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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2019?

An affordable 4K Apple TV. Start by simplifying the remote (removing the under utilized accelerometers or selling a model with no remote using phone and voice commands).
 
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Improvements to iTunes and Apple Music for music collectors / geeks -

- more reliable matching so you have more consistent versions / masterings of songs when played back on devices via the cloud
- true global, legal access to music - with Japanese and Korean music for example becoming more popular it seems crazy that not all labels make everything available worldwide. The advantages of online delivery should overcome old-fashioned geographical restrictions and benefit artists as well as the corporates. At the moment lots of content is being shared on YouTube but this is often not what the artists intended.
- better features for library management, possibly the option of a "pro" style music management app that integrates well with iCloud Music Library. I'd pay for that. A simple, free version can exist for most users, based around the current Apple Music app.
- links to online ordering of physical products, deluxe editions and so on
- higher resolution streaming
- better performance from Siri in relation to HomePod, iTunes and Apple Music
 
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Defthand said:
This is a site for product advocates. Jim Cramer’s website is here.
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As an aside, I was lucky to get I think 50 shares in TheStreet.com IPO back before the NASDAQ bubble burst. There was a 12-18 month period when you couldn't lose money investing in tech stocks. Via ETRADE, I think I got in on like 3-4 IPOs, PriceLine was another big one, where you just watched the stock price go up and up and everything was great. Somewhere around March of 2000 everything blew up. But back to Apple.
 
ThunderSkunk said:
Some new leadership, especially over in product.
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Yup. And a leadership that is willing to follow the example set by Steve Jobs and refrain from making any pronouncements on issues of national politics where the interests of Apple are not directly and urgently involved. There's no way that this can help the company and a bunch of different ways in which it has the potential to hurt it (which all boil down to a single one: needlessly making enemies).
 
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- iMac updates
- a standalone Apple display - not that clumsy LG display
- redesign of the iOS home screen
 
I think Apple has their head screwed on crooked. I understand it's different for a giant company, that's expected to grow at 20-30% a year. However, Apple is not going to be good at making movies. They need to refocus back on to what made them useful in the past, namely computers. To take more than 5 years to get out a new pro computer is unconscionable. Apple should be engaged in business computing, iCloud should make Amazon jealous. I mean, c'mon, lead, for chrissakes.

Further, get the glucose monitoring working on the Watch.... There's 30% of our population that has diabetes (and that's just the US), and they are all tired of sticking needles in their fingers 3-4 times a day. It's a no-brainer.
 
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AzanM said:
I know this is unrelated, but I just joined this site and can't figure out how to start a new thread on an issue I have. Can someone please help me out?
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You cant start a new thread from recent posts, you need to go into the relevant section of the forum and in the top right select "Start New Thread".
 
Defthand said:
This is a site for product advocates. Jim Cramer’s website is here.
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My opinions are just as welcomes yours.
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furi0usbee said:
That is 180 degrees opposite to what a consumer wants. You don't want to buy Apple products, you want to invest in Apple as a company. Find another website.
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I have a Mac and an iPhone that does what I need. You think an Apple that is in bad shape financially makes it more likely you will get better products? Apple won't achieve my wants if they don't put out decent products this year.
 
Lone Deranger said:
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
  • Tim Cook to step down as CEO and take up his former post as Executive VP for worldwide sales and operations.
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
  • Re-hiring of Scott Forestall and a significantly diminished role for Jony Ive.
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
  • Renewed effort at providing user-upgradable/repairable computers (don't solder SSDs to the motherboard please).
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
  • A genuine and sustained commitment to power users and the creative industry whose output does not get polluted by consumerist thinking. (Mat screen options, hardware calibrate-able displays, nvidia GPU BTOs, etc.)
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
  • Hardware that doesn't come pre-bent, or breaks at the sight of skin flakes.
  • 30% price cut across all product lines.
I could think of a few more, but I don't want to come across as unreasonable. :)
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I like these ideas, but what about a 30% price cut across all product lines?
 
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- continued improvement in software stability with major releases (2018 was way better than 2017)
- iPhone XS Max with a larger screen and 5G
- MBP with 8 or more CPU cores; Touch ID on the side or front so lid can be closed
- Brave-style performance improvements in Safari
- disable auto-preview in all Apple TV 4K apps
- iOS should allow me to put home screen icons much closer together and to have holes
- iOS should allow me to play a high-res music library that lives on iCloud Drive (24-bit, 96khz)
- more generally, iOS should provide an option that allows any app of my liking to get to iCloud Drive files
- ability to buy more iCloud storage in increments of 1TB with no upper limit
- iCloud backup of entire macOS computer
- "AVR Play" that allows AVR and pre-amp makers to integrate an ATV 4K into their products and remote controls
- an Apple lossless video format ("ALVC" or just use MKV) that is supported across the entire product line
- allow ATV to play video files stored on a directly-attached HDD
 
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ijlakw said:
A Hudson Hornet is beautiful too but we don't drive them to work anymore. The iMac is a dated design. If Apple had a Mac OS competitor, we might see some innovation and new design in the iMac. But as it is.... I'm still not all that convinced Mac is committed to the desktop computer in the long run outside of a few very expensive, pro focused models which have yet to be available (I'll believe we see a Mac Pro this year when I see it).
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If Hudson Hornet had today's modern internals and safety systems I wouldn't mind. Some designs still look fresh after decades of use. I wonder what would you like to change in iMac design and mostly why (and also if that is really possible, eg. Thinner bezels (where would you put camera for example))
 
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Bacillus said:
Then my guess is that all complainers with faulty keyboards, crushed iPads, people with devices stuck at Apple logo must be wrong
Like sick people - because you don’t seem to be sick at all
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What company dosent have issues. I said in MY experience.
Bacillus said:
Some expect return on their invested dollars. If you don’t, go subsidize them instead of quacking about jumping ship
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ROI? Lol you’re saying you don’t get your ROI With a device you use every day all day for personal business photos music internet? That seems to be a pretty good ROI for me.
 
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Winni said:
Lucky you. But that is anecdotal evidence at best and in worst case it's just repeating marketing phrases from the 1990s. I run an IT department at a research institute, and the statistics at my work place tell a slightly different story about the quality of Apple products and how often they have to be sent to the shop for repairs -- and in more cases than anybody at Apple would want to admit more than once to (still not) fix the very same problem.

The "superior" quality of Apple products in my experience only exists in their marketing campaigns. In the real world, they just assemble and sell the exact same parts that all other OEMs in the world use, the only two differences are the case around those parts and the operating system Apple runs on them.

At the end of all the marketing, Apple just sells designer PCs running a different proprietary operating system than the other OEMs.
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Arguing from authority is also a fallacy. You’re stated IT credentials mean nothing here.

Also, I read a few of your Apple related posts from your blog. I’m not impressed with the application of your IT skills in troubleshooting the problems you complained about.
 
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