And TikTok has how many billion users?
And FB/Instagram etc…
# of users means nothing, everyone who tries it once is counted as a user
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Kuo: Expectation That Apple Intelligence Will Drive iPhone 16 Sales 'May Be Too Optimistic'
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And FB/Instagram etc…
# of users means nothing, everyone who tries it once is counted as a user
Not specifically about Apple Intelligence, but I'll throw in my pair of pennies about AI in general. Why does it keep getting shoved in our faces with no way to remove it? Google AI search is AWFUL, and I'm tired of it taking up my whole screen when trying to search. Even online shopping places are integrating AI into their search function. Why? I don't need Amazon's AI nonsense telling me what to buy.
Is this what people want?
Is this what people want?
By the time they have these ai features finally in ios we nearly have the iphone 17 already
As someone who has dreamt of AI all his life and integrated multiple LLMs into his daily workflow, I think that the notion of AI being even remotely a selling point is sheer wishful thinking. It won’t be, at least until the ChatGPT team keeps its hefty promises and reaches its ambitious goals—i.e., providing everyone with a digital assistant with a passable similarity to ‘Her.’ Otherwise, the next flagship phones aren’t even going to leave a blip on anyone’s radar.
Who cares? I have an account and haven't used it for probably six months, and have no interest in it. My wife has one too, and has used it one time. In addition, you don't need new hardware to use ChatGPT; just an app or browser.
My 13 Pro is fine and I'll be using for at least another year.
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Apple could install the Messiah on the iPhone 16, but if there is no mini version, they will never get my purchase
It’s what venture capital and private equity wants.
They all need their next big financial hit and they are trying to ram something down our throat.
Before it was crypto and now we are onto AI and it won’t be that either
Lots of people saying people don't like AI, but the fact is that lots of people don't know what AI actually is. Even the AI-bros pushing it at every turn.
I'm one of them. I used it a few times and haven't been back since. I wonder how many of those users have done the same.
The Wall Street hype machine around AI is stupid, especially the notion there would be some iPhone super cycle because of AI. Nobody is buying an iPhone because of AI.
Generative "AI" is completely worthless. It can't do anything reliably, repeatably or in a trustworthy manner. It's just the latest techbro grift like the blockchain and NFTs before it. Even the name is a lie, there's zero intelligence involved. No-one is buying a phone just for this.
Nobody actually cares about AI. The market crash when the venture capital dries up is going to be cataclysmic.
But I don't need a new iPhone to use it. In fact it is quite reassuring when it is not integrated in the device but a separate app.
This isn't entirely true - one can achieve repeatable, reliable results with the right toolset. Just that the chat bots we are given to interact with are not that.
I will be getting an iPhone 16 and if there is or isn’t AI has no impact. My iPhone XR is just wearing out. The battery needs replacing, generally slowing since ios17, really want to upgrade to 5G, small chip on camera lens, lightning port does not work part of the time. I was considering the iPhone 15 but I was disappointed by the thermal issue and the “software” fix. And after continuing issues with lightning ports, it has to be something else (hence no iPhone 14 or earlier)
Fair enough, but I can already use ChatGPT right now on my iPhone 15 and people who cannot use the app can use it via their browsers. Basically, the geeks will find a way with their existing hardware and general public do not seem to be in a hurry, as the first question they ask is: “What will it do for me?”.