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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2018?
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☛ Mac Mini
☛ 4/5K--Display (dislike non-Apple brand, sorry!!!)
☛ iPhone SE 2
☛ Apple Pay and Apple Pay Cash worldwide (e.g. in Germany & the Netherlands)
☛ 4/5K--Display (dislike non-Apple brand, sorry!!!)
☛ iPhone SE 2
☛ Apple Pay and Apple Pay Cash worldwide (e.g. in Germany & the Netherlands)
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A MacBook with more ports
Revised upgradeable Mini
iPhone X without a notch
A less preachy Apple
Revised upgradeable Mini
iPhone X without a notch
A less preachy Apple
- An electric car
- An iPhone XI with no notch
- AR glasses
- A movie subscription service with a huge catalog: Apple Movies
- A rebuilt GarageBand with fewer bugs
- An iPhone XI with no notch
- AR glasses
- A movie subscription service with a huge catalog: Apple Movies
- A rebuilt GarageBand with fewer bugs
1) A 2018 model of the iPhone X with a 4" (or better a 3.5") screen.
2) Bring back skeuomorphic and 3D look to MacOS and iOS.
3) Touch screen input option on Macs.
4) External pointing device (mouse, trackpad, etc.) input option for iOS.
5) 3D touch, Pencil, shared user file storage, split screen, etc. standardized across all iOS devices.
6) Keep the iPad mini & Mac mini.
7) Dual Thunderbolt ports on AppleTV with input and pass through capability to act as a hub for connecting and controlling other devices and overlaying onto the video display from other devices.
8) More iOS capability in TVOS, especially web browser, email, iMessages, phone, etc.
9) Phone app on iPad.
10) An Apple web search engine to compete with Google.
2) Bring back skeuomorphic and 3D look to MacOS and iOS.
3) Touch screen input option on Macs.
4) External pointing device (mouse, trackpad, etc.) input option for iOS.
5) 3D touch, Pencil, shared user file storage, split screen, etc. standardized across all iOS devices.
6) Keep the iPad mini & Mac mini.
7) Dual Thunderbolt ports on AppleTV with input and pass through capability to act as a hub for connecting and controlling other devices and overlaying onto the video display from other devices.
8) More iOS capability in TVOS, especially web browser, email, iMessages, phone, etc.
9) Phone app on iPad.
10) An Apple web search engine to compete with Google.
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personally I'd actually like to see them consolidate their lineup a little bit.
Way too many macbooks... macbook, macbook air, macbook pro, all in several different sizes.
The vast # of different ipads and different sizes.
Way too many macbooks... macbook, macbook air, macbook pro, all in several different sizes.
The vast # of different ipads and different sizes.
Yes, it's bizarre that they don't have a movie & TV version of Apple Music. That would actually be useful.
MacBook Pro with Face ID.
New AirPort Extreme.
iCloud Message Sync. (Is that still a thing?)
Better curated playlists on Apple Music to lure me over from Spotify.
Wildcard: VPN support on Apple TV.
New AirPort Extreme.
iCloud Message Sync. (Is that still a thing?)
Better curated playlists on Apple Music to lure me over from Spotify.
Wildcard: VPN support on Apple TV.
1. ProMotion 120FPS on iPhone and MacBook Pro
2. YouTube 4K HDR on Apple TV
3. OLED iPad and MacBook Pro
4. Apple Pay to work on my business card
2. YouTube 4K HDR on Apple TV
3. OLED iPad and MacBook Pro
4. Apple Pay to work on my business card
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I’m happy with everything, but would like to see more effort in the Apple TV realm. The battle of streaming services and cable providers need a clear winner. Apple has the best interface, but could knock one out the park with some cash negotiations and some graphic horse Power for serious gaming. Those are the revenue streams that need tapped - TV consumers and real gamers.
apples laptop lineup is a mess. It reminds me of Pre-Jobs Apple: too many products with confusing names and overlapping features. I want to see the, do what they did with their iPad lineup and differentiate better. Make the Mackbook Pro more pro so it deserves its crazy price and bring back a true iBook successor that people want to buy, at a fair price point.
Increased dividend
A refreshed mini Mac with a good graphics subsystem and upgradable ram and SSD
A refreshed mini Mac with a good graphics subsystem and upgradable ram and SSD
I love the new butterfly keyboard. The crisp, short throws make for even faster typing. Trying to type on my old MBP feels like my fingers are pushing into mashed potatoes.
I would love a new Mac mini and that Apple make their computers upgradable again.
Mac Mini. Upgradeable. SSD standard. Quad-Core option.
New Mac mini with quad core, upgradable memory, and a decent graphics option.
Also a fix for all the bugs in iOS, and OS X and safari. Maybe a dark theme for iOS to tone down all the white they added in ios7.
Also a fix for all the bugs in iOS, and OS X and safari. Maybe a dark theme for iOS to tone down all the white they added in ios7.
Not having to log back into apps on Apple TV that I’ve logged in a million times.
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In our recent What to Expect post, we covered everything we think we'll see from Apple in 2018 based on the current rumors that are circulating about the company's 2018 plans.
Three new iPhones are on the horizon, one a followup to the iPhone X, one that will serve as an "iPhone X Plus" with a larger OLED display, and one with an LCD display that will be positioned as a low to midrange device with a cheaper price tag. Apple's first smart speaker, the HomePod, will come out in 2018, and we're also expecting a revamped iPad Pro, refreshed Macs, and new software, but there's always a chance for a wildcard update or new product that will surprise us all.
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Let us know what you want to see in the comments, and make sure to check out our What to Expect post to get a glimpse at the current rumors. Apple's plans for 2018 will become more clear in the early months of the year, and as always, we'll be covering every rumor that pops up in-depth here at MacRumors.
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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?
After several weeks with the iPhoneX, I'm starting to see some drawbacks to Face ID. It's doing ok with recognizing me even when I'm not looking at it, but it has to be looking at me in order to work, which means I often have to pick up the iPhone and point it at myself to get it to open in many situations where that was not an issue with Touch ID. It's frequent enough to be annoying, but not the end of the world since it is easy enough to pick up. For a laptop, it would be a disaster unless they continued to include Touch ID as an alternative.
- Stable version of macOS. Something that does not lock up / kernel panic / crash as frequently as System 7.
- Mac Pro that has sufficient COOLING (not "quiet" > cooling) and starts at $1K, not $5K.
- MacBook Pros without touchbars and no more "thin" > everything else.
- Updated iPad Mini.
- iPhone without a notch.
Price reduction and dropping the throttling, if they want me to get a £1350 iPhone, I want to know that it will perform as advertised for longer than 12 months .
I want to see dramatic improvement in iPhone battery life. Apple is pretty much at the bottom of the heap when it comes to useful battery life. And lose the glass back on the iPhone X too. Its way too fragile.
I'm still hoping that (My years old hope of the modular system) the modular system is a series of Mac mini style modules that just stack together, lego style, to give you a scaleable system. So you can start with one mini, clip on another one at a later date, add a SSD module, etc.
Don't know if thats technically possible though.