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

Do you agree with most of the fixes listed in the OP?

  • Yes (Apple should hire a large staff and implement many of these suggestions)

    Votes: 210 78.9%

  • No (The iPhone is just about perfect, and doesn't need these improvements)

    Votes: 56 21.1%
  • Total voters
    266
XboxEvolved said:
I think the OP had a great post and eventually probably most of what you wish will happen, but Apple is all about incremental improvements. Below is a quick list of what I think is likely what will happen. Before I get to that let me say, I have a friend that works in the industry at RIM who is very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the industry. When I asked him a few months ago if 4G was possible by June on iPhone he kind of laughed it off and said "Yeah maybe if they waited until this fall but summer it would make them look stupid." Sure enough a few months later we are getting a lot of these rumors that Apple may actually be waiting until September which makes more sense. Here is just my quick list of predictions:

-iPhone "4G" or "5" as the likely branding.

-4G capable with a base price of $200

-Comes in 2 main flavors on Verizon, AT&T, possibly Sprint (as could be another reason waiting until fall) at $200 32GB, $300 64GB (or 16/32 I say the memory bump would be a 50/50 thing honestly) with black or white

-iPhone 4 now only 16GB (or 8GB) at $100 on both Verizon and AT&T

-Cosmetically little will change

-Main feature Apple will focus on most is the camera, 4G, and Facetime over network, and the fact that it will do it over any network and device. Due to 4G they may raise the fees again.

-The camera on the back at least will greatly improve being the 9MP Sony sensor rumored/confirmed possibly with 1080P

-4' screen could happen but it would have to not sacrifice the industrial design, and would have to scale in accordance with applications from developers.

-Innards will consist of the same graphics and cpu as iPad 2 with a 1Ghz dual core. Memory however will be bumped to 1GB (just as was the case with iPad 1 being 256MB ram, iPhone 4 being 512MB, etc)

As for iOS5 I dunno. I would suspect something to do with the cloud, better push, better notification system, a "personalized" Home screen similar to Android but done in a very Apple way. Perhaps more improvements towards true multitasking, I would suspect an "Apple TV app" could be in the works. An adapter and/or compatibility with Thunderbolt as well.

As for the OPs hopes of it comparing spec wise with Sony's NGP/PSP2 there are key differences in how each business works, and likely Sony will take a profit hit the first year or two the NGP is released due to how expensive it will be and Sony cannot sell it subsidized. Technically, the graphics in both aren't much different from a technical stand point of view:

NGP: SGX543MP4 (four cores) 134M polygons/s, fill rates in excess of 10Gpixels/sec @200 MHz


iPad 2 (presumably iPhone 5): SGX543MP2 (two cores) 67M polygons/s, fill rates in excess of 2Gpixels/sec @200 MHz

Not only that, the iPhone has a 3.5' screen @326ppi while the NGP has a 5' screen @220ppi, meaning a NGP game would need more power just to make the bigger area have near PS3 quality visuals at a lower ppi than iPhone has.

From the tech specs side, presumably the CPU is a four core 1Ghz Cortex A9 but who is to say it isn't underclocked or just 800Mhz to begin with? Not only that, unlike Apple's dual-core architecture, Sony intentionally will lock out one of the cores making for the same awkward (but not nearly as frustrating) asymmetrical design challenges found in PS3.

I would say it is a safe bet though that within the next two years, iOS devices far outperform the NGP.
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Great post. I think you'll get all of your predictions met. ;)
 
wikoogle said:
Scheduled on/off. I love this feature on BB. It would also be very nice if your phone was off, it would still wake you in the morning with an alarm.
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Is this true, you have to have the actual phone turned on for the alarm to work?

Just I don't have an iPhone (I plan on getting one when the next one comes out), and my current phone is a nokia that is a few years old, but every phone I have ever had the alarm on them still works even when you turn it off.

I just presumed this would have been the case for the iPhone too.
 
Please add a basic file system to iOS with drag and drop functionality for media files and you're gold.

iTunes is fine and all, but sometimes we quickly want to drag a song, or movie or photo onto our phone without having resync the whole damn thing.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/25/editorial-hey-apple-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-put-an-album-o/

A wireless/OTA file-soup solution allowing apps to push and pull files from a cloud-synced file-collection would supplement this very well.
 
Update Post iPhone 4S launch!!

Wow, every single software wish came true.

Most of the hardware wishes came true.

The only thing that hasn't happened yet is 4G and the 4" Super AMOLED Plus display, but the rumors suggest that too was planned and scrapped at the last minute.

I would say Apple has been monitoring this thread.


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Please add a basic file system to iOS with drag and drop functionality for media files and you're gold.

iTunes is fine and all, but sometimes we quickly want to drag a song, or movie or photo onto our phone without having resync the whole damn thing.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/25/editorial-hey-apple-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-put-an-album-o/

A wireless/OTA file-soup solution allowing apps to push and pull files from a cloud-synced file-collection would supplement this very well.
 
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They should add an app "fragments" feature to the lockscreen, so an application can display a fragment/data on the lockscreen.

This would be good for Todo, calendars, and shopping list apps. Imagine you're in a shop, you have a shopping list app, you won't have to unlock the phone all the time to check things off, you'll be able to do it right from your lockscreen.

LockInfo already does this with 2Do, ToDo and other plug-ins.
 
I love a lot of these ideas, the gaming thing is definitely something I'd consider getting too. It is somewhat interesting though how many of those are available via jailbreak...I wish apple would take a page out of cydia's book.
 
collisos said:
I love a lot of these ideas, the gaming thing is definitely something I'd consider getting too. It is somewhat interesting though how many of those are available via jailbreak...I wish apple would take a page out of cydia's book.
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they usually do. that's where folders and wallpapers came from.

that's why apple isn't too crazy about shutting down the jailbreaking: that's were they get a lot of their ideas and they know going in that an idea will be popular and they will be hailed as geniuses.
 
I don't need my iphone to sync to the cloud. I just wish the updating process was simpler and faster. Ideally, I would be able to see my iTunes library from anywhere, rearrange my playlists on the go and save them like that, and mark podcasts for deletion. If my iphone could be smart enough to download 1 file at a time from my library when I get in wifi range or even give me a option. I hate having to wait for my iphone to update when I'm trying to run out the door. The worst is when I disconnect it early and it basically forgets the whole libary for a while. I would much rather see them work on using wifi to sync the phone than me being able to redownload the music. I don't want all of America hogging bandwith redownloading music they should have brought with them.
 
I want badges on the Calendar for upcoming events with configurable "look-ahead" time, I'd prefer for all events 7 days in advance that badges be displayed.
 
BlindMellon said:
they usually do. that's where folders and wallpapers came from.

that's why apple isn't too crazy about shutting down the jailbreaking: that's were they get a lot of their ideas and they know going in that an idea will be popular and they will be hailed as geniuses.
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Interesting I didn't know that. I feel like it'd be very smart for them to do that based on the volume of people who have jailbroken their iDevice.
 
BlindMellon said:
they usually do. that's where folders and wallpapers came from.

that's why apple isn't too crazy about shutting down the jailbreaking: that's were they get a lot of their ideas and they know going in that an idea will be popular and they will be hailed as geniuses.
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I don't believe that. Wallpapers and folders aren't groundbreaking revolutionary ideas nobody at Apple could've come up with.
 
Small addition

Just throwing out something I didn't see on that long list.

A barometer (pressure sensor) would be interesting to have. Not just for things like weather apps or even dynamic weather in games, but it can also help with navigation. I have a link that talks about how all the sensors can help with gps navigation, but I'm not entirely sure I can post it (I'm new here). Don't want to get into trouble.

They listed the pros and cons for the pressure sensor as:

Pros:
  • Can distinguish between floors for indoor navigation
  • Can aid GPS for altitude calculation and positioning accuracy when the GPS signal is degraded
Cons:
  • Is sensitive to wind flow and weather conditions

Also, more RAM. 512MB might be okay for most people, but my iPhone 4 chugs sometimes... I'm looking at you Skype.
 
That article sounds really interesting. Yes, you can post it or link to it. You won't get in trouble.

I would be very interested in learning just how helpful a barometer would be for GPS, and how much of a difference it would make.

Because, I really don't have my phone outside during bad weather much, but if it helps improve the GPS even more, without sucking down the battery life, that's awesome.
 
It sounds like we might have gotten most of what we wanted excluding the navigation stuff and speech to text. Here's to iOS 6.
 
BigQid said:
It sounds like we might have gotten most of what we wanted excluding the navigation stuff and speech to text. Here's to iOS 6.
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Agreed. Looks like iOS 6 will be the AI voice-controlled one, with a possible change in the springboard?

I'm more than satisfied with iOS 5!
 
I wouldn't say more than satisfied. Its every time it gets to this time of year when I start looking at Android with admiration, Apple takes a way 2/3 of the things I was angry with and adds 1 new features that strikes my interest so I stay put.
 
Wow, every single software wish came true.

Most of the hardware wishes came true.

The only thing that hasn't happened yet is 4G and the 4" Super AMOLED Plus display, but the rumors suggest that too was planned and scrapped at the last minute.

I would say Apple has been monitoring this thread. :eek:
 
iPad 2 said:
Wow, every single software wish came true.

Most of the hardware wishes came true.

The only thing that hasn't happened yet is 4G and the 4" Super AMOLED Plus display, but the rumors suggest that too was planned and scrapped at the last minute.

I would say Apple has been monitoring this thread. :eek:
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Keep telling yourself that.
 
bartonlynch said:
Customizable dictionary, wasnt this in one of the 4.0 betas?
Ability to attach a picture within the email app, like with mms
Unlimited app folders. I have 3 game folders, come on
Better notifications. I really like android's, and there's plenty of space in the top bar for a simple badge or something.
Auto check for app updates
Ability to hide apps
Unlimited safari tabs. I think the limit is 8 now
We should be able to send filed to the Mac over wifi
Settings for multitasking ie turning it off, deciding which apps shouldn't multitask, and also a kill all button
Optimization of the YouTube app
Custom text tones and choosing other tones
Do like snow leopard and get out the trash in iOS
(that's all I can think of for now, I'll post again because I'm sure I had more ideas.)
For the iPhone
A notification light, like palm pre! It's invisible and very useful
Louder speakers
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this.
 
Wow, the only things left on that huge list in the OP that still need to be delivered are...

Super AMOLED + 4" Screen (Apparently, that was the original plan and it will ready for the next iPhone Anyways)
Bigger Battery
Google Type Navigation App

4G LTE
An Apple Made Gaming Controller
NFC
Maybe Xenon Flash

And vaugha brought up...

Customizable dictionary, wasnt this in one of the 4.0 betas?
Ability to attach a picture within the email app, like with mms
Unlimited app folders. I have 3 game folders, come on
Better notifications. I really like android's, and there's plenty of space in the top bar for a simple badge or something.
Auto check for app updates
Ability to hide apps
Unlimited safari tabs. I think the limit is 8 now
We should be able to send filed to the Mac over wifi
Settings for multitasking ie turning it off, deciding which apps shouldn't multitask, and also a kill all button
Optimization of the YouTube app
Custom text tones and choosing other tones
A notification light, like palm pre! It's invisible and very useful
Louder speakers
 
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