How many smartphones does the speaker claim exist?

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The next big asset isn’t a car or a home... it’s your smartphone📱

15 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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Dan Novaes (speaker/creator) argues that smartphones represent a new asset class, comparing the potential impact to what Uber did for cars and Airbnb did for homes. He emphasizes global ubiquity—"there's 7 billion smartphones"—as the basis for the argument and ends with a direct call-to-action to follow for more tips and hacks.

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7 billion smartphones.

What Uber did for cars or Airbnb did for homes. Like, we're doing that for smartphones. I guess. Like, the difference is that not everyone owns a car. You know, not everyone owns a home. And, you know, there's 7 billion smartphones. And whether you're, like, in some emerging market in the middle of, like, you know, Africa, or you're sitting in your apartment in New York City, you have a smartphone. And so I think that's why we kind of see it as a new asset class of what's possible. And everyone is just spending so much time on this thing. If you want to get more of this, follow us and get all of our hacks for free.