I believe they actually still use Chiat Day.
I at least remember it being mentioned that Chiat Day helped with last years “crush” ad.
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Apple Facing False Advertising Lawsuit Over Apple Intelligence Delay
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I at least remember it being mentioned that Chiat Day helped with last years “crush” ad.
Let me trade my 16 pro for a 17 pro at no charge and we will call it good.
I’d definitely join this class action. I specifically upgraded to the iPhone 16 Pro in the hopes I’d get a MUCH better Siri sometime in 2025. Otherwise I would have delayed my purchase by at least a year.
Class action lawsuits are a mug's game.
Easy money for the lawyers involved but even if upheld, not much more than a pyrrhic victory for the group claimants.
Bought an iPhone 16? Vote with your wallet next time.
Easy money for the lawyers involved but even if upheld, not much more than a pyrrhic victory for the group claimants.
Bought an iPhone 16? Vote with your wallet next time.
Think we'd all love a return to announcements of things "Available today". Versus the "Available for pre-order" of recent years, and the "Available later" which got us here.
And unfortunate it took a soiling of this scale to bring that return.
It was only a matter of time. I must say that I do hope that this lawsuit curtails the Apple marketing department to HAVE a deliverable product before they toot their horn.
While I doubt anyone bought the 16 for Apple Intelligence, I hope this case wins and Apple has to pay out - it’s the only way they will learn.
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Apple deserves this. If I bought a phone on the premise that a feature set would be available, albeit a bit later than advertised, only to find out they may not be available until the release of the next iPhone, I’d be rather miffed.
This lawsuit has been a long time coming. Going back to the release of iCloud, and maybe even earlier, Apple has promised featured only to be delayed and eventually released half baked, if at all.
Yep, I think this may be a rare display of Apple making an actual mistake in their marketing and users expectations.
This isn't a "camera mode" or some other minor feature not available at launch. This was an entire set of features that weren't available at launch of the phone, and the slow drip drip of features that they did roll out over what's now 6 months is not impressive at all, some of them you'd be hard pressed to describe as actual AI.
This debacle will ultimately harm consumer confidence in Apple, something they don't typically have to worry about. It seems like they will need to do something much more drastic than paying out a class action suit to restore it. Something like allowing returns of devices or free upgrades to the next model. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple did either one of these things. They aren't scared of paying out millions, that's chump change to them. However, they are very afraid of how the public perceives them.
They should be .. they are perceived as over hyping and over promising on things that aren't even close to ready soon, or at all
The only false advertising was that the kid was a kid. Other than that people got AI that wasn't intelligent enough.
PS. It's pretty funny that almost everyone on MR claimed they would turn off AI rather than be forced to use it. Clearly no one here can file for the claim.
PS. It's pretty funny that almost everyone on MR claimed they would turn off AI rather than be forced to use it. Clearly no one here can file for the claim.
As a decades long Apple customer with the full range of their devices it’s puzzling to witness this debacle. With world class resources at their disposal, continuing to ship underperforming Siri and vacuous Apple Intelligence boggles the mind.
They weren’t clear in the ads.
Usually I roll my eyes at lawsuits against Apple.
But as an iPhone 15 owner — still jaded that a phone less than a year old was ditched for Apple Intelligence — I’ll allow it.
But as an iPhone 15 owner — still jaded that a phone less than a year old was ditched for Apple Intelligence — I’ll allow it.
So that’s why every iPhone 16 ad was about Apple Intelligence?
This was inevitable. Apple really screwed up on this one.