Macrumors had it as front page news with leaked parts in mid-August last year. Rumors started about a month earlier I think.
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/18/complete-iphone-5-front-panel-and-4-screen-photos/
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Do you think there are any iOS7 surprises for Tuesday?
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Macrumors had it as front page news with leaked parts in mid-August last year. Rumors started about a month earlier I think.
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/18/complete-iphone-5-front-panel-and-4-screen-photos/
I'm sure they'll tell us something that they haven't already shared, it may be the fingerprint thing, but, I too, also hope for a little something more.
Um, the rumors were all but 100% confirmed 4 months before the release... That was a hardware feature though, and a major one at that.
One thing I was thinking about, if the fingerprint reader turns out to be true - could Apple go for multiple user accounts, and have them be linked to the FP reader? You scan someone elses's FP into your iPhone and then that person can activate their personal account/setup just by pressing the homebutton. It would be quite elegant - but maybe Apple doesn't want to do multiple accounts.
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Oh.. I must have lived in a cave last year.. so the 4-inch screen was pretty much unknown *to me*
Anyway I think multiple user accounts is more useful for iPads!
Oh.. I must have lived in a cave last year.. so the 4-inch screen was pretty much unknown *to me*
Hehe, well in that case I envy you because you must have had much more fun watching the keynote!
Agreed. So yeah, probably not part of this announcement, if it were happening at all.
Maybe some features that co-exist with the new hardware.. Things that we aren't able to test because were "just devs" .. But the other features they may have, like camera/fingerprint related apple can test themselves. I believe there may be a few more things
Yep, as has been said, there are a lot of things they could add that developers don't need to test. Just don't expect anything that would come with an API, like Quick Reply.
Maybe something related to Fingerprint's integration with Passbook or NFC to make accessing those things quicker? Right now they're still cumbersome.
I don't know. It depends what those features are, for example Siri was revealed with the iPhone 4S, not the iOS5 preview, but that had/has very little open API at first. The obvious one would have been iTunes Radio this year, or the iWork iCloud stuff, but they've already revealed them.
I guess they're relying on the fingerprint sensor, probably some form of NFC and the new colours.
I guess they're relying on the fingerprint sensor, probably some form of NFC and the new colours.
iOS 7 for ipad being delayed so far is being based on beta 6
Im sure a lot of changes have been made in terms of performance and stability in GM i would think...
Im sure a lot of changes have been made in terms of performance and stability in GM i would think...
Could be a feature that doesn't need 3rd party development time.
My "holding-out hope" surprise feature is Quick Reply. It effects an OS level app, so only Apple would need to know about it and would be done through notification center system-wide so no need for 3rd Party devs to deal with any new programming.
I just keep thinking, if they've implemented it in OS X Mavs, why wouldn't they in iOS 7? Especially because it seems more common sense in iOS 7 than in OS X.....
Anyways, that's all. And of course, the fingerprint stuff.
I think this is dead on. There are infinitely more uses for BLE via an implementation like iBeacons than NFC.
IF Apple ever gives us NFC, it will be in the iWatch IMO, not in the phone.
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Are you kidding that developers wouldn't have to do anything? Unless you're saying they'll only implement quick reply for 1st party apps. How would the OS know how to send messages through each 3rd party app?
It wouldn't - it would be tied to the default Messages app and iMessage.
So yes, more specifically I'm saying Quick Reply for Messages (and would be awesome for mail).
You can't change defaults, so bringing Quick Reply to third party apps wouldn't really be on Apple's radar imo....
Sorry, my misunderstanding. There are of course many other messaging apps (Facebook etc) that give notifications so I thought you meant a quick reply for them too
In that case definitely could be a surprise feature. But I think it would have been much better as an API that other apps could plug into.
Sorry, my misunderstanding. There are of course many other messaging apps (Facebook etc) that give notifications so I thought you meant a quick reply for them too
In that case definitely could be a surprise feature. But I think it would have been much better as an API that other apps could plug into.
It's possible they could eventually release dev tools to make it possible for third party apps. But even if that were the end goal, my guess is they would start with their own 1st party offerings.
