Apple iPhone Siri 2.0 Better Than Google Now?
It didn’t seem fair to just give up on poor Siri before giving it a fair shot though so the other day when I had a
question I decided to put it to Siri. I had been listening to the Verge Mobile Show and they were on about
aluminium costs or something and the move to use more plastic for the HTC One Mini compared to the HTC
One and it got me thinking; how much aluminium is in an iPhone 5, the famous expensive aluminium phone,
and how does that amount compare to what is in an average beverage can. It wouldn’t necessarily be an
accurate comparison, there are different grades of aluminium after all, but it seemed interesting enough.
It should not bet too difficult to figure out. You just take the average amount of aluminium in an average
beverage can, information readily available on the Internet, and the amount of aluminium in an iPhone 5,
information readily available on Apple’s website, and do some simple enough maths.
I put it to Siri.
“Siri”, I said. “How many beer cans worth of aluminum (Siri is american after all, I didn’t want to trip it up) is in
an iPhone 5?”
Siri pondered the question for a moment and answered.
“Here’s Tsingyuan Brewery and Century Aluminum” followed by the market caps for the two companies.
The answer seemed puzzling to me. I assume those are the largest companies in their respective fields but
it’s an answer to a decidedly different question than the one I had asked. I simplified my follow up.
“How much aluminum is in an iPhone 5? I asked, hoping that Siri might at least provide me with some of the
raw data I needed.
“The Apple Store should be able to help you with that” it answered, providing me with a special button to
“Install Apple Store”.
Thanks, Siri. For nothing.
I then told Siri it was fired and it responded with “That does not sound good”. No, Siri, it doesn’t.
I calculate the answer to be 1.4737 cans per iPhone by the way.
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