iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro Chip Rumored to Boost AI, Retain 6-Core GPU

[cocky jeremy]

Having Siri turned off on all my devices for sheer lack of usefulness, I wonder if this is something that will make me turn it on. I doubt it though…

I turn them all off. Useful or not. I don't want to talk on the phone, so I sure as hell don't want to talk TO my phone.

 

[obesechess]

Given how much I do not care about "AI" or "LLMs" and find them useless at best, a nuisance at worst, I guess I'll just go ahead and upgrade to a 15. I was going to try to hold out (I think the battery health on my 12 is 76%) but there's nothing compelling about the 16 to me so far.

 

[appleCakes]

Can anyone give a real example of how more powerful neural engines since say, iPhone12, have improved the user experience (not iOS upgrades, which are all available on all these different chip generations.)

 

[bodonnell202]

I literally only use Siri for 2 things (and both only in the car):
Hey Siri, play *insert name of song or playlist here*
Hey Siri, call *name of person*

It does both those things well enough for me now, I can't imagine this fundamentally changing how I use my iPhone.

 

[AriaAmaris]

What’s the point of having that thin piece of display above the island? Just move the island up as far as possible and have a small notch. Geez!

 

[obesechess]

I literally only use Siri for 2 things (and both only in the car):
Hey Siri, play *insert name of song or playlist here*
Hey Siri, call *name of person*

It does both those things well enough for me now, I can't imagine this fundamentally changing how I use my iPhone.

Yep, that and "set a timer" because I'm putting something in the over and my hands are dirty. What else do people use Siri for? (serious question).

 

[Torty]

If AI will be provided from the cloud, why I need to “upgrade” my 15 pro to a 16?.

Cause they will not give all AI functionality to older devices.

 

[Torty]

M3 series only has an 18-tops NPU. So no generative AI features on M3?

Reserved for M4.