Probably the same as 16 buyers if they add 12 ram next year and it’s needed.
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Apple Intelligence Features Expected to Roll Out in This Order Between iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.4 [Updated]
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Without ChatGPT and friends Apple wouldn’t have done anything like that at all. There was no timeline for that stuff.
Probably the same as 16 buyers if they add 12 ram next year and it’s needed to run ai properly.
Makes sense to me. Though I'm not sure the step from 14 to 15 was that big either. Even me currently upgrading from 13 isn't huge though just big enough to motivate me.
So in other words. Wait until 18.5.1 until I should update for iOS 17.
For 18.0 through 18.4, the emphasis is going to be adding new AI features and getting those out the door. I think it is prudent to wait for a release where at least some emphasis will be associated with fixing problems for all of those new features. That is why I typical wait for a x.1.1 or x.2 release but not this go around.
For 18.0 through 18.4, the emphasis is going to be adding new AI features and getting those out the door. I think it is prudent to wait for a release where at least some emphasis will be associated with fixing problems for all of those new features. That is why I typical wait for a x.1.1 or x.2 release but not this go around.
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It's funny how "Apple Intelligence" is all over the marketing for these phones; when you place an order it literally says "iPhone 16 Pro Max" and beneath that it says "Apple Intelligence", as if that is the main feature of these phones, possibly even a subtitle of the phone's name itself, and yet the phones won't even launch with Apple Intelligence.
Not that I don't trust Apple to roll out these software updates on time, but the software/hardware schedule they've locked themselves into is producing some awkward results. I can't think of a previous time the release of a phone was centered around a software feature that was coming later. The 4S was in a similar situation, it was centered around Siri, they even claimed the "S" stood for "Siri", but Siri was available at launch. This is different.
It is weird, and it doesn't really have a precedent. It shows the extent to which the AI craze caught Apple by surprise and they had to develop these features on a rushed timeline.
Not that I don't trust Apple to roll out these software updates on time, but the software/hardware schedule they've locked themselves into is producing some awkward results. I can't think of a previous time the release of a phone was centered around a software feature that was coming later. The 4S was in a similar situation, it was centered around Siri, they even claimed the "S" stood for "Siri", but Siri was available at launch. This is different.
It is weird, and it doesn't really have a precedent. It shows the extent to which the AI craze caught Apple by surprise and they had to develop these features on a rushed timeline.
Yes. Apple explicitly advertises it as an exclusive feature of the Capture Control button.
To be fair, the European iPhone 16 marketing pages where all of this is missing are even funnier.
You’re telling me that you aren’t looking forward to draining a small lake every time you ask Siri a question???
Lends credence to the idea Apple had absolutely nothing and were busy trying to convince people their four grand ski goggles were the future.
Especially if you only upgrade every 3 years or more. I’d totally hold off for the iPhone 17 in that case.
True, even worse for people outside the US because as a UK person I'd be in for a hell of a wait of nearly 3 months to get a feature in UK English that was heavily advertised for this phone from day 1 if I wasn't running the 18.1 beta.
Apple needs to really sort itself out with these software releases because advertising that this phone is designed around Apple Intelligence while promoting it heavily and then withholding it from the rest of the world for months is just not on.
It will be even better on iPhone 19. So I'll upgrade my 13 to 16 now and then my 16 to 19 in a few years.
Does anyone else remember when it was Microsoft who sold the vaporware, and Apple who sold the product...
Well at least you know in advance just how much it will be delayed. You learned in time to not purchase a new 16 and wait or consider other options.
Except, I see this as Tim testing the water so they know how far behind they can be in terms of releasing software features. I bet after some time, they will announce features that are still more or less on the drawing board and release it 2 years later. It’s insane for us, but not surprised to me.