(cr)Apple (lacks) Intelligence - Part 2, iPhone 16, iOS 18.2

Obsydian · ‎01-01-2025

So the pain of upgrading a siblings iPhone 16 to IOS18.2 touted as the full AI UK Monty, I thought let's give it a whirl maybe things are on the up ...

After an update that seemed to take forever, reading and screen shotting the changelog to ensure I don't miss something, I quickly came to the conclusion again that Apple AI truly sucks, it's barely noticeable, a mystery to find and use and then to discover its half baked ChatGPT add is only 6 odd free searches a day, then I think it's £10 or £15 a month.

I will be settting up another iPhone 16 soon and will spend longer than a few hours, but to be honest without HUGE improvements it is shockingly bad.

Come the next Samsung Unpacked touted to be another big AI step, I think more Apple customers will ditch their iPhones for Samsung or other AI ready devices.

Lastly someone like Apple letting ChatGPT take the LLM lead and control, is clearly a sign Apple is sadly loosing that Jobs innovation.

Anonymised data itself is a major and easy revenue stream before AI and even more so with AI.

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Sonora · ‎02-01-2025

I just got e-mail from Samsung what is new about Galaxy AI and OneUI 7

GoanGeek · ‎02-01-2025

My son is opposite. I was planning to buy him an iPhone ( just so I could see how iphones actually work) and his having none of it.

Was using my old S9+ which I traded for a s24+ for the wife.
So shoved him my S21 ultra instead.

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GoanGeek · ‎02-01-2025

Nothing. Just a random newsletter they are sending everyone to prepare us for the S25 series and One UI 7

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smiley · ‎02-01-2025

S21 ultra. Maybe my favourite of the lot. Perhaps as it was a new evolution of the camera block and with the rounded corners it was great looking. I did buy the s pen case and perhaps the only thing was the fact there was no 'note style silo' for the spen.

Actually the pen itself was a nice size and better to use than these small integrated ones.

Loved my S21 ultra. 1TB and 16GB RAM model. Wish I had kept it than trade it. It was immaculate condition at 2 years old. Someone would have got a very good second hand recycle phone !

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GoanGeek · ‎02-01-2025

Same ! Mine was the 16gb 512gb and had the spen with case as well .
The bigger Spen was definitely easier on the hands
Would have used it for another year if Samsung didnt tempt me with the s24 ultra preorders

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