No one cares about AI on our phones. We just want better battery life.

Apple’s new update, iOS 18, has brought a long list of AI features, called Apple Intelligence. Gemini Live is now available on Android phones, Lenovo has created a laptop with AI, and Google can’t get enough AI in its search results, or its phones.

If you’ve looked around at phone reviews lately and thought, “huh, that’s a lot of AI features – too bad I don’t care about that,” you wouldn’t be alone. According to a survey of 2,484 adults including 2,387 smartphone owners from CNET and YouGov, people are unhappy with AI on their phones.

A quarter of smartphone users reported that they “don’t find AI features useful” while nearly half of respondents said they are not interested in paying a monthly subscription fee for AI capabilities. Meanwhile, nearly a third have privacy concerns about AI on their phones.

This changes slightly by generation, with younger people more comfortable and willing to spend on AI than older smartphone users. Overall, according to CNET, AI is “among the main reasons consumers want to upgrade their smartphones.”

So what really pulls smartphone users to upgrade? Battery life, of course. Nearly two-thirds of respondents said longer battery life was their “biggest motivator” to upgrade, followed by more storage and better camera features. The integration of AI encouraged only 18 percent of respondents.

No matter why you choose to upgrade, waiting on AI seems to be the best route. After all, it is moving fast.