9to5Mac confirming what I thought I heard during the keynote: 8 GB devices are out for on-device AI. I think it’s the right call… Apple’s old models were just too small. But it’s weird that my pretty expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max can’t run local AI.

@manton Right? Thought the same thing. Apple’s stinginess with RAM is once again biting us all 🤦🏻‍♂️

@manton I feel like ‘terrible customer treatment’ is a better word than ‘weird’. The iPhone 16 Pro Max was sold as the Apple Intelligence phone. That promise has never and now will never be fulfilled.

@samkrahl Yeah, the question now is whether all AI on older phones will use the cloud, and if so will there be any limits? For example, having to pay for iCloud+ to use promised features.

@manton rip. none of my devices can. do you know if this is just that they cannot run local models (but still can use PCC), or can they not use PCC?

@j4ck.xyz I think they still use private cloud. It’s an interesting trade-off because the cloud should actually be better, if it’s fast enough.

@manton hope so!

@manton also, only M3 or later Macs

@manton The 16 Pro was explicitly sold as having Apple Intelligence-capable hardware.

@alexr Apple should be smart and just refund everyone's money. If not, they should have to pay more in damages in a class action lawsuit than that would cost