be honest, most people change their phones not because of a specific feature.
Moreover, many scenarios are not designed for efficiency.
Shopping on Taobao, scrolling through short videos, reading novels, is originally just a way of "wasting time".
These things, AI may not necessarily be more enjoyable than doing it oneself.

So I actually feel that whether Doubao phone can go far or not depends not on "how strong the AI is", but on how it will ultimately be managed.

If it really wants to be the "central control for all entrances," it will definitely lead the entire industry to rebound together;
But if it is willing to narrow the boundaries first and only solve some high-frequency, low-risk, and genuinely valuable tasks, such as information organization, scheduling, and content generation, rather than immediately replacing your transactions, orders, and payments, the resistance will be much lower.

There is one more very realistic point:
The cost is very high when a system-level AI makes a mistake.
Transferring money incorrectly, sending messages to the wrong person, deleting files by mistake—if this happens even occasionally, many users will hesitate to use the service again.
So "controllable", "reversible", and "can it be turned off" may be more important than "smart or not".

Overall, my feeling is:
Doubao Mobile is the right direction, but it feels more like opening a new path rather than copying the question interface.
Whether a road can be traveled depends on whether it is willing to find a boundary for survival between ambition and reality.

If it can gradually converge later, there is still a great opportunity.
But if you want to consume the entire entrance right from the start, the resistance will definitely be much greater than you imagine.

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