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iPhone 6s wishes?
- Thread starter nj-morris
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My list would be:
-2GB Ram minimum
-64GB as entry (Yeah, I know, I know...)
-Improved camera, especially in darker situations
-LED notification (or at least allow an app such as "No LED" on Android)
-Haptic feedback (then maybe I wouldn't jailbreak)
My iOS 9 list would be:
-Ability to select which contacts can see read receipts (pretty pretty please!!!)
-Ability to lock photos app and use Touch ID to unlock, or send certain pics to a secret folder that is locked with Touch ID (without having to use a 3rd party app)
-More theme/color options
-Less crashing
-Improved mail app
-2GB Ram minimum
-64GB as entry (Yeah, I know, I know...)
-Improved camera, especially in darker situations
-LED notification (or at least allow an app such as "No LED" on Android)
-Haptic feedback (then maybe I wouldn't jailbreak)
My iOS 9 list would be:
-Ability to select which contacts can see read receipts (pretty pretty please!!!)
-Ability to lock photos app and use Touch ID to unlock, or send certain pics to a secret folder that is locked with Touch ID (without having to use a 3rd party app)
-More theme/color options
-Less crashing
-Improved mail app
Better battery life, that and/or quick charge.
Better camera. (Especially image processing!) right now everything is softened too much, makes a water painting effect. I kind of think Apple is ready for a 13-16MP sensor now. 8MP has done just fine, and I know it isn't all about pixels, it's sensor quality, but yeah. Would help when wanting to zoom into photos or overall just have sharper details here and there.
A9 which is essentially a better A8X, could be put in both iPads and iPhones. 2GB of RAM, 8 GPU cores, 4 CPU cores clocked at 1.7GHz sound good? I highly doubt they will put another core into their CPUs anytime soon, but it would be cool to see.
32GB instead of 16GB for entry level storage
Higher quality control, less yellow screen, dead pixel, crappy home button, loose mute switch, crescent shape in FaceTime camera...
Other than that I'm not sure. Pretty satisfied atm. My current needs include a non-buggy/laggy OS. Especially on iPad.
Better camera. (Especially image processing!) right now everything is softened too much, makes a water painting effect. I kind of think Apple is ready for a 13-16MP sensor now. 8MP has done just fine, and I know it isn't all about pixels, it's sensor quality, but yeah. Would help when wanting to zoom into photos or overall just have sharper details here and there.
A9 which is essentially a better A8X, could be put in both iPads and iPhones. 2GB of RAM, 8 GPU cores, 4 CPU cores clocked at 1.7GHz sound good? I highly doubt they will put another core into their CPUs anytime soon, but it would be cool to see.
32GB instead of 16GB for entry level storage
Higher quality control, less yellow screen, dead pixel, crappy home button, loose mute switch, crescent shape in FaceTime camera...
Other than that I'm not sure. Pretty satisfied atm. My current needs include a non-buggy/laggy OS. Especially on iPad.
I can see Force Touch being added, but not available as a developer API until iOS 10. And the real problem is that there's really no indication that something can be force touched on the Watch, how would you indicate such an option on the phone?
RAM, RAM, my god the iPhone needs more RAM. It's incredibly annoying that an app that was open just 3 minutes ago gets kicked out of RAM for no apparent reason. Anyone who denies this is completely blind.
There aren't really any other big hardware features. Better camera, faster CPU and so forth, but that always gets improved. Maybe hardware HEVC/VP9 decoders for better Internet video streaming with lower bandwidth requirements.
3rd party NFC API pretty please!
RAM, RAM, my god the iPhone needs more RAM. It's incredibly annoying that an app that was open just 3 minutes ago gets kicked out of RAM for no apparent reason. Anyone who denies this is completely blind.
There aren't really any other big hardware features. Better camera, faster CPU and so forth, but that always gets improved. Maybe hardware HEVC/VP9 decoders for better Internet video streaming with lower bandwidth requirements.
3rd party NFC API pretty please!
iPhone 6s wishes?
I like your list! I would add wireless charging and
smaller bezels and more MP.
I like your list! I would add wireless charging and
smaller bezels and more MP.
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you could just turn the feature off
I would like to have the ability to turn more features off.
Yes, I have data option turned off on this app. Yes, I know this app has features that might use data because you tell me every single time I open this app, and you do not give me the option to permanently turn off the notification. This isn't Windows, you should not be nagging me with so many notifications.
I'm sure this has been said numerous times in this thread...
There are at least 4 things the next iPhone needs to have:
. At least 2 GB OF RAM. It just has to have it.
. A much bigger battery. The battery on the iPhone 6 is BARELY better then the 5s
. A better camera. 8MP WHILE I know MP's aren't everything , but it should have been 12 or 13 at least. The camera has been 8 MP FOR 4 generations now.
. The space grey needs to be darker or they need it to be black. I love stealthy looking iPhones, but the space grey is really light.
There's other things needed as well, but if these 4 happen I'll definitely upgrade again this September
There are at least 4 things the next iPhone needs to have:
. At least 2 GB OF RAM. It just has to have it.
. A much bigger battery. The battery on the iPhone 6 is BARELY better then the 5s
. A better camera. 8MP WHILE I know MP's aren't everything , but it should have been 12 or 13 at least. The camera has been 8 MP FOR 4 generations now.
. The space grey needs to be darker or they need it to be black. I love stealthy looking iPhones, but the space grey is really light.
There's other things needed as well, but if these 4 happen I'll definitely upgrade again this September
My predictions:
- Apple A9 chip: 14 nm architecture.
- 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM.
- Force Touch.
- LTE Intel 7360 Modem (450Mbps).
- better Touch ID sensor.
- Pink color.
- Apple A9 chip: 14 nm architecture.
- 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM.
- Force Touch.
- LTE Intel 7360 Modem (450Mbps).
- better Touch ID sensor.
- Pink color.
Bring back the slate colour on the iphone 5 the space grey is just terrible.
4 inch option
2gb of ram
Bigger battery, get 10-11 hours usage easy on iphone 6 but more would be even better.
Maybe another color option, maybe black and gold?
Make ios even more efficient
4 inch option
2gb of ram
Bigger battery, get 10-11 hours usage easy on iphone 6 but more would be even better.
Maybe another color option, maybe black and gold?
Make ios even more efficient
For anyone asking for a bigger battery, I would be surprised if it happened. The A9 will no doubt take up less power (14nm), so if anything, I would expect a smaller battery with the same or even better battery life. I would actually prefer this, because it means that it would charge faster. Also, they would be able to fit more stuff into it. I was actually thinking that the 4-inch iPhone 6 would have a 14nm A8, and a normal size battery, so it would have the superior battery
If they put in unlimited expandable memory slot in it for say a 62 GB Micro SD chip just plug and play in to ...
that be a big change.
Maybe put a Solar Panel on the back (it would weaken the case by putting a hole in it) .. just put your phone down on the office desk lamp and it recharge the battery constantly that way.
Of course laying the iPhone down on a charging pad at the office would do that same thing without the need to plug it in. But the solar panel makes it everywhere and daylight cheap as the power comes from the Sun high above.
There is new technology battery being brainiac up now ... getting though the patient process and then manufacturing. The materials of the battery is the same, they just change the architecture so it works better and longer. Not a flat plate battery but more like a sponge with lots of holes to make a larger surface area. Be patient .. it is coming.
All of this, but I think the 16 GB will stick around, sadly and force touch is probably an iPhone 7 feature if I had to reasonably guess.
I too doubt that the battery capacities will increase. But, why would you want the battery to be smaller? Sure it charges faster, but all that does is display a higher percentage in the status bar vs actually having more charge. All phones start to very very slowly trickle charge at like 90% but charge like crazy before they get to that point. A larger capacity battery charging from zero will not reach 100% before a smaller capacity battery, but it will be charging at a higher rate while the smaller capacity battery is trickle charging after 90%. Let's say you had 2 batteries, 1000 mAh and 3000 mAh, both can charge on a 2A charger, and both trickle charge at 500mA when at 90%. The smaller battery will take 39 minutes to fully charge(27 minutes to 90% and 12 minutes to 100% at trickle charge rate). The larger battery won't reach trickle state during that time, but will amass 1300mAh of charge in the same 39 minutes (30% more charge); taking 117 minutes to fully charge. Even though the percentage would be 43% it would still have more charge than the smaller capacity battery. I know this math takes certain assumptions into account (like the constant rate of charge), but I feel the logic is sound. I don't feel there is any reason to want a smaller battery in the phone just so it can charge faster. Plus, when the batteries start to degrade I'll bet 80% health on the larger battery won't look as bad as 80% on the smaller one.
Sounds like you are an expert on batteries. I think you're underestimating charge time. I have an iPod touch, and the battery could be better, but I can charge it completely in about an hour. This is in comparison to my iPad, which takes about 6. This is the reason I prefer my touch battery, even though the iPad one will easily last me a day, maybe even two on one charge. And I don't really feel like there are any compromises. A phone that uses about 1W of power with and a 40kJ battery would last just as long as a phone which uses 2W (assuming the same performance) and an 80kJ battery. And it would still charge quicker.
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Trust me, I'm no expert. You do have to take into account the device's power usage, and generally the larger batteries are in more power hungry hardware. I can understand your sentiment on the iPod touch over the iPad, especially on charge time (my 2nd gen mini seems to take forever). I was just commenting on having a larger battery in the same device versus having a smaller one; plus my assumptions I used are flawed anyway. The goal of any portable device should be to have as much battery capacity in the device as allowable, without compromising form or function.