Do I order my case separately, or bundle it with my pre-saved preorder? I wouldn’t want it to cause a delay when checking out, so probably best to do it separately I think.
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My understanding was that the requirements for Apple AI would be the same as the 18.1 beta i.e. 15 Pro or newer, and the comparison section of the website seems to confirm that…
“2. Apple Intelligence will be available in beta on all iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, with Siri and device language set to US English, as an iOS 18 update this October. UK English support will be available this December. Some features and additional languages will be coming over the course of the next year.”
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Yeah, but visual intelligence (the specific AI feature I’m talking about) was billed as a feature of the capture control button, which the 15 Pro phones don’t have, and is notably absent from the Apple Intelligence product page.
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I haven’t seen anything from Apple themselves outside the live event, but TechRadar seem pretty sure in their wording that Visual Intelligence will be iPhone 16 exclusive and that it’s a feature that goes with the specific button.
Although they may just be making the same assumption I was, that prior devices wouldn’t get it due to the lack of the new physical button.
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Yup, I think it’s just an assumption from how it was presented at the minute.
This feature is the dealbreaker that has me teetering though. If my 15 pro will get visual intelligence (activated by some other mechanism) I’ll keep it another year. If it doesn’t I’ll upgrade.
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In all honesty the google version will work better anyway I fear as they have sure a huge dataset from street view and google images it will be far ahead to the point the apple one will be fairly pointless and limited especially in the uk so it’s not much of a miss.
I think when the feature drops the reviews will say similar. Google lens has been around for ages and I have barely used it as I cant think of my reasons to personally.
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I’m super curious what use case would make this specific feature a dealbreaker? I came from Pixel devices before I got an iPhone, and similar to @l33t, apart from testing Google Lens when it first came out, I never used it again.
Or is it just that it would be the only missing piece to the feature set if it didn’t come to the 15 Pro?
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This. There’s other elements of the 16 package I want too. But not quite enough to push me over the edge, hence the teetering. This being exclusive would do it.
I like a new toy to play with and this kind of feature is certainly that. @simonb long since sold me on the Pokédex paradigm to this application of AI, and I want to try it, without having to buy a dedicated piece of hardware or hand my data over to Google.
I’m fairly sure Apple Visual Intelligence is iPhone 16 only. I can’t recall the wording on the event but I’m sure they mentioned something exclusive.
Techradar also state it’s iPhone 16 only.
From understanding it can only be activated by the new camera control.
As to whether it’s technically possible on iPhone 15, no idea.
Kinda cool (it will be on 15 Pro as well) although no doubt a million ways to do the same thing with other apps/services:
What is this?
Some new portrait filters basically, you can now add portrait effects to a normal non portrait mode photo.
It’s from this:
But unless I’m missing something, I don’t see what’s new here. It literally describes the feature iPhone 15 (pro) launched with. Unless it’s just the night mode element that’s new.
I know it’s a joke because I bet the app will not integrate with the common button
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Just over 24 hours to go until I go stupid and order the same phone I currently have but with a tiny bit bigger screen. At least my Google store refund came in this morning.
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Don’t forget the revolutionary camera button nobody asked for.
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BUTTON??!
how dare you it’s revolutionary new tech!
Oh wait no, no it’s not
How dare you! Tim Apple will hunt you down now!
It’s not a button, it’s 
camera control
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A year later with the action button and I still force-press the button on the screen when I want to get to the camera quickly.
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