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Apple's AI strategy in a nutshell: Sell more devices by using privacy and security as an argument for making new features available only on new iPhones.
by starbugs 2y ago
Apple's AI strategy in a nutshell:
Sell more devices by using privacy and security as an argument for making new features available only on new iPhones.
- stanislavb 2y agoYup, this was the second thing I thought that's happening. Also, I wasn't sure whether to upgrade from 13 to 16. However, the AI angle tends everything towards buying a new phone. A very smart move from Apple.
- eddyg 2y agoIt’s misleading to not point out that Apple Intelligence is compatible with all devices with at least an M1 — which was announced in November 2020.
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- steve1977 2y agoOn the mobile phone side, it's compatible only with the latest iPhone 15 Pro (not even the standard iPhone 15).
- eddyg 2y agoThe parent comment makes it sound like everybody has to buy new hardware to use AI. Plenty of users with 2-3 year old hardware will be able to use it. As well as all the existing iPhone 15 Pro owners.
- dymk 2y agoApple will be selling iPhone 15s for the next 3 months that won’t get the AI features they just announced. When you buy an iPhone, you generally get software updates giving you new features for a few years at least. What they did with AI is kind of shitty, given their track record.
- beretguy 2y agoI mean, I’m glad not to have this AI stuff. I’m glad I have a buffer of iPhones that don’t support this AI when I will be forced to downgrade to a newer device from first SE.
- stavros 2y agoOn the other hand, if your phone can't run a model, it can't run a model, you can't ship people a new AI coprocessor to solder onto their iPhone's motherboard.
- steve1977 2y agoIf you have a "Private Compute Cloud" setup anyway, you could give users the option to run the model there.
- starbugs 2y ago> It’s misleading to [unnecessary nitpicking] I fixed that for you in the parent. Thanks for pointing it out.