It’s real simple older devices suck, Apple wants to make more money, And Siri 2.0 is going to suck,
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iOS 18: These iPhones Won't Support New Apple Intelligence AI Features
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Apple always has some BS why features don't work on older devices, until they do. Remember the super drive!
Luckily Apple also supports devices for 6+ years with updates, sure you can't get every new feature on every device.. But you still get most new features and all security updates and base OS support.
On Android you'd be lucky if the device you buy will get one new major release. Or even that it will run the newest version of Android.
So I may not get a bunch of features I don’t need and didn’t ask for?
I’ll survive.
I guess …
Somehow.
I’ll survive.
I guess …
Somehow.
Literally everyone else can just do this stuff over the internet, but because Apple has to find a way to make their older machines obsolete they have to build their planned obsolescence into their hardware.
Sure.. Because the last how many years of software have been absolute *******? Apple hasn't delivered an "insanely great" experience for any of their products in years.
Fail. Apple's goal should be good customer experience
Okay, I’m confused: given the general reaction of this thread it seems most people are freaking out their 1yo phone wont get a new major feature. But my understanding is the new feature is coming to all phones which current support 17 but it will just utilize services versus on-machine processing. Other than the privacy concerns, most user will probably not even notice right? So what’s the big deal?
Surprise! Google will let the Pixel 8 run on-device AI after all
Guess it figured out those “hardware limitations.”www.theverge.com
The Honor Magic 6 Pro has on-device AI tooS24 supports Gemini Nano on-device AI.
The power of Google AI comes to the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series
Check out the ways Google and Samsung are collaborating to bring the latest Google AI innovations to Samsung’s flagship smartphones.blog.google
HONOR Illuminates the Future of AI in Smart Devices at MWC
/PRNewswire/ -- At MWC Barcelona 2024, George Zhao, CEO of HONOR Device Co., Ltd., took the stage with industry leaders for a thought-provoking panel...
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HONOR also partnered with Qualcomm to demonstrate the use of open-source Llama 2 on the new HONOR Magic6 Pro, showcasing the power of on-device AI even for offline use.
New to its operating system is MagicLM, the on-device large language model AI with seven billion parameters, granting it on-device AI abilities.
I won't need such advanced AI features, so I'll be fine with my iPhone SE 2. My brother has an iPhone SE 3, and he won't need to use said features either. It's only after Apple entirely drops new iOS support for the iPhone SE 2 when I'll finally upgrade to a new iPhone; a "regular" model and not the Plus or Pro versions.
The M1 has less neural processing power than the A16 Bionic. Try again.
More like, all devices with an M* chip. A* and A*X chips are also Apple Silicon
Oh I expect M1 will not support all AI features, at least not generated text and images and videos if Apple ever takes this route. It's too slow indeed. I've already tried.
Apple didn't allow Siri on the iPhone 4, only the 4S. Because it was too slow. Then jailbreakers were able to get the Siri running on the 4, saying it works on 4 and Apple is just forcing this limitation to sell more phones. Then people tried using it on the 4, and it was garbage, super slow, didn't respond, didn't have the power needed for a good experience. Just because some can run on older hardware doesn't mean it's good at running on older hardware.
Also with the recent AI device that were released that had horrible reviews, and made some companies go under because of them, I think Apple would rather limit the AI to the best hardware to avoid those reviews. Make lots of money be selling new hardware is just a bonus.
Well that's good. I was afraid I'd have to figure out how to disable that crap. Just having it not work on my phone at all is easier.
It is an Internet forum, what did you expect?
People complain that the iPad Pro M4 lacks a killer app that would justify its raw power, but at the same time lament that Apple is considering introducing new features that would require the latest and greatest!
Me, I am perfectly happy with my iPhone XS which may still run on iOS 18 (and get security updates for a couple of extra years). Try that with virtually any Android phone!
Well, privacy concerns are a big deal in themselves.
Meanwhile, anyone who made the transition from Intel-powered Macs to Apple silicon-powered Mac’s will remember that while the Intel devices continued to get the latest OS and security updates, there were a number of features they didn’t get because they were offered only on the devices with Apple processors. It sounds like this will be the case with AI. Which suits me just fine. But those who are freaking out over it should clam down and wait until the iOS 18 is actually released.
The next SE is going to be my next iPhone.
Not spending big money to buy phones that don't get main features just a couple of years later.
Not spending big money to buy phones that don't get main features just a couple of years later.
However, given the many concerns about how AI functionality works (e.g. the upcoming Copilot+ functionality in Windows 11), if I update to iOS 18 before I get an iPhone 16 Plus, I won't worry about it. AI is still an immature technology and it may take several years to perfect it on a small device.
Most likely they are referring to the 12.9”, while you have an 11”. The 12.9” 5th gen corresponds to the 11” 3rd gen, because the first two iPad Pro generations were 12.9”-only.
Well, look on the bright side:
I didn’t want to need to turn off all these AI features on my phone, and now I won’t have to because they won’t work on it 😂
I didn’t want to need to turn off all these AI features on my phone, and now I won’t have to because they won’t work on it 😂