Six Rumored Apple Products You're Unlikely to See This Year

[ZipZilla]

the iPad Pro, no matter how big it is, is a joke product with iPad OS on it. Come on Apple, at least try to compete

 

[fmillion]

Oh, how I loved the iMac G4 form factor.

HomePod is dead. Dedicated assistant devices are just not as appealing as they used to be. However, make #4 into a special edition iMac or Mac mini or something and I'm all in. Add an HDMI/DisplayPort input so a second device (iPad, etc. even a PC) can be attached and I'll get two.

 

[AlexESP]

The problem with the bigger iPads is that the bigger they are, the more frustrating it is to not have proper MacOS functionality. I love my iPad Pro 12.9" but things like multitasking are a bit of a joke and the lack of being able to install whatever I want is annoying. When you get to these kind of sizes, you really start wanting to be able to have multiple windows open at once, moving them around at will.

Free floating windows on touch screens won’t work regardless of screen size. It’s simply complex to find a way to multitask on a tablet, but I’d say the iPad is the least-bad.

the iPad Pro, no matter how big it is, is a joke product with iPad OS on it. Come on Apple, at least try to compete

You might think they don’t compete, but they crush their competitors in the tablet market, way more than in smartphones. So customers don’t agree with you on it being a joke…

 

[mikebenton]

I wouldn't mind seeing a device that is an integrated screen/speaker to replace the Echo Show devices I have. However, I think this would require an iPad OS that supports multi-user. That's my biggest complaint for the iPad OS....it's too personal. I don't feel comfortable handing over a device to someone else that has all my personal text, e-mail, etc.

I wish Apple Glasses would hurry up and get here. We all know this is where it's going, so let's just get it started. Since I'm in my 40's....I'm just looking forward to having a way to limit the need for readers. My biggest need for readers is to look at my phone...and millions of people have this issue.

 

[satchmo]

The next Apple Keynote:

Tim Cook - “We at Apple love the color pink. Pink is such an amazing color. I think you should love the color pink as well.
To celebrate the color pink, we at Apple have released this amazing product in the color pink.”

The purple iPhone launch was pretty awkward. It was like ’Tim, there are no new features, but just sell the colour purple’.

 

[Runway]

I'd love to see a new iMac on arm like #4. Bring back the G4!

Count me in as well! A small display for weather, rotating pictures, adjusting temp and lighting.

 

[mansplains]

I missed all the original Apple Girl rumors. Link, please.

They meant Apple Grill, it's a collaborative effort Ive envisioned with George Foreman

 

[Daalseth]

“HomePod Speaker With Display Mounted on Robotic Arm”

So it would have a display that would swivel to follow me around the room? No matter where I was it would be looking at me? Sorry but that’s creepy beyond all reason. Just no.

 

[Westside guy]

How come no one is thinking about the important questions? Like, who initiated that Facetime call - the cat or the girl? ?

 

[Westside guy]

“HomePod Speaker With Display Mounted on Robotic Arm”

So it would have a display that would swivel to follow me around the room? No matter where I was it would be looking at me? Sorry but that’s creepy beyond all reason. Just no.

That's existed for several years already - and yeah, it's creepy.

Jibo the Robot

 

[LeadingHeat]

I never though I would say this.. but based off these renderings, we might need Jony Ive back at apple’s design labs 😂

 

[lee647]

#4 has been out its called the iMac G4

 

[jimimac71]

No apple car, no apple girl, no apple 24” imac, no iphone 16, no iphone foldable

No Apple Girl in the back seat of the Apple Car?

 

[ACD30"]

#4 is goofy, but at least it's indicative of Apple actually innovating. Most radical idea I've seen in a while.

 

[FoxMcCloud]

Screw the homepad+iPad combo, stick an M1 in it and make it a Mac you cowards!

 

[dontstopmenow]

Not to forget redesigned (for better charging experience) Apple Mouse.

 

[MrTangent]

Screw the homepad+iPad combo, stick an M1 in it and make it a Mac you cowards!

Stick a Motorola 68000 in it and make it a Mac you cowards!

 

[MrTangent]

Deleted (accidental post).

 

[dan.sarv]

I can’t wait for larger iPads. My perfect iPad would be a Pro model with a 16-inch display, no notch and switched to a landscape set-up.

 

[FightTheFuture]

Fully autonomous cars should be banned, of course. With that said, there’s no way on Earth I’d let a vehicle make decisions for me.

Safety aside, this is opening a Pandora’s Box of bad possibilities:

1. Got a warrant or missed alimony payment? Cops could get an override and force your car to drive you to police station.

2. Make a powerful enemy in power? Guess what, your vehicle will suddenly accelerate into oncoming traffic…

3. Think hacking today is inconvenient, wait until your “autonomous” car suddenly is controlled remotely by anons. You’ll wish you had a steering wheel and brakes then.

4. Something as simple as getting stuck in snow. How in the heck do you rock the vehicle out without any controls whatsoever?

There’s so many things that can go wrong with this technology. It’ll be a matter of time before autonomously delivered car-bombs will be a thing as well. Call up a driverless Uber, load trunk up with explosives and put a mannequin in back. Enter address, and voila.

Call me a nihilist or luddite all you want, but these things shouldn’t be on our roads. I don’t want to be an involuntary beta tester for your new Tesla.

I think you’re giving government law enforcement too much credit. They couldn’t even get past the lock screen passcode.