I’ve got a 17 pro and tbh I haven’t found any use for local models yet. They are a neat curiosity but the online ones are absolutely massively far ahead. Considering they are being given away for free currently, it’s hard to justify not making use of them over dumber local models.

I’m expecting the new iPhone release this fall to be coupled with some great version of Siri/model. This could be the first reason I’ve seen to upgrade in a while (although even that I’m not sure of, as I am king of in the “always use the best model it’s worth it” camp.)

Apple has a great shot at making a highly optimized 4.5 version of this model highly tuned to the next gen iPhone, which could work great.