[saagarjha]

> I don't know about you but my phone hasn't run out of power in months.

I don't understand your argument here. If your smart speaker 100% maxed out its CPU and sensors for a month, would you notice? Probably not. I guarantee you would if your smartphone did, though, unless you keep it constantly plugged in.

> But smartphones are literally next to you at all time, they don't need better microphones.

I'll chalk this one up to individual preference. Personally, my phone is usually not near me at home (e.g. downstairs) since I have access to my computer, which I prefer using instead.

[ehsankia]

Sure, but you don't need to max out CPU to collect and upload data. It's fairly trivial amount of computation for most things it can collect.

[saagarjha]

Using the microphone continuously does require power, though…