Ask HN: is there a technical reason Siri is not available on the iPhone 4?

6 pointsby nuromancerover 13 years ago

4 comments

I was under the assumption that Siri needed the 4S's DSP capabilities on the new processor.<p>It seems that it can be put on iPhone 4 as well (<a href="http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/15/siri-iphone-apple/" rel="nofollow">http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/15/siri-iphone-apple/</a>)

ralphwrobertsover 13 years ago

It could be that Siri requires the extra processing power of the A5 chip. If this is true, though, I don't understand why Siri isn't available on the iPad 2. It's silly to not give it to iPad users solely to drive 4S sales.

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joshonthewebover 13 years ago

If I remember correctly John Gruber theorized that the reason for offering siri on the 4S only was just a way to keep the initial number of users down while they are still testing it.

astoover 13 years ago

Plenty of users are having problems with a sluggish server. Maybe they just don't have the server resources so accommodate more people.