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I might we wrong but I guess this will only works on iphone 16 devices and iphone 15 pro - thus drastically limits your user base and you would still have to use online API for most apps. I was hoping they provide free ai api on their private cloud for other devices even if also running small models

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If you start writing an app now, by the time it's polished enough to release it, the iPhone 16 will already be a year old phone, and there will be plenty potential customers.

If your app is worthwhile, and gets popular in a few years, by that time iPhone 16 will be an old phone and a reasonable minimum target.

Skate to where the puck is going...

Developers could be adding a feature utilizing LLMs to their existing app that already has a large user base. This could be a matter of a few weeks from an idea ti shipping the feature. While competitors use API calls to just "get things done", you are trying to figure out how to serve both iPhone 16 and older users, and potentially Android/web users if your product is also available elsewhere. I don't see how an iPhone 16 only feature helps anyone's product development, especially when the quality still remains to be seen.

Basically this - network effects are huge. People will definitely by hardware if it solves a problem for them - so many people bought blackberries just for BBM.

Exactly, it can take at least a couple of years to get big/important apps to use iOS, macOS features. By that Iphone 16 would be quite common.

Drastically limits your user base for like 3 years.

Phones still get replaced often, and the people who don’t replace them are the type of people who won’t spend a lot of money on your app.

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