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The big iPhone 6 + iOS 8 wishlist
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Optical ZOOOOOOM!
Yes, would really like to see Apple develop the iPhone's camera with OIS and interchangeable lenses.
Well, I guess these would have to be my wishlist to justify upgrading.
Hardware
1) 128 memory, to be honest that wouldn't even be enough, but it's a start.
2) Battery life needs to last twice as long. I get roughly 6 hours of constant use, often having to use a back up charger.
3) Bigger screen without compromises, I still want a fairly small phone, so it'll need a smaller bezel, infact no bezel.
4) A stronger aerial, while the one we have is good, I still have some trouble in some areas of london.
Software
1) Siri AI improvements, while Siri is good at understanding the words I say, it doesn't understand the context, would be great for siri to have more personality.
2) Call Blocking of unknown callers, aka spam callers.
3) Maps to have estimated time to next turn or next road while walking, it normally says in 1.2 miles or something like that, but that's no good to me, I rather have time until next point.
4) Night mode, it's very addicting to use a smart phone before bed time, however the blue light it produces is a nightmare to your drowsiness.
Some apps have a night mode, but it's be great if the phone itself had a night mode to give a suitable bed time reading light.
Hardware
1) 128 memory, to be honest that wouldn't even be enough, but it's a start.
2) Battery life needs to last twice as long. I get roughly 6 hours of constant use, often having to use a back up charger.
3) Bigger screen without compromises, I still want a fairly small phone, so it'll need a smaller bezel, infact no bezel.
4) A stronger aerial, while the one we have is good, I still have some trouble in some areas of london.
Software
1) Siri AI improvements, while Siri is good at understanding the words I say, it doesn't understand the context, would be great for siri to have more personality.
2) Call Blocking of unknown callers, aka spam callers.
3) Maps to have estimated time to next turn or next road while walking, it normally says in 1.2 miles or something like that, but that's no good to me, I rather have time until next point.
4) Night mode, it's very addicting to use a smart phone before bed time, however the blue light it produces is a nightmare to your drowsiness.
Some apps have a night mode, but it's be great if the phone itself had a night mode to give a suitable bed time reading light.
ESSENTIALS for iPhone 6:
1) Bigger screen
2) Completely new design - not just a bigger iPhone 5
ESSENTIALS for iOS 8:
1) Lol a new name - the numbers are getting old. Android has something with their unique names...stands out more...regardless of me not being a fan of android
2) WIDGETS WIDGETS WIDGETS
3) More customizability...and adding "more" in there is pushing it...barely any custom options as it is.
If the 6 looks like any of these professionally done renderings, I'll be very very pleased... If it doesn't look as good as expected, I'm still buying. Have had a 5 since 2012 and am about to rip the battery out and throw it at a wall... Just felt like it was a waste of money to buy a 5S. Basically the same phone as the 5. S models are ripoff city in my honest opinion.
1) Bigger screen
2) Completely new design - not just a bigger iPhone 5
ESSENTIALS for iOS 8:
1) Lol a new name - the numbers are getting old. Android has something with their unique names...stands out more...regardless of me not being a fan of android
2) WIDGETS WIDGETS WIDGETS
3) More customizability...and adding "more" in there is pushing it...barely any custom options as it is.
If the 6 looks like any of these professionally done renderings, I'll be very very pleased... If it doesn't look as good as expected, I'm still buying. Have had a 5 since 2012 and am about to rip the battery out and throw it at a wall... Just felt like it was a waste of money to buy a 5S. Basically the same phone as the 5. S models are ripoff city in my honest opinion.
A "Clear All" option on the Notification pull-down panel PLEEEEEZE!!
Swype
Forward/Back arrows on keyboard
USB port
File system
Swype
Forward/Back arrows on keyboard
USB port
File system
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How could anybody be against a notification light? Assuming one could turn it off if wanted -- admittedly a big IF when it comes to Apple -- it's a a hugely useful feature.
My wish list:
1. Notification light
2. No annoying swish sound when sending texts/ability to turn that off
3. The ability to toggle the volume all the way to silent so I don't need to go into settings just to make my phone silent
4. The ability to turn off vibrate on the alarm
5. Snooze customizability. 9 minutes? Come on!
6. No icon when the phone is in portrait mode. I leave it there permanently, and don't need to be reminded of this for the rest of my life, thank you. If they want to put icons up there, how about one telling me if I'm in vibrate or ring mode instead like most androids do?
7. Control Center customizability, or at least smarter choices there.
8. better battery
9. stronger vibrate, or ideally, customizability of strength.
10. Question mark and smiley emoticon on main keyboard ala swiftkey keyboard
11. back buttons anywhere.
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Every "s" model before the 5s gave the iPhone the one thing it desperately needed more than anything else. Speed. That's no longer as important.
Yes! I want a highly customizable notification LED too. Even my ancient Palm phone had this - loved it. The camera flash method iphone uses now is lame. .. Plus:
- 5.5 inch screen w/ minimum bezel
- sapphire glass
- ability to assign ringtones/text tones to contact groups
- ability to block and assign a unique ringtone to Unknown callers
These two things would be game changers, making the iphone the clear choice for anyone who wants a useful phone.
HARDWARE (no order):
SOFTWARE (again, no order):
- Bigger screen with no bezel, if not a very thin bezel (edge-to-edge design basically).
- 128GB option (would buy one immediately).
- Better battery life (at least 12 hours).
- More RAM (at least 2GB).
- Better camera.
SOFTWARE (again, no order):
- "Clear All" in Notification Center.
- Faster animations.
- Quick Reply (the biggest request ever, please Apple!)
- Touch ID open to developers (this is a big one too considering Samsung allowed developers access to their "fingerprint scanner" straight away).
- Better keyboard.
Not that I'm AGAINST the notification light, but I find it HILARIOUS that it could be considered a "game changer".....
Also - how do you propose the phone allows for blocking of a number it doesn't know?
For me - I'm looking for:
SOFTWARE
-More robust email attachments
-Quick Reply
-Split Screen on the iPad would be interesting
-Swipe keyboard
HARDWARE
-NO protruding camera (the obligatory improvements will be nice though)
-Larger display
-Stereo speakers
-32GB as the base storage option (still $199/$649 price point)
-And I'm always up for more battery life even though mine currently gets me through the day
I find it hilarious that you would not recognize it as such. The one thing that tempts my gf to go back to blackberry is her notification light, and all the people who use them now on the many android devices that have them might be tempted to switch to iphone if iphone added this crucial feature.
I myself am due for a new phone in a couple of months. iphone is in the running, but lack of a notification light is the single biggest reason I may go with an android instead.
I've been over this numerous times on these forums - suffice it to say, with all the various ways my iPhone alerts me of a notification, a blinking LED wouldn't stand out as a GAME CHANGER and wouldn't even be the #1 way I want to be notified....
When I used Android, it mattered because I didn't get lock screen notifications natively. But unless I'm sitting in a room with my iPhone on the other side of the room and a BURNING desire not to get up to see what the notification was, I really don't see the point.
My phone is always on my person. It sits face up at my desk and when a notification comes in I glance down to see exactly what it is. If I don't have my phone on me, it's because I couldn't care less about being contacted - I'll get to it when I'm ready. And in that case, I'll tap the home button ONCE and see all the things I missed. Versus watching various colors of LEDs to decipher what type of notification is waiting for me - though having no clue if its urgent or not.
Is it useful? Sure - I'll give you that, though not for me, I won't deny that many people find it a useful tool - especially on Android with its lack of lock screen notifications. But GAME CHANGING?
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Are you asking how can a phone block numbers it doesn't know? If so, I would think fairly easily.
Right now, for example, you can set up Do Not Disturb to only allow certain callers through. I.E., they block all other callers.
One can also block calls from restricted/blocked numbers as well (at least on a home phone. Don't know about cell.)
So, if they've figured all that out, you really think they can't figure out a way to block all calls from, say, 800 numbers, or from odd area codes?
In fact, you can almost already do this if you really wanted to, by always having your phone on DND mode and set to allow all your contacts to get through, thereby blocking everyone else.
This one doesn't seem that tricky to me.
You CAN block callers on an iPhone. I assumed people mentioned this as a desired feature because you are CURRENTLY unable to block a number that comes through as UNKNOWN.
The difference between the above and DND is the simple fact that you are pre-programming certain numbers to allow through and blocking everything else. In effect, the phone doesn't have to know the number or not, as long as its not one of the preset numbers it won't come through.
That's a different animal than getting a call from an unknown number and telling the phone "I want that number specifically blocked".
Currently, I am able to tell the phone to block a certain number so long as the number shows and comes through. But if it comes through as "Unknown", it can't block it because the number is masked even to the device.
I would assume this would have to be done at the carrier level (which most carriers offer a service for, though I don't know how robust it is).
I would think it could be done at either level. Why would it be hard for the device to block 'masked' callers? You don't have to tell the phone "I want that unknown number blocked", you can just tell the phone "only allow known callers and/or calls from these pre-approved area codes" or whatever.
Once again, the phone can pretty much already do this with the DND workaround I mentioned above -- known callers get through, unknown callers get blocked. It's not that different an animal, at least in net result.
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It could potentially just automatically block calls from "unknown" - but if the number isn't known to the device, how does the device know to block it in the future?
I think you just answered you own question: if you agree it could potentially automatically block calls from 'unknown', wouldn't it do it everytime that "unknown" or any other "unknown" calls?
I've had calls from doctors offices that showed up as "unknown" - do want to block all those? Just a blanket block?
Yes, absolutely a blanket block, provided the call went to voicemail so a message could be left if necessary. The number of "unknown" calls that are important versus robocall or some such thing is for most of us probably like 1 in a 100. And of course, you should be be able to turn the feature on and off -- though admittedly being able to turn off features you don't want is not a strong suit of the iphone.
Ideally, you control the settings. Want all unknown calls to go to voicemail? Click YES. Want to turn that off if you have reason to believe Dr. Smith will be calling with your MRI tests from an unknown phone, or just because you want any of your doctors to call you at any time from unknown phones? click NO block, and leave it off forever if you like.
I'm not an engineer, but it seems like it should be doable to me.