Android phones w/o flagship specs may miss Gemini AI

[Nikita]

Google's AI requirements just showed how demanding on-device AI is becoming

[Pavithra]

Ninety‑nine percent of users don't need such advanced AI models. It feels like a marketing ploy by phone makers to make our phones look outdated.

Aren't you a bit worried about all the data we're feeding these models? It's like they know everything about us.

[Nandini]

Exactly, another reason to stick with mid-range phones.

[Basavaraj]

Seriously, who cares about that?

I'm happy with my phone as long as you overlook its terrible battery. The camera and processor are still better than most current mid-range phones, and the LineageOS support is the cherry on top.

Edit: My next phone will be a de-Googled graphene OS device – Motorola doesn't care about Google or its AI.

[Aftab]

It's pretty obvious.

[Mohaideen]

But what about the Pixel 10a with 8 GB RAM?

[Abhishek]

What's the point of this anyway?

[joshi]

Most of us have gotten by so far without AI, and I'm sure we'll continue to do so. No worries.

[Akash]

Even the two-year-old Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra doesn't meet the requirements for running Gemini Intelligence.

[Farhan]

My Poco F7 has everything I need, except it gets one fewer Android update.

[Arif]

Bro, phones bought just a year or two ago with great specs are now ignored.
(Me with 8-Gen-3).