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Apple's Clean UP AI feature makes a squirrel disappear without leaving a trace of it in the AI-edited image. |-Image credit-PhoneArena
If you continue to have good math skills, you can see that 73% of iPhone owners are looking for a new iPhone16 model this year are doing so because of the situation they are in with their current iPhone, NOT because of some amazing new feature they must have. And this year, one might have expected many to switch to a iPhone16 model so they can use Apple Intelligence.
I have the Apple Intelligence Beta (yes, it is considered a beta) on my iPhone 15 Pro Max on which the iOS18.1 Beta. While summarizing all notifications, emails, and websites is handy, is it really a tool users will use? Apple's version of Google's Magic Eraser, called Clean Up, works great and very rarely leaves behind an outline of the offending element removed from the original image.
Survey responses explain why iPhone users are upgrading to an iPhone 16 series model. | Image credit: CIPR
The writing tools will help you find the right tone and response to an email or text. More exciting will be some of the features Apple hasn't shown anyone yet, including ChatGPT integration for Siri, which will hopefully put an end to the annoying practice of Siri responding to a query by presenting us with three websites and telling us to search those websites for the right answer.
Should you upgrade now to get Apple Intelligence?
Also on the way is Genmoji, which lets you create a custom emoji just by typing what you want. And Image Playground lets you use AI to create custom images for apps like Messages, Notes, Keynote, Pages, and more.
18% of respondents said they will upgrade because of a new feature. 6% will upgrade because of an incentive such as a great trade-in offer or special price. 2% will upgrade to a iPhone16 model because they want to switch to another provider. And what shows that iPhone users are not “yes-men”: only 1% switch because a family member or friend is planning to do so.
Frankly, I don't think Apple Intelligence will entice many iPhone users to upgrade. There will be some curious iPhone users who want to see for themselves what the fuss is all about. You may want to wait and see if the upcoming changes to Siri make the price of buying a iPhone16 model. If the changes to Siri that Apple unveiled at WWDC are implemented, it might be worth upgrading at that point. For now, you might want to wait unless you have an iPhone 11 or older.