{"id":85938,"date":"2024-10-14T22:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/apples-iphone-16-struggles-with-ai-features-delay-increasing-huawei-competition-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:09:16","slug":"apples-iphone-16-struggles-with-ai-features-delay-increasing-huawei-competition-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/apples-iphone-16-struggles-with-ai-features-delay-increasing-huawei-competition-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPhone 16 struggles with AI features delay, increasing Huawei competition | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple\u2019s new iPhone 16 failed to excite investors with long-expected Artificial Intelligence (AI) features still in test mode even as an industry-first tri-fold phone from Huawei raised the stakes in a battle to dominate the global smartphone market.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s shares fell 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, a day after the US tech giant unveiled its new iPhones that sport hardware-level integration for applications based on artificial intelligence but with limited changes to the external design.<\/p>\n

The phones will use AI features \u2014 dubbed Apple Intelligence \u2014 to improve the company\u2019s voice assistant Siri as well as enhance the camera.<\/p>\n

Those features will arrive on US iPhones in beta next month, potentially keeping people from upgrading to iPhone 16s soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith lots of words like \u2018later this year\u2019 and \u2018early next year\u2019, the core Apple message for iPhone 16 was: Next year will be better,\u201d Needham analyst Laura Martin said in a note.<\/p>\n

Apple did not say when it would move beyond the test phase, nor did it announce a partner in China to help power its AI ambitions.<\/p>\n

The lack of AI features in the new iPhones drew scorn in China, where the government has mandated that generative AI-based chatbots need to be vetted before their public release.<\/p>\n

The hashtag \u201ciPhone 16 Chinese version doesn\u2019t support AI yet\u201d attracted 11.33 million views and over 1,500 comments on Weibo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the point of buying it if you can\u2019t use AI?\u201d wrote one Weibo user.<\/p>\n

Another commented, \u201cWithout AI as the biggest selling point, it should be half price.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple did not raise prices for the new iPhones, which Wall Street analysts said was a good strategy as consumers are not willing to splurge on big-ticket items. Huawei, which showed off its new Mate XT smartphone hours after the Apple event, has priced the tri-fold device at $2,800.<\/p>\n

\u201cProduction constraints and the high price point mean the new (Huawei) phone will likely not have a huge impact in terms of shipments,\u201d said Will Wong, senior researcher at consultancy IDC.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s telling the consumers that it\u2019s still the tech leader and the potential challenge it brings to Apple may be far beyond just market share.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comeback<\/p>\n

Mate XT has already received more than 4m pre-orders, for which no deposit is required, according to the company\u2019s website. It boasts an AI assistant with text summary, translation and editing functions, as well as AI-boosted image editing functions such as trimming unwanted parts of photos.<\/p>\n

Huawei\u2019s string of successful smartphone launches in recent months underscores the company\u2019s ability to navigate US sanctions and solidifies its position against Apple in China.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Apple\u2019s sales have slowed in the country after seeing strong growth for years, and its ranking in the world\u2019s second-largest economy has now dropped from third to sixth place.<\/p>\n

IPhone shipments in China fell by 6.7pc in the second quarter of 2024, according to data from Canalys.<\/p>\n

Huawei made a comeback to the high-end smartphone segment last year with the release of a device powered by a domestically made chip, defying US sanctions that have cut off its access to the global chipset supply chain.<\/p>\n

The launch of the Mate 60 Pro surprised analysts and US officials.<\/p>\n

Both the Mate XT and iPhone 16 go on sale on September 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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