Apple Intelligence on iPhone 14 why isn’t it there?

Mac Jim ID wrote:

CrapperoniPizza wrote:

“1. All "Apple Intelligence" requests are processed by OpenAI online.”

Wrong, you have to specifically allow requests to be sent to ChatGPT.

You control when ChatGPT is used and will be asked before any of your information is shared. Anyone can access ChatGPT for free, without creating an account.

Apple Intelligence - Apple

“As far as I understand Apple is paying OpenAI something for this service, but in exchange they refer OpenAI new customers to purchase a full subscription.”

• What information do you have that Apple is paying OpenAI for something? For users that choose to make heavy use of ChatGPT, you can subscribe to the higher tier service they offer to:

Allow access to more advanced models

• Higher limits for photo or file uploads

• Real time conversation with ChatGPT

“It could be a combination of two, who knows. It has nothing to do with RAM/CPU/etc.”

Wrong again. It has everything to do with RAM, Processor Speeds, and the extra GPU cores needed for the on-device processing that is essential for the Apple Intelligence implementation on the iPhone. Any phone can use the ChatGPT app for server side processing of requests, but for privacy/security it is on-device processing that makes Apple Intelligence far superior, but does require more resources.

“The iPhone 14 Pro is more than capable enough.”

• It is not! I have seen Apple Intelligence attempt to run on unsupported devices and it is dreadful. Slow operations across the board with crashes that require the device to be constantly rebooted. If Apple put it on those phones, instead of users whining about not having the feature, you would see these complaints here:

Why did Apple slow my phone down.

• My phone is crashing all the time.

• Apple made my phone unusable so I have to purchase a new one

Well said, Mac Jim ID. Very well said. I wish everyone confused about Apple Intelligence would read this comment.

Thank you for everything that you, lobsterghost11, and other high-ranking members are doing! You guys are awesome and deserve so much more than you get.

Mee369 wrote:

Apple Intelligence is not made/compatible for iPhone 14

Welcome to the thread! The post you are responding to is approaching a year old.

Hopefully, the poster has their answer by now too, even if they’re not particularly fond of that answer.

Yes, Apple Intelligence requires iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or later, for use with iPhone.

The list of supported iPhone, iPad, and Mac equipment has been posted in this thread on various occasions.

Apple Intelligence requires a minimum of iPhone 15 Pro (and pro max), iPhone 16, or iPhone 16 Pro (and pro max).

Poman713 wrote:

I just want the apple intelligence plus it’s not on the 14

That's right, it's not on the 14. It won't EVER be on the 14. If you just want Apple Intelligence, then you'll just need to buy an iPhone which is capable of running Apple Intelligence. That means you need an iPhone 15 Pro/15 Pro Max or any of the new iPhone 16 models.

Return2Android wrote:

Looks like iPhone 14 doesn’t have a strong processing power to handle it. You need to buy their newer phone.

I saw what you actually wrote. We don't care if you go back to Android. Doesn't to matter to us users at all. But oh, how you'll be surely disappointed. After a couple generations, your Android, which was new when you bought it, will be in the same boat. That means that new features are rolled out with the newest phones and just like iPhone, not all phones will have the hardware required to support those new features. Technology moves faster than hardware and there really is no cell phone which is future proof. So, buy an Android. That's fine and your choice to make. But in a couple short years, you'll find the same scenario as your iPhone 14 not being able to support Apple Intelligence. But your iPhone 14, will be supported for several more years. And it doesn't do any less than it did the day you bought it. It got iOS 18. It will likely get iOS 19 and so on. In fact, Apple tends to support iPhones longer than Android does. Your expectation that your phone should get every new feature available on the newest models, is what is unrealistic.

Good luck with that Android.

Brax_D22 wrote:

why not make it with better ram💀🙏😭

RAM is just one of the things you need for a demanding piece of software such as this:

• Speed of the CPU
• Number of GPU cores

Simply having enough RAM with a slower CPU and the without the valuable GPU cores needed for the on-device AI Processing, would result in poor performance that could lead to frequent crashes and would fill this Support Site with complaints from users and probably lead to a class action lawsuit

Haudeda wrote:

Apple does not have a feature called "Apple Intelligence" on the iPhone 14. It's possible that you may be referring to a different feature or product. It's always best to research the specific features of a device before purchasing it.

You can do much better than just copy/pasting the OP question into an AI field and post what it spits out. Users here deserve much more human intelligence where AI just doesn't understand. The OP is obviously asking why Apple Intelligence does not run on the iPhone 14, and the answer is that it does not contain the necessary hardware to facilitate the demands on on-device processing used by Apple Intelligence. Since the iPhone 14 was released before Apple Intelligence was even announced, it would be very difficult to research that specific feature when purchasing an iPhone 14. That may be difficult for AI to comprehend, but an human can figure that out quite easily.

Pgallon311 wrote:

I deliberately haven’t upgraded my 14 to avoid all that slop for the first time since I bought the second iPhone model out. Annoyingly my iPad got done though - thought I was safe because it’s 3 years old.

I'm not sure why you have avoided updating your iPhone 14? It is simply NOT capable of running Apple Intelligence in ANY WAY. What you are accomplishing by not updating is to leave yourself vulnerable to many exploits the latest updates provide to keep you safe. Your choice of course, but your iPhone 14 will NEVER get Apple Intelligence.

ChatGPT runs in the cloud, only the "browser" for it is on the Phone. Sometimes ChatGPT stutters and lags. This would be very bad if you made a phone with AI only to be limited by internet connection.

So the AI on iPhone runs on the phone and needs enough memory and speed to perform in acceptable way.

The RAM and CPU (both on same chip) were upgraded and the new iPhone was introduced.

Looks like iPhone 14 doesn’t have a strong processing power to handle it. You need to buy their newer phone.

• Not enough RAM
• Not enough GPU Cores
• Processor is not fast enough

Software has always outpaced Hardware since the very first computer and this will be true well into the future. You can thank technology for that one.

Brax_D22 wrote:

Then apple should have made it with better everything💀

But they did. They made it all better to work on iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and all iPhone 16 models. You simply can't expect a phone released over 2 years ago to be able to run all the new features. If you want better everything, buy a new phone. There, problem solved.

Seawolf74 wrote: "Then why does ChatGPT run on the iPhone 14..."

Seawolf74 ~ When you ask ChatGPT a question on your iPhone, the phone itself isn’t doing the actual processing. Instead, it sends your request to OpenAI’s servers, which have powerful hardware designed to handle complex AI models. These servers process your question, generate a response, and send it back to your phone. The reason for this is that ChatGPT is a large and advanced AI model that requires far more computing power than an iPhone (or most personal devices) can provide. Running it directly on a phone would be impractical because of the high processing, memory, and energy requirements.

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Seawolf74 wrote:

Apple Intelligence: If more processing power is needed than what is available locally, Apple uses so-called Private Cloud Compute (PCC) servers ...

OpenAI ChatGPT does not run locally.

Apple Intelligence does run locally, and can optionally connect to Apple Intelligence Private Cloud Compute, which is separate from OpenAI and ChatGPT.

iPhone 14 cannot run Apple Intelligence locally, and cannot connect to Apple Private Cloud Compute, but can (with an add-on app or web service) can connect to OpenAI ChatGPT servers.

As for “AI” in general…

This complex and massively overhyped system of Large Language Models streamlines the ability to generate fluff text, marketing text, management memos, and other “cotton candy” text, while making wrong answers far more readily available to all. LLMs can also be used to summarize the walls of text generated by other large language models generating walls of text, of course. Because our existence buried in fluff text and wrong answers needed more text and more wrong answers.

LLMs are statistical models thst guess at the next word to be generated, with that guess based on large text corpora and immese statistical models.

There is no, zero, nada intelligence involved.

Ye old LLM will present false or incorrect or outdated text just as convincingly as it’ll provide correct info. We’re getting that around here, with folks posting LLM-adjacent answers based on stale info in the LLM corpus.

Recent studies show LLM models can also have a wonderful habit of ingratiating themselves to their users, too.

There are many fine applications for machine learning, but I’d be very cautious with LLMs and their output.

taleh.ibrahimli wrote:

What happened to their “less is more”? 4GB was more powerful than 8GB from their perspective 😁

You have more to consider than just RAM, there is also the additional GPU core and faster processor speed. Software has always outpaced Hardware ever since the first computer and is going to continue far into the future. Just a little thing called technology.