I mean technically, "biggest UPDATE" means that the gap between n-1 and n is the biggest we've seen yet ...
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iOS 18: What to Expect From 'Biggest' Update in iPhone's History
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Don't support this garbage, folks. Boycott iOS 18 if this happens
Damn you got the spirit, interested to come join us at apple ? We're hiring
I’m really tired of Apple calling these OS updates “the biggest ever”.
They forgot to mention that the logo for it will be upgraded from a 17 to an 18.
But comparatively? Have a look at what the rest of big tech has done....
Edit: I should have specified "comparatively nothing".
The last time Apple used the word "Biggest" reapeatedly in their ads was for iPhone 14. It did not end so well for them.
If it's the most bloated, resource-hogging, electricity-guzzling update ever, then it's technically true.
Yes, measured in GBs.
Smart thing to do for Apple would be to:
Hire your own assistant model
- Instead of Siri, choose any AI model from "assistant" store
- Require Apple defined capabilities from AI model (to keep control over UX)
- Models need to be executed 100% on device
- Any assistance from a larger cloud model needs explicit user permission
- App access need to be approved by the user
Outcomes
- Gives Apple sufficient control over UX
- Privacy centric due to models not allowed to send to cloud
- Immediate and continuous access to best models (AI iterates at weekly cadence, Apple at annual cadence)
- Users can choose as protective or edgy personal they want to work with (Siri would need to be boring)
Best of all, there would be STRONG push for getting everyone to upgrade iPhone every year. You would need the latest A-chip to have enough capacity to run the best models. And this would not be "Apple being greedy".
This strategy could double Apple revenues to get everyone to annual upgrade cycle.
Hire your own assistant model
- Instead of Siri, choose any AI model from "assistant" store
- Require Apple defined capabilities from AI model (to keep control over UX)
- Models need to be executed 100% on device
- Any assistance from a larger cloud model needs explicit user permission
- App access need to be approved by the user
Outcomes
- Gives Apple sufficient control over UX
- Privacy centric due to models not allowed to send to cloud
- Immediate and continuous access to best models (AI iterates at weekly cadence, Apple at annual cadence)
- Users can choose as protective or edgy personal they want to work with (Siri would need to be boring)
Best of all, there would be STRONG push for getting everyone to upgrade iPhone every year. You would need the latest A-chip to have enough capacity to run the best models. And this would not be "Apple being greedy".
This strategy could double Apple revenues to get everyone to annual upgrade cycle.
I think by "biggest" they mean file size now so technically they aren't lying even though this only shows like 2 things getting updated loll.
In my humble opinion, I feel we're hyping this update too much and we genuinely risk ending up severly disappointed.
Now I'm sure this'll be a bigger update than the previous ones, but still...
Much more curious to see what they'll add to macOS as I believe it has the biggest potential for cool implementations.
Now I'm sure this'll be a bigger update than the previous ones, but still...
Much more curious to see what they'll add to macOS as I believe it has the biggest potential for cool implementations.
I wonder if they'll try to move the end call button again.
Apple seems to think moving stuff around is a "feature".
Apple seems to think moving stuff around is a "feature".
It’ll be so big it won’t fit on 64GB iOS devices. 
I can't see devices with less than 128GB storage and 8GB RAM getting any of the AI features...It’ll be so big it won’t fit on 64GB iOS devices.
I'm just tired of Cook commenting on anything. He seems so amateur and fake when he tries to gen up excitement.
Looks like we are going to have a battery killer with months of serious bugs to sort out, especially on older phones.
I hope we can turn off all this AI stuff, I find it useless at the moment.
I won’t update to the first few version.
I hope we can turn off all this AI stuff, I find it useless at the moment.
I won’t update to the first few version.
Don't you just love this can't cross the line between iOS (cellular devices), iPadOS (tablets), tvOS (24/7 HDMI HDCP), and MacOS (desktop UNIX). Everything is impossible to infringe onto another's product line for some reasons.
Then we approach this from the storage and RAM perspective you mentioned where the things like iPhones and iPads can't achieve the same as earlier desktop OS's that worked easily enough with that little storage and RAM. Now we are introducing most likely cloud based AI assistants, you wonder how success will be judged?
Watch OS 10 was the most significant update that came to an Apple device since big bang! All of a sudden I couldn’t recognise my Apple Watch so I had to purchase a new one.
To be true, my iPhone 15PM looks almost identical to my iPhone 4. Except for the size difference, extra cameras and other things. Ios 18 may have few more sub menus hidden somewhere.
To be true, my iPhone 15PM looks almost identical to my iPhone 4. Except for the size difference, extra cameras and other things. Ios 18 may have few more sub menus hidden somewhere.
I’m not using google stuff. That’s why I avoid android. I turned off safari suggestions just to avoid google. No no no.