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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2018?

1)An iPhone with better battery life
2)Iphone made more affordable
3)A more durable Apple Watch
 
I want to see a less pretentious, less arrogant brand. No more grandiose stores flaunting a Beverly Hills attitude. A focus on utility rather than amusements. In other words, no more “Designed in California (for Californians)”.
 
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make iPad Pro more Pro. Full functionality of macOS Apps to iPad Pro Apps. For example Photos - missing tons of functions.


I would like user profiles for iPads

NO Face ID for upcomming macs or iPads.
 
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MacBook Cloud
•A10x chip
•4gb ram
•icloud based
•$500

iPhone 4c
•edge-to-edge screen
•iphone 4 form factor

iTunes streaming service
•movies & tv shows
•$9.99 a month
 
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It would be very nice to have new:

Mac Pro
Mac MIni
MacBook Pro 17"
refined MacOs
Displays
new iMac design
Serviceable and upgradeable storage, RAM, etc where possible, and of course, PCIe expansion in Mac Pro.
better batteries :)


And more :apple: resources for Mac development, please, and frequent hardware updates...

Happy new year to all, peaceful and healthy !!!
 
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X38 said:
Maybe what I'd like to see is Apple drop you as a customer. I don't understand you people who are so concerned with products that you want Apple to not make but that other people like and want. There are many people who like the Mac mini and iPad mini - why do you want to make trouble for them?
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I apologize. I've edited my wishlist. Peace.
 
michaelclach said:
In the new version of OS X 10.14, I'd like to see:
  • Super serious file sharing. I want to easily be able to share anything--iTunes playlists, photos, photo streams, docs, folders--with anyone. Simple individual permissions. Family sharing that's easy and pervasive. Take advantage of APFS to make this work really well.
  • Documents in the cloud. New download-the-file-when-it's-needed functionality, like DropBox and Google and Microsoft are rolling out. Make the need for large internal hard drives diminish.
  • Apple News on the desktop.
  • New version of iMovie. It'd be great if I could have a place on iCloud Drive and access my iMovie Library via iOS and Mac.
  • Photos update to focus on managing large numbers of photos. Now that the image editing features are up to par, focus on file management--sorting, sharing, smart albums, cascading folders. The UI and interface needs some work, too.
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I think #2 exists in the current version.
 
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CerebralX said:
I happen to own the 2016 13" w/Touch Bar model. There's nothing wrong with it. What do you want to see changed?
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got the 2016 15inch model and had to replace my keyboard once after 3/4 year, my new one also starts to make strange high clicking noises on some keys. So I'm pretty frightened for new repairs :/
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Dopestar said:
Apple watch compatible with Android.
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don't own an android phone, but many friends were astonished about my new series 3 but have android, I think this would be a huge potential and a new buyers group
 
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Chupa Chupa said:
You already can use it in home and car. Not sure of the usefulness at ATMs or kiosks. The latter two are places I don't need to talk to a machine for a host of reasons.

But I agree Apple needs to unify Siri commands among platforms and work on making it more flexible like Alexa's "skills." I don't see Siri as a platform, but as an input method. Homekit is the platform. I do wish Apple would push it a bit more. It's treated like an afterthought right now. Maybe they'll do more once HomePod releases since it's very much reliant on Siri.
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Just making a point about ubiquity and going beyond iOS. Speech and AI (ie, Siri), is more than just a form of input.. It's a next gen UI and potentially the platform to rule all platforms. You already recognize the importance of unifying it across Apple's devices because you want it to understand context, your history, patterns, etc. to provide an intelligent response and consistent experience regardless of which device you're using. For it to do that well, it also needs to tie into all sorts of data/systems and vice versa. If you have to rely on Google, Alexa, microsoft, IBM watson, etc. to do certain things, Siri becomes less useful and over time Apple's devices will become marginalized.

That said, we're still in the first inning and all assistants are pretty dumb, but that's why IMO Apple needs to rethink its Siri strategy now before it's too late.
 
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  • Updated iPhone SE --> Same case size but bigger screen (bezel-less)
  • Updated Mac Mini --> upgradable
  • Updated AirPods --> shorter, Black, noise cancellation, on-house controls
  • That is all for now :)
 
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- like someone said earlier, an iPad mini Pro with a near-bezel-less display but still, like the last, no protruding cameras
- iPhone with Aluminium 7000 (minus the "wireless" charging) or at least DLC-coated, if using Stainless Steel and glass. LCD display would be okay as well, but only with the current chassis size and not the rumored 6.x inches. Display size same as X. Transparent pixel technology could be pioneered, too, to trash the need for a notch. Also, no more protruding cameras.
- a highly modular Mac Pro or Mac mini
- some serious QA
- transparency/honesty
- no more dealing with countries which collide with freedom of speech and stuff
 
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Apple has lost their way! It's trying to do too much with too small a staff!

Now that Apple has the new Apple Park maybe they can correct their internal departments structure. I'm not suggesting they silo! Thats not how Apple got to be Apple!

They do need to have more focused groups so as an example a head of Mac hardware desktop, laptop and home server. Another person responsible for phone, tablet & watch hardware. And a different person involved in new hardware markets. Software needs to likewise be broken into different areas OS's, apps & services. These groups need to mingle! As their cross pollination is important! I'm sure there are other groups that need a bit of focus as well.

With this type of structure basic hardware design issues will not fall though to cracks as they have over the last four years. Markets would be better defined and products that meet the needs of the different markets would be in place Vs what we have now! Nothing but a mis-mash of Mac systems all of which are not ideal for the markets they where intended. This is not about having too many systems, but focused on the tasks these systems should be doing (and staying up to date). This has been stated a few times "Function over Form" Apple in the last four years has over played the form aspect and in doing so has lost the different markets it was once its strength! It needs to get back to meet these markets with wower products.

Way back when Apple was visiting the MacWorld shows I had a chance to talk with someone and noted my influence mattered! Today the window is so small to get any chance to talk with anyone its like they are in a castle with a moat. Only if you are so lucky to get to the WWDC will you get a chance to talk with anyone. Even still there is so much going on in such a small window nothing really goes up to them only down to the developers on what they are doing. This oneway dialog is what is getting Apple into trouble! Only now when news media brings to light issues does Apple respond.

So Apple this is it! Talk to the people who you know have had and still have your products in use and have not updated for the last four years (waiting for what they really need and want). I for one would love to sit down and do a real brain dump on my needs are. I'm not saying my needs should be put above others but I'm sure a consensus of a baseline could be derived.

Presently none of your systems meet my needs for different reasons where your older systems do.
- MacBook Pro 15" 2012
- MacMini 2011
- iMac 27" 2011
- Mac Pro 2013
- iPhone 6 & 7+
- iPad Air2
- Apple Watch s2

I've been waiting that long like a lot of others. Limping around with slower gear hoping you see the light! This is my last year waiting Apple... 2019 i'm going with HP!
 
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More reasonable pricing across-the-board.

More included iCloud space!!!!! This should be upped for every device purchased. I have more than 10 Apple machines, and a measly 5 GB of total included storage. Pathetic.
 
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HEY APPLE! Everyone in this thread wants the same stuff out of the macbook pro!

32GB Ram
Useful Ports
No/optional Touchbar ( people wouldn't mind having it there if they had function keys)
Mag-safe
OLED Screen
A keyboard that doesn't suck.
Repairability
 
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