YouTuber with millions of followers expressed disappointment about Apple’s new series of products

That’s what Moon concluded in his video, analyzing why the iPhone 16 is a disappointment from Apple.

Moon is a famous British YouTuber with more than 1.4 million followers, specializing in making videos on many topics of interest to the world, and clearly iPhone 16 is one of the most discussed devices today. His video about iPhone 16 posted about 2 weeks ago, right after Apple’s official launch, currently has nearly 700 thousand views.

“iPhone 16 is the latest device in an iPhone line that has long been out of innovation”

Moon opens the video talking about Apple’s new smartphone. He thinks it is a “a planned trick” when Apple knows that users will buy everything the company releases, but in reality, Apple is falling behind its competitors, but they don’t need to care about that.

According to Moon, Apple clearly knows its brand value as the iPhone is always the best-selling high-end smartphone in the world. Users have come to trust the “Apple Khuyet” brand, which makes Apple always in a comfortable position without having to worry too much about innovative competition in the mobile segment. ““Users don’t buy iPhones because of their configuration anymore.” he said.

The YouTuber believes that Apple is devoting effort to developing things that will take a long time to actually complete like the (canceled) Vision Pro self-driving car and its other AR glasses plans. Apple has acquired AR companies to focus on this field.

“When looking at the actual product instead of the brand, it’s clear that Apple just wants to make money.”

With a price of 1000 USD, users only get a slightly upgraded product compared to the iPhone 15 generation without bringing any notable innovations. Many people called the iPhone 16 launch event “the most boring ever” and Moon compared Apple’s selling of new iPhones to selling an “empty hamburger”.

While companies like Samsung and Google are still looking for innovation with folding screen smartphones, although there are still some weaknesses and high prices, with the 6th version of the Z Fold and Z Flip just released, it is clear that users are accepting this device line. Folding screen smartphones bring the obvious benefit of helping users have a large screen device in a compact body.

On the other hand, Apple still does not participate in this market despite many rumors surrounding the company’s research on folding screen products. Although it is possible to make a folding screen iPhone and sell it at a sky-high price and still have users buy it, with the weaknesses that still exist on today’s folding screen smartphones, Apple does not want to create an incomplete product and damage its brand.

“People trust Apple to deliver stable products, but as we’ve seen, there’s a difference between stability and stagnation.”Moon said. Not to mention the fact that Apple intentionally slows down the iPhone to force users to buy a new product if they want stable performance.

Next, Moon talked about how Apple “locks” users in the ecosystem, causing them to only be able to use the products the company provides. This has caused Apple to suffer many lawsuits and have to agree to accept third-party app stores in Europe.

And even with a “high-end” product like the iPhone 16, Apple continues to use 60Hz screens when much lower priced Android competitors already have 90Hz screens.

Apple has made users continuously pour money into their products every year. “When Steve Jobs passed away, Apple changed the core of their business strategy, abandoned true innovation and decided to take money from loyal users.”Moon said.

He also mentioned that Apple is spending money to pursue the AI ​​field that other companies like Samsung have had for a long time. Meanwhile, Apple itself has not yet been able to officially release what it calls Apple Intelligence, and limiting this AI on new devices is just a way for Apple to continue to encourage users to spend more money.

Sharing the same opinion as Moon, Lando Kalriz, another YouTuber who also has more than 1.4 million followers, thinks that the iPhone 16 series is just a repeat from the previous generation. Besides, Apple Intelligence is now just an unfulfilled promise. Apple introduced AI as one of the most important features, but did not add it to the iPhone 16 when the device launched.

In contrast to Apple, Samsung is almost on time when releasing Galaxy AI. Not only that, the company also tries to bring its AI to as many models as possible, not limited to the newest models but older flagships from 2021 are still supported. Meanwhile, even the iPhone 15 that was just launched last year does not have Apple Intelligence, in fact even the iPhone 16 cannot use Apple Intelligence yet but has to wait until the iOS 18.1 update next month and there is even no guarantee that Apple will be able to fully release all the features it introduced at WWDC.

This will be a phased rollout, because Apple is so far behind its competitors that it takes more time to perfect all the AI ​​features it promised. And forget about smarter Siri because it won’t be released until next year.

Every year, Apple talks about powerful upgrades in the camera. This year the iPhone 16 allows users to adjust parameters on a button on the edge instead of right on the screen and it is unknown how this will make operation easier. The iPhone 16 Max’s ultra-wide-angle camera has been upgraded to 48MP, but the main camera’s optical zoom remains 5x. Lando Kalriz said that Apple has added dozens of video features that few users need.

Along with the few upgrades in cameras, charging speeds and the absence of the expected AI features that other brands have gone before, it seems that the market in the near future will have unpredictable developments and the Apple family will face many challenges due to the strong rise of competitors.