I think Apple wins because they've waited to add such features as NFC, larger display etc...Android might be at its peak because it's add such features very early on. Apple can now start adding a larger display, nfc, faster processor, etc...and still kind of be on the rise. I'm a Note 3 user with a full upgrade available but I'm torn on whether or not I want to upgrade to a Note 4, iPhone 6 plus or just keep my Note 3 altogether. The new phones look great even the 6 plus, but I feel like they all do the same things as the phone I have now. In short I think all smartphone tech has plateaued. I'm almost considering a 6 plus just because it's dramatically different than my note 3. Hrmmm....
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The next iPhone: what can we even add to phones anymore? Have they reached their peak
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lol. Is the Note 3 even out yet?
Everytime iPhone does something .... "Android has had this since bla"
Aside from being waterproof, most everything else being mentioned is very minor compared to what big features were being added to phones even four years ago. Eventually, I think all it will come down to is what you prefer internally and nothing else. Even if Apple copies Samsaung, or Samsung copies Apple, every feature will be there one day, on both phones.
The Note 3 has been out since October of last year, the Note 4 is the new one coming out soon. To be fair, the iPhone was always on par with Android aside from the glaring difference in screen size. I wonder if Apple ran out of ideas and decided to cave seeing as the #1 thing people wanted with the iPhone was a bigger display? I think the strength of the iPhone now is fluidity, but after putting my Note 3 side by side with the iPhone 6 plus today at the Apple store, they were pretty close with one another.
Some features I want on the next iPhone are found on several Androids already released within the last two years. Project Ara with the ability to pick and choose our specs can really change the game for Android users. The pace in iOS is slow. What is two years with iOS would feel like an eternity in Android. If iOS is a gated community in the suburbs living on a slower, retirement pace, Android is like New York City sprawling with competition. You can get lost in it and you have to move fast. Perhaps we have reached our peak with this current slab form factor. Foldable screens is next as flip phones can make a comeback. Samsung and LG hold the keys while the Chinese hold the keys to lower prices.
"Future-proof" is a bogus term. Most all specs have an expiration date. I would love to have a battery that never degrades or can last a lifetime. Forget 400 charge cycles, I want 40,000 full charge cycles until it starts to degrade especially if it were enclosed. Better for the ocean. Since most people probably will never see 36,500+ days (100 years) in their life, it means that battery is guaranteed to charge a lifetime. If we get that, that's when "future-proof" can really mean something. But companies make money every year improving flaws and sometimes introducing newer ones.
We really don't have enough foresight to predict what we want or what we need in the next few years. You can say iPhone 6 is perfect right now for you. Many people could have easily said that about the iPhone 4 in 2010, iPhone 4s in 2011, iPhone 5 in 2012, and iPhone 5s in 2013. This is honeymoon phase talk. Wait 2016-2017 until iPhone 7/7s arrives. Perfection is a temporary state. It can be improved. Who really wants to go back to iPhone 5 which seemed perfect in 2012 after so much progress during the last two years?
We are just online posters here. Our own ideas is up against thousands of brilliant enginners' ideas spread across many tech companies. Even features found on Android smartphones for a few years, iOS users who never were on a different mobile OS before is just beginning to adapt to the bigger dimensions. There was a time when many assumed 3.5 inches was simply perfect for them to watch videos, play games, and browse the web and once thought the HTC Evo (4.3 inches) was too large! Many were just drawing up conclusions based on assumptions and not from experience.
Your perfect smartphone today will be found in sub-$100 Androids maybe three years from now. Xiaomi has the sub-$130 Redmi 1S which has better specs and quality than the iPhone 4s, Galaxy Nexus, and Samsung Galaxy S II from 2011 and that's just Xiaomi's entry-level. Nearly two years ago, the #1 smartphone on my wishlist was the Nexus 4. It stayed on my Top 5 for 10 months even after I got a better HTC One (M7). During the past year, I can name several smartphones better than Nexus 4 while offering better value.
Nexus 4's luster got completely erased after the likes of Xiaomi Mi 3, Mi 4, Asus Zenfone 5, OnePlus One, and Moto G (2nd gen). Notice I never mentioned Nexus 5. Why? Because Xiaomi, OnePlus, Asus, and Motorola offer better value, battery life, or camera than the Nexus line. Who wants to go back to a Snapdragon S4 Pro with a crack-prone rear and washed out display? Slower SoC, worse battery life, and poorer cam. You will start saying similar things in two years when you start comparing that "perfect" iPhone 6 vs iPhone 7. But for now, just enjoy the 6 and savor the moment.
"Future-proof" is a bogus term. Most all specs have an expiration date. I would love to have a battery that never degrades or can last a lifetime. Forget 400 charge cycles, I want 40,000 full charge cycles until it starts to degrade especially if it were enclosed. Better for the ocean. Since most people probably will never see 36,500+ days (100 years) in their life, it means that battery is guaranteed to charge a lifetime. If we get that, that's when "future-proof" can really mean something. But companies make money every year improving flaws and sometimes introducing newer ones.
We really don't have enough foresight to predict what we want or what we need in the next few years. You can say iPhone 6 is perfect right now for you. Many people could have easily said that about the iPhone 4 in 2010, iPhone 4s in 2011, iPhone 5 in 2012, and iPhone 5s in 2013. This is honeymoon phase talk. Wait 2016-2017 until iPhone 7/7s arrives. Perfection is a temporary state. It can be improved. Who really wants to go back to iPhone 5 which seemed perfect in 2012 after so much progress during the last two years?
We are just online posters here. Our own ideas is up against thousands of brilliant enginners' ideas spread across many tech companies. Even features found on Android smartphones for a few years, iOS users who never were on a different mobile OS before is just beginning to adapt to the bigger dimensions. There was a time when many assumed 3.5 inches was simply perfect for them to watch videos, play games, and browse the web and once thought the HTC Evo (4.3 inches) was too large! Many were just drawing up conclusions based on assumptions and not from experience.
Your perfect smartphone today will be found in sub-$100 Androids maybe three years from now. Xiaomi has the sub-$130 Redmi 1S which has better specs and quality than the iPhone 4s, Galaxy Nexus, and Samsung Galaxy S II from 2011 and that's just Xiaomi's entry-level. Nearly two years ago, the #1 smartphone on my wishlist was the Nexus 4. It stayed on my Top 5 for 10 months even after I got a better HTC One (M7). During the past year, I can name several smartphones better than Nexus 4 while offering better value.
Nexus 4's luster got completely erased after the likes of Xiaomi Mi 3, Mi 4, Asus Zenfone 5, OnePlus One, and Moto G (2nd gen). Notice I never mentioned Nexus 5. Why? Because Xiaomi, OnePlus, Asus, and Motorola offer better value, battery life, or camera than the Nexus line. Who wants to go back to a Snapdragon S4 Pro with a crack-prone rear and washed out display? Slower SoC, worse battery life, and poorer cam. You will start saying similar things in two years when you start comparing that "perfect" iPhone 6 vs iPhone 7. But for now, just enjoy the 6 and savor the moment.