The next iPhone and iOS - Is this what you want to see from it? (POLL)

[wikoogle]

I've lived all over the US in rural areas, and the telephone part of the iPhone has always been pitch perfect for me.

Then I visited New York for a few days. Now I see what all the complaining is about.

It's the phone's fault, it's the network. The phone works flawlessly when you're in an area with good coverage and not too many iphone users. But in New York, there are just too many people using the service at the same time and the phone part works horribly as a result.

But you can't really fault either Apple or the iPhone for that.

 

[wikoogle]

I've lived all over the US in rural areas, and the telephone part of the iPhone has always been pitch perfect for me.

Then I visited New York for a few days. Now I see what all the complaining is about.

It's not the phone's fault, it's the network. The phone works flawlessly when you're in an area with good coverage and not too many iphone users. But in New York, there are just too many people using the service at the same time and the phone part works horribly as a result.

But you can't really fault either Apple or the iPhone for that.

For me, the only thing I hate is that you have to use iTunes to load anything at all onto the phone. You can't just drag and drop videos and photos from any PC directly into the iPhone's video/photos folder without having to go through iTunes and syncing everything. It sucks that we can't just simply drag and drop a photo from a friend's computer into the Phone because if you try, it will sync to their content and you lose everything on your phone.

 

[canyonblue737]

I think Apple's made it very clear that they don't think a 4" phone is something they're interested in.

I say it's far more likely we'll see a 7" iPad before we see a 4" iPhone.

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

 

[Apple...]

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

Do you know something we don't?

 

[wikoogle]

When exactly did Apple make clear that a 4" inch phone is something they are not interested in.

They never said anything of that sort.

So the better question, to all those claiming Apple wouldn't do a 4" phone, do YOU know something we don't?

 

[Sedrick]

When exactly did Apple make clear that a 4" inch phone is something they are not interested in.

They never said anything of that sort.

So the better question, to all those claiming Apple wouldn't do a 4" phone, do YOU know something we don't?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy-a-big-phone/

Of course, Steve can backtrack on that and simple say "we did it better".

 

[wikoogle]

That throwaway quote (no one wants a big phone) doesn't actually mean anything. He flatly said no one would want video in an iPod four days before announcing video in an iPod.

Even if that quote meant something, it doesn't apply to a 4" screen because the phone can have a 4" screen and not be any bigger. Hence, because "no one wants a big phone" he may well release a phone that's identical in size to the 3GS with a 4" screen.

I worked some mock-ups in my cad program and a 4" screen will fit (in the iPhone, without making it bigger):

 

[Sedrick]

Even if that quote meant something, it doesn't apply to a 4" screen because the phone can have a 4" screen and not be any bigger. Hence, because "no one wants a big phone" he may well release a phone that's identical in size to the 3GS with a 4" screen.

I agree with that, but why the hell didn't they give the iPhone 4 a larger screen (and keep the same phone size) when they redesigned the whole damn phone? Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy that then play to change it now.

 

[allisfair]

I agree with that, but why the hell didn't they give the iPhone 4 a larger screen (and keep the same phone size) when they redesigned the whole damn phone? Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy that then play to change it now.

it would've been perfect to have an iphone 4 w/ a 4" screen. instead screen and storage stayed the same.

we'll probably have to until 2012 for the next revision before seeing a screen size increase if any.

 

[wikoogle]

Yeah, it looks like Apple won't be changing the screen size this year.

Lets hope they atleast do many of the other fixes, especially the dual core A9 cpu.

 

[Eso]

Has anyone mentioned adding the ability to download themes from the app store (at least in this thread)? Adding support for themes and then combining the concept with the ease of distribution and use of the app store would be a win for everybody.

Users who are tired of the stale look of iOS and who want to customize the device will be happy. Artists who create themes will have immediate access to a huge market without having to rely on inconsistent distribution modes to a much smaller jail-breaking community. Apple wins by catering to their users and making some more money for almost nothing.

 

[Fernandez21]

ontop of what you put, I also think they should revamp the quick launch bar, something like this. Sorry for the bad quality, don't have to much image editing skills but you get the idea.

 

[wikoogle]

Fernandez, I'm sorry, I didn't understand your picture. What are you asking for? A quicker way to shut off bluetooth, wifi and airplane mode?

Has anyone mentioned adding the ability to download themes from the app store (at least in this thread)? Adding support for themes and then combining the concept with the ease of distribution and use of the app store would be a win for everybody.

Users who are tired of the stale look of iOS and who want to customize the device will be happy. Artists who create themes will have immediate access to a huge market without having to rely on inconsistent distribution modes to a much smaller jail-breaking community. Apple wins by catering to their users and making some more money for almost nothing.

Great suggestion. It's been added.

 

[Fernandez21]

Fernandez, I'm sorry, I didn't understand your picture. What are you asking for? A quicker way to shut off bluetooth, wifi and airplane mode?



Great suggestion. It's been added.

The quick launch bar would be at the top and right below it would be a card view of the open apps, kind of like a cross between webos and tabs in mobile safari. On the bottom there will be the iPod controls and lock switch, bu if you swipe then there would also be wifi, airplain, and brightness controls too.

 

[wikoogle]

Cool suggestion and the best way to implement full multitasking from what I've heard. I can't add anymore characters to the OP unfortunately. 10000 character limit

I did add the bit about the quick access to turning off wifi/bluetooth/airplane mode.

Why do people hate how apple currently handles multitasking now anyways? It's simple, eats up almost no extra battery power or ram, and it still does everything you would want it to do.

 

[nexsta]

3D Screen akin to the Nintendo 3DS

The ability to download themes

4 inch screen


you will never see this updates in any iphone, and thats good.

 

[Fernandez21]

Cool suggestion and the best way to implement full multitasking from what I've heard. I can't add anymore characters to the OP unfortunately. 10000 character limit

I did add the bit about the quick access to turning off wifi/bluetooth/airplane mode.

Why do people hate how apple currently handles multitasking now anyways? It's simple, eats up almost no extra battery power or ram, and it still does everything you would want it to do.

The way they handle multi tasking is fine, this would just be an enhancement of the ui to switch between apps. And adding Bluetooth would be nice too

 

[0038396]

I would love to have a back that supports inductive charging, like palm/touchstone. That's great
@wikoogle, the op is so big because you repeated yourself a bunch. Edit it up and it'll be fine

 

[wikoogle]

Added inductive charging.

The way they handle multi tasking is fine, this would just be an enhancement of the ui to switch between apps. And adding Bluetooth would be nice too

Yes, I think the bluetooth shortcut would actually be the most useful imo. Bluetooth sucks up battery life faster than wifi in my experience. Also sometimes, the phone syncs to your headset but you don't feel like using the headset, so being able to quickly disable and renable bluetooth would be useful.

In less than 24 hrs, I will be happy to be able to cross "Multiple Carriers" off of this list.

I revised the OP again in preparation for the Verizon iPhone launch.

I think literally just about any feature anyone could ask for is in the OP now.

 

[roland.g]

When Apple decides to make your version of the iPhone, with all those hardware changes, etc. you let us know how much you like your $1500 iPhone.

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[leomac08]

as much as I love the super iPhone idea

It's too perfect!

Imagine this came out in 2011

What will we wait for 2012? 2013?

It's the suspense of what "new" feature the iPhone will have that keeps IPhone introductions exciting!

 

[BigQid]

as much as I love the super iPhone idea

It's too perfect!

Imagine this came out in 2011

What will we wait for 2012? 2013?

It's the suspense of what "new" feature the iPhone will have that keeps IPhone introductions exciting!

1. None of us expect the entire list this year. That's why it's iPhone 5/6.
2. If you look at the way the list has grown, you'll see that there is no reason to worry. There are many more ideas to come.

 

[wikoogle]

as much as I love the super iPhone idea

It's too perfect!

Imagine this came out in 2011

What will we wait for 2012? 2013?

It's the suspense of what "new" feature the iPhone will have that keeps IPhone introductions exciting!

I know it sounds too perfect now, but by the time all these features become a reality (I'm hoping by 2012), there will be more features that we will clamoring for that Apple could use to get us to upgrade.

Here is a video of the phone that people will be clamoring for in 2012...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg

And once the phone in that video becomes a reality in 2014, people will have moved on to dreaming of phones that you wear like contact lenses or some other crazy thing that we wouldn't expect now.

EDIT:

Engadget is reporting that the next iPhone will indeed have a dual core Cortex A9 processor and the updated SGX543 gpu. In fact, the drivers for it are already found in iOS 4.3.

 

[Apple...]

Engadget is reporting that the next iPhone will indeed have a dual core Cortex A9 processor and the updated SGX543 gpu. In fact, the drivers for it are already found in iOS 4.3.

Yes!

Oh, and you can take the personal hotspot feature off the list (and whatever else if you haven't done so yet). iOS 4.3 is looking good...

 

[wikoogle]

Waiting on confirmation from Apple before removing stuff from the OP. Btw, what do you think of the new/updated OP?