DAalseth

Not a surprise at all. 

eightzero said:

DAalseth said:

I’ll be upgrading for the security patches. I don’t see anything else I need/want. 

• ChatGPT, writing tools, I am a writer, i don’t need a GD AI tool to write. Hard no.
• Visual Intelligence and Camera Controls, don’t have an iPhone 16
• Image Playground, I am an artist I don’t need a GD AI tool to make art. Hard no.
• Genmogi, I already don’t use Memoji and almost no Emoji, pass
• Email categorization, replace my one in box with 4, maybe some people would find that useful, for me it’ll stay firmly off
• FindMy Hearing Health, these sound like they might be useful, except I don’t own any AirTags or AirPods so they won’t be for me.

OK, boomer. we get it.

The only thing worse than interrupting the discussion with an attempt at a personal insult is you failing that badly. 

I’ll be upgrading for the security patches. I don’t see anything else I need/want. 

• ChatGPT, writing tools, I am a writer, i don’t need a GD AI tool to write. Hard no.
• Visual Intelligence and Camera Controls, don’t have an iPhone 16
• Image Playground, I am an artist I don’t need a GD AI tool to make art. Hard no.
• Genmogi, I already don’t use Memoji and almost no Emoji, pass
• Email categorization, replace my one in box with 4, maybe some people would find that useful, for me it’ll stay firmly off
• FindMy Hearing Health, these sound like they might be useful, except I don’t own any AirTags or AirPods so they won’t be for me.

I suspect this timeline will be somewhat optimistic. I fully expect use of their new modem will be slowed by a lawsuit from Qualcomm for patent infringement. Not that Apple is in fact infringing, I suspect they are trying to be scrupulous about not, but that’s the way business works these days. 

I agree completely. The idea of a thinner phone with a less capable camera than even the base model, shorter battery life, and for more money seems like a non-starter to me. It makes no sense. You are right, while some people might want a thinner phone, most at this point really don’t give a damn. Most of us put our phones in a case so it’s moot. Battery life is the big complaint with cost coming in second. So a model with a shorter battery life for more money would be a weird response from Apple.