① Renowned technology journalist Gurman revealed that Apple has decided to postpone the release of some key features of Apple Intelligence; ② Among them, ChatGPT will be integrated later this year, and Siri's AI capabilities will be delayed until next year; ③ Gurman believes that the delay in AI features and lack of significant design upgrades will prevent the iPhone 16 upgrade frenzy from happening.
"Star Daily" news on September 9th: Well-known technology journalist Mark Gurman revealed that in the past few days, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ it has been decided to postpone the release of some major features by Apple Intelligence. Gurman bluntly stated that the long-awaited "super cycle" triggered by iPhone 16 will not happen.
Gurman summarized the Apple Intelligence features that will be postponed:
In June of this year, Apple announced its partnership with OpenAI, but the latest information shows that ChatGPT will not be integrated into Apple Intelligence until later this year.
The delayed integration of ChatGPT will also have a chain reaction. Apple originally planned to completely reform the voice assistant Siri based on this AI model, including introducing a more personalized and contextualized chat mode. However, these key features will be delayed and not released until next year.
In addition, Apple plans to release the AI image generation feature "Image Playground" and the AI custom emoji feature "Genmoji" in iOS 18.2, which will be released in December.
Currently, the first batch of Apple Intelligence features will be available starting from iOS 18.1. It can be determined that iOS 18.1 will not be launched simultaneously with the release of the iPhone, but will be released to the public in October. The first batch of features to be provided include a new writing tool for generating and summarizing text, suggested replies in iMessage, automatic transcription of calls, and cleaning functions in the "Photos" app. However, Gurman mentioned that even these basic features may not be available in China and the European Union.
Overall, the advancement of Apple Intelligence to its "complete form" will be a slow and staggered process. Gurman pointed out that Apple is taking this strategy because AI features themselves do not have enough appeal to drive consumers to upgrade their devices. Instead, Apple needs to promote the changes in the phones themselves, including the brand new photo capture button and customizable function buttons.
In addition to the AI function being delayed and the low acceptance of AI by consumers, Guerman pointed out that the appearance of the new iPhone this autumn is almost the same as the previous models, which also greatly reduces its appeal to consumers.
Currently, more analysts expect the iPhone 16 series equipped with Apple Intelligence to trigger a wave of upgrades. However, Guerman believes that this wave of excitement is more likely to be driven by the iPhone 17, which will be released next year. At that time, the AI function will be presented in a relatively complete version, and the new model may also have a completely new appearance.
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