When Apple announced Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024 it raised plenty of eyebrows by saying that the artificial intelligence (AI) system was not compatible with the latest iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus phones. The company’s Pro phones will work with Apple Intelligence, but anyone who owns one of the entry-level models is going to miss out.
Now, we might know why. In a report posted on Medium, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has outlined a few factors that might have contributed towards Apple’s decision. Essentially, it all comes down to memory.
The iPhone 15 comes with an A16 Bionic chip that has 6GB of memory. The iPhone 15 Pro, meanwhile, has an A17 Pro chip with 8GB of memory. Apple Intelligence requires a device with either an A17 Pro or an M1 chip (at a minimum), and the M1 notably also packs in 8GB of memory.
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