Apathetic indifference

A survey of more than 2,000 smartphone users by second-hand smartphone marketplace SellCell found that 73% of iPhone users and a whopping 87% of Samsung Galaxy users felt that AI adds little to no value to their smartphone experience.

SellCell only surveyed users with an AI-enabled phone – thats an iPhone 15 Pro or newer or a Galaxy S22 or newer. The survey doesn’t give an exact sample size, but more than 1,000 iPhone users and more than 1,000 Galaxy users were involved.

Further findings show that most users of either platform would not pay for an AI subscription: 86.5% of iPhone users and 94.5% of Galaxy users would refuse to pay for continued access to AI features.

From the data listed so far, it seems that people just aren’t using AI. In the case of both iPhone and Galaxy users about two-fifths of those surveyed have tried AI features – 41.6% for iPhone and 46.9% for Galaxy.

So, that’s a majority of users not even bothering with AI in the first place and a general disinterest in AI features from the user base overall, despite both Apple and Samsung making such a big deal out of AI.

  • nuko147@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    4 hours ago

    This is what happens when companies prioritize hype over privacy and try to monetize every innovation. Why pay €1,500 for a phone only to have basic AI features? AI should solve real problems, not be a cash grab.

    Imagine if AI actually worked for users:

    • Show me all settings to block data sharing and maximize privacy.
    • Explain how you optimized my battery last week and how much time it saved.
    • Automatically silence spam calls without selling my data to third parties.
    • Detect and block apps that secretly drain data or access my microphone.
    • Automatically organize my photos by topic without uploading them to the cloud.
    • Make everything i could do with TASKER with only just saying it in plain words.
    • Hominine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      3 hours ago

      Make everything i could do with TASKER with only just saying it in plain words.

      Stop, I can only get so hard.