What would have made you happy I wonder.
- iPhone driving an AR headset
- bilateral wireless charging
- Touch ID embedded under display for situations where Face ID is inconvenient
Those are 3 things that would have helped
What would have made you happy I wonder.
That folks are displeased enough to post indicates they are at least still interested in whatever Apple does, good or bad. When no one bothers to complain any more, watch out - likely means they've given up on Apple and, indeed, no longer care. A forum, at least for me, requires a balance in commentary - both good and bad - to be worth the time to read or post.
Yesterday was a strange event; normally they introduce the new phone, go though it in minute detail and then go through the new iOS in detail on the phone. That didn’t happen this year. I sense there will be another event closer to the end of the year when they introduce the UWB tags and how it interfaces with the U1 chip. Might also see the AR glasses at that point. Its clear U1 is there for good reason and not just to find the phone when you lose it – it has directional capabilities to the nano-millimeter which screams AR.
Love it. Add a headphone jack and it's a sell! Camera companies should take notice - instead of adding fancy cameras to what used to be a phone, add phone features to high end cameras.Hey guys, I have a sneak peak of the 2025 iPhones! Naming to be determined, but I would gamble to call it iPhone SLR XX Max Pro S Turbocharge. This IS the greatest innovation you’ve ever seen to come to iPhone. Tim Cook really pulled the strings on this technological genius. It will only cost you $8000! Check it out...
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The iPhone Pro looks great but what really drives me crazy is the storage greed. Come on. it should start at least with 128gb. Apple knows very well 64gb won't cut for most people and the next tier is just too much $$$.
Damn, I'll wait another year with my 7+. smh
No 5G?
Why would anyone drop 1000 notes on a phone which will effectively be obsolete within a year? If it isn't already?
For those unimpressed with the improvements - what reasonable improvements would have did it for you? I am not talking about design as Apple has a 3 year cycle on design and always has, more so features or improvements that you would like to see. For me, I can really only think of one - ProMotion. I am curious to what made everyone's expectations so high this year, when Apple has been doing incremental updates for 12 years.
- iPhone driving an AR headset
- bilateral wireless charging
- Touch ID embedded under display for situations where Face ID is inconvenient
Those are 3 things that would have helped
For sure, those would have been nice features.
I think Apple makes slow and sure progress - they want to make sure things work well, and they know in the long run it's better for the end user and better for profits too.
What if we had "screen Touch ID gate", or "bilateral charge gate" and AR headsets that people complained about?
Those 3 features may or may not come out next year, or maybe in future years.
For sure, those would have been nice features.
I think Apple makes slow and sure progress - they want to make sure things work well, and they know in the long run it's better for the end user and better for profits too.
What if we had "screen Touch ID gate", or "bilateral charge gate" and AR headsets that people complained about?
Those 3 features may or may not come out next year, or maybe in future years.
The only difference, historically, between S years and non-S years has been the physical design. Many - if not more - major technological changes have come in S-years.
Love it. Add a headphone jack and it's a sell! Camera companies should take notice - instead of adding fancy cameras to what used to be a phone, add phone features to high end cameras.
Bottom line is both OSs have their lovers and haters and some are indifferent. Both have closer feature parity for most common tasks and it’s more down to personal preference than anything else these days.Does it run iOS? No? Then your comparisons are irrelevant. Comparing iPhones software support to Android? Absolutely clueless.
It is funny how TILL THIS DAY people like you still show up flogging “oh this android phone has more features” rubbish. Hardware features are irrelevant if the software is garbage, iOS continues to outperform android on lesser hardware. Why? Because it IS better. Because it is built by the same people who build the hardware. Show me how smooth scrolling is on an android phone? Still feels like garbage compared to an iPhone 5.
Given the recent finds in XCode’s latest version I wonder if there will be an October event around AR, Apple Tags and an AR headset. It may not be specific to iPhone 11 — maybe an accessory that works with all late model iPhones.
The one thing I was really hoping to hear about yesterday was Apple Tags and a new Siri Remote with a built in Apple Tag and how every new Apple product would have one built in. I’m crossing my fingers for October and if so the bonus might be that I get this stuff without having to buy the new iPhone.
I think it’s more that see the various android smartphones in the market having unique features of their own, and now everyone expects the iphone to be this amalgamation of every other feature combined.
The S10 and Note10 let you charge your watch and earbuds from the phone, so naturally, the iphone has to support that as well. Same with in-display fingerprint sensors, USB-C port, stylus support, night-sight (google has been able to do it with a single camera lens), minimal notch, with a lower price tag to boot.
Thing is, the iphone has never been about having the most features or doing the most. Apple products are all about minimalism and purity in hardware design.
This is where I suspect the divergence in priorities become more apparent. Other smartphone companies have no wearables presence to speak of, which is why they are going all-in on the smartphone. Meanwhile, Apple sees the writing on the wall. The smartphone market is a maturing one, which is why they are pivoting to services and wearables instead.
That’s why I suspect Apple hasn’t adopted folding displays, and is instead working on smart glasses, for one. While people may have a point that a folding phone allows for a larger display in a smaller form factor, Apple is intent in taking that logic one step further and releasing a pair of glasses which effectively gives you a screen as wide as your entire field of vision.
I expect this to be the new normal moving forward.
I suppose if other phone makers are providing that why not apple?Well..
100 watts of charging power vs the 12 watts max that lightning provides (that Apple calls fast charging!) and USB 3.1 transfer speeds out of the box for a start.
looks like all they really did is copy huawei's triple camera design and also copied the mate 20 pro name. by adding pro to the iphone name. no wonder huawei took the number 2 spot away from apple. nothing innovative this year again.
Folks who do lots of photography, especially video, really need a lot of local storage when cloud storage isn't available or is very slow. This is particularly the case when one is outdoors away from population centers and highways, for instance, if one is on vacation and traveling. I use a GoPro, an Android phone, and a laptop with an SD card reader (sans dongles) when I'm in those situations - all three of those devices have SD card slots for extra storage and interoperability. A 64 - 256 GB SD card provides plenty of storage for a day's worth of videos and still shots, and can be offloaded to a laptop when it gets full. Current portable Apple products, both phones and laptops, don't have SD capabilities (laptops would need an external reader with USB-C dongle).No problems with storage since I turned on iCloud storage.
I never want to pay for could storage really, but at $1/month - it's just fine. It puts all the old photos there it saves space with uninstalling apps I don't use - and suddenly 64GB is plenty enough.
admittedly I don't do a lot of video. You might need more if you do.
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Shhhh... nobody needs 5G... that's why....
Recently tested my XS MAX download speed at 120 Mbps.
I think that'll be fine for the next couple of years thankyouverymuch.
- Don't like the naming schemes? Find another company
I have no issue with the name "Pro", but "Pro Max" is pushing it. Why not just distinguish it by screen size? We don't have a iPad Pro Max or MacBook Pro Max...
We have seriously lost sight of the origin of the word “pro”. It used to mean “professional”, but now it means “more features at a higher price point, but has nothing to do with anything professional”.
Please? Are there really professional phone users?