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“Apple Intelligence will only be available to people with the latest iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Even the iPhone 15 – Apple’s newest device, released in September and still on sale, will not get those features”

All current iPhones can download new update – but almost all of them will not get its full features

Apple said the is restriction is the result of the vast amounts of computing power required to run the artificial intelligence models that underpin the new features. “The core foundational models behind these experiences require a huge amount of compute,” said Apple’s senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, John Giannandrea. Apple is expected to release a new version of the iPhone in September this year, around the same time iOS 18 becomes available to the public.

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