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"What losers, they didn't even change the world this year!" That's unkind. The forward extrapolation is unkind and untrue: Generative Siri and AR are clearly i

"What losers, they didn't even change the world this year!" That's unkind. The forward extrapolation is unkind and untrue: Generative Siri and AR are clearly in the pipeline. You can see the infrastructure if you look. It may be worth forcing replaceable batteries with legislation, but I'm inclined to wait until after AR settles to do it, since executing on AR will involve pushing the limits of what's possible with battery/display/compute tech. Remember those memes of people looking down at phones and running into telephone poles / glass / wet concrete? Those will come back once there's a good alternative.

londons_explore 3y ago
> Generative Siri LLM's that are actually good are about a year old now. I'm surprised that wasn't enough time for them to get them into Siri.
dbbk 3y ago
No one says that they have to release new phones every 12 months though.
- qup 3y ago
  It's a hedge against the degrading performance of software. There's definitely some feeling of "your phone can only be so old before it functions incredibly slowly", no matter how it feels at launch.
- spiderice 3y ago
  But why shouldn’t they? Incremental upgrades are great for both Apple and the consumer as long as Apple supports their old hardware (which they do better than just about anyone)
yunohn 3y ago
> Generative Siri and AR are clearly in the pipeline. You can see the infrastructure if you look. You mean the M1 chip on iPad Pros wasn’t enough, but the A17 Pro on the new iPhone 15 pro is the “infrastructure” for better Siri? But wait, they’re not announcing that yet, so maybe we need the A18?
hypeit 3y ago
> That's unkind. Apple has a 2.75 trillion dollar market cap. You don't need to feel sorry for them. At their valuation and multiple they better damn well be delivering the most amazing stuff you've ever seen on a regular basis.
dahwolf 3y ago
I guess I deserved that. I will agree that iPhones are incredible and that we're a spoiled bunch. But still from a iteration point of view, this one was historically underwhelming. Which might indeed mean some longer running projects weren't ready yet and the next edition is better. I think generative AI is coming. I guess what I'm looking for is purpose and meaning. "Titanium is harder" Well, so what? I don't use my phone as a hammer. "We made up a name for a core and added more of them" Yes? And what does that do? Will this enable new software? Or just run it slightly faster? And whilst that is a good thing, if everything is near-instant already, what does that bring?

londons_explore 3y ago

> Generative Siri LLM's that are actually good are about a year old now. I'm surprised that wasn't enough time for them to get them into Siri.

dbbk 3y ago

No one says that they have to release new phones every 12 months though.

qup 3y ago
It's a hedge against the degrading performance of software. There's definitely some feeling of "your phone can only be so old before it functions incredibly slowly", no matter how it feels at launch.
spiderice 3y ago
But why shouldn’t they? Incremental upgrades are great for both Apple and the consumer as long as Apple supports their old hardware (which they do better than just about anyone)

yunohn 3y ago

> Generative Siri and AR are clearly in the pipeline. You can see the infrastructure if you look. You mean the M1 chip on iPad Pros wasn’t enough, but the A17 Pro on the new iPhone 15 pro is the “infrastructure” for better Siri? But wait, they’re not announcing that yet, so maybe we need the A18?

hypeit 3y ago

> That's unkind. Apple has a 2.75 trillion dollar market cap. You don't need to feel sorry for them. At their valuation and multiple they better damn well be delivering the most amazing stuff you've ever seen on a regular basis.

dahwolf 3y ago

I guess I deserved that. I will agree that iPhones are incredible and that we're a spoiled bunch. But still from a iteration point of view, this one was historically underwhelming. Which might indeed mean some longer running projects weren't ready yet and the next edition is better. I think generative AI is coming. I guess what I'm looking for is purpose and meaning. "Titanium is harder" Well, so what? I don't use my phone as a hammer. "We made up a name for a core and added more of them" Yes? And what does that do? Will this enable new software? Or just run it slightly faster? And whilst that is a good thing, if everything is near-instant already, what does that bring?