You always have the option to turn Siri off. The 18 Pro Max with 2TB is selling right now for $2449.00.
Richard, USA Jaws version: 2026.2608.25 (Script Revision: 2) Windows Version: 26H2 (OS Build 26300.9457) “Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.” -- Terry Pratchett, Hogfather, P. 172. My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of janet gross Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 12:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: I feel my phone has gotten dumb! Hello, I wonder would you be forced to use the new Siri feature, if that is the only Siri at that time, by next year? Two terabytes on a phone, are you serious? Kindly, Janet. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I feel my phone has gotten dumb! When I get my 18 pro max next year, I’m pretty sure I won’t be using any of the new Siri features at all. The only reason why I want the 18 pro max is because of the faster processor and the 2 terabytes of storage space. Sent from my quantum phone!! > On Oct 2, 2026, at 12:13 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I only just received the notification from Apple that my iPhone 18 Pro has > shipped, but even with my 16 Pro I echo Richard's points. Siri is fantastic > now and while it still gets some things wrong with dictation, I agree that > it's better and of course to simply tell Siri to change something is awesome. > The other day I sent a text message and when Siri read it back to me I didn't > like the way something sounded so I simply told it to replace a couple of > words with something else and it did it perfectly. Also, I love the fact that > if for example I want to send somebody a phone number or email address and > the person whose number or email address I want is in my contacts, I can just > pause dictation and then say "Siri, insert the phone number for John Smith > into my message (John Smith is of course just an example). The fact is that > Siri will look up John Smith and insert his phone number, of course if I had > a work and mobile number for him, I'd have to tell Siri to insert his mobile > or work number instead of just "number". > Another nice new feature is the ability to change system and notification > sounds volume independently from ringtone sound volume in Settings > Sounds > and Haptics and of course the new image recognition and live recognition > rotor items are amazing. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: I feel my phone has gotten dumb! > > I also have the 18 pro running iOS 27.0.1. > I am extremely impressed with the new Siri. If you use a voice command to > start Siri, either hey Siri or just Siri, it is more like other AI apps where > you can respond to Siri saying things like would you like to know more about > this, or that. > Using the new Siri AI app is also very effective. > > The speed of the new phone is very impressive. > > Dictation is better than it ever has been for me. > > Do you have all the settings for Siri turned on? > > Have you rebooted the phone after the initial update? > > I can understand the dictation errors if you are speaking quickly... > > > > > Richard, USA > Jaws version: 2026.2608.25 (Script Revision: 2) Windows Version: 26H2 (OS > Build 26300.9457) > > “Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.” > -- Terry Pratchett, Hogfather, P. 172. > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Terri > Stimmel > Sent: Friday, October 2, 2026 9:34 AM > To: Viphone <[email protected]> > Subject: I feel my phone has gotten dumb! > > Hello everyone. > > I hope you all are doing well. I am writing really just to complain about > some things. But also, to see if anyone else is having similar experiences. > > I have the 18 pro, running the latest iOS version. Fi First of all, I am not > really impressed with iOS 27. I don't see how there were that many changes. > Maybe someone else has noticed more than I have, though? > > What are some things you all like about iOS 27? > What are some changes I might be able to make, to find some improvements? > > Also, I have the new Siri, and I don't think it's much better. It seems like > a pain to me. But maybe I am not using it correctly? > > My biggest complaint, though, is when I use dictation to try and write > messages and such. I don't do this in public, mainly when I am at home. > I've noticed that sometimes my words are changed up when I dictate something. > For example, instead of writing phone, it will write the word bone. Earlier, > I was trying to say the word Judaism, and it wrote judo. Then when I tried to > fix it, it wrote Buddhism. I know I talk clearly enough. So I'm not sure why > these sorts of things keep happening. These are just a few examples. There > are more. This used to happen sometimes. But now it seems to be happening > more often. > What could be causing this? > > Any thoughts, or suggestions for me would be very much appreciated. And I > would love to hear some positive experiences with the upgrade. As well as the > new Siri. > > Thank you so much! > > Terri > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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