Apple push into AI could spark smartphone upgrade ‘supercycle’

Only most powerful iPhones will meet processing requirements to run new Siri and Apple Intelligence features

Apple's big push into AI - which the company insists stands for Apple Intelligence" - could spark an upgrade supercycle", with the intense processing requirements for the souped-up Siri limiting it to only the most powerful iPhones currently on the market.

The company risks angering users who will update to iOS 18 this autumn to discover that even a brand-new iPhone 15 is unable to run features such as automatic transcription, image generation and a smarter, more conversational voice assistant.