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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2021?

what i would love to see:

Multi-User-Support in iPad OS. That could make me buy a new one.
A smooth migration to the ARM Architecture so I might want to buy one
Definitely better MacOS experience
An Apple Watch with glucose sensor
More reasonable prices for RAM and SSD Upgrades

What I stopped waiting for:

New AirPods Pro. Bought them in October for the amazon Price and i am very satisfied
 
It may be an unpopular idea and lack of business incentives to do so, but Apple, similarly to Google/Android, acts as if it was a "global"/international company.

With that in mind, it would be great, if we could get:
[THE BASICS]
- keyboard suggestions in Polish (!),
- QuickPath swipe keyboard for Polish (!),
- multilanguage keyboard support with Polish as one of the languages (!),
- proper voice navigation which know how to handle ś, ć, ź, naturally,
- polish sound* in movies and tv shows on Apple TV+ (* and by sound I mean the voice-over read it here why it's important TL;DR: that's the market here, polish lector or get out, Netflix and Disney understands it perfectly)
[THE MORE ADVANCED STUFF]
- Siri in Polish,
- New Apple Maps for Poland (3D cities, Look Around),
- Apple Fitness+ (even the access would be great, younger citizens know English well-enough to exercise),
- Apple Cash (or sending money with debit cards) - if you claim it's pointless because there are so many ways to send money, kill it altogether in US as well,
- Apple Card (just set up a theoretical bank and get some European bank for the heavy lifting, banks within the European Union don't have to have headquarters in each country).
- Translate app support for Polish.

Poland 🇵🇱 here acts as an example from my perspective, but many services are missing in many countries. They should use their extensive legal teams and focus on rolling out those things internationally. Singular factors may not sound important, but when you miss that much, it matters. The experience takes a hit.

Many of these things are pretty simple and there are multiple companies and competitors which implemented it nicely and years ago.
 
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its pretty simple.
For the MacBook:
- Ethernet port please.
- HDMI Port please
- SD card reader please
- USB A ports please
Dongle life isn’t fun
- Physical function key option on the 16” Intel MacBook Pro. The Touch Bar isn’t doing it for me
I’m okay if it’s a bit heavier and bigger and more expensive. And no, I’m not ready for M1 because I need parallels and Window

For the iPhone:
- give me an iPhone 8 Plus form factor with better battery life and a faster CPU. I don’t need the amazing fancy camera. I don’t want to pay a premium. Just more battery and more speed.

I know ill be disappointed but one can dream. If Dell can make a laptop that has all the goodies, why can’t Apple?
 
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DinkThifferent said:
- New Apple TV with Spatial Audio (H1 chip) and a super fast processor for iPhone-like smoothness.
- Redesigned Apple TV interface, to streamline it with other iOS interfaces.

- New AirPods Pro with better battery life and sound quality
- An iPhone SE Plus (to replace my iPhone 8 Plus with)

- Redesigned macOS Settings menu.
- Stereo pairing in MacOS for Homepods!

- HiFi music streaming in Apple Music (and integration with DJ products, huge gap left by Spotify!)
- HomePod (mini) launch in The Netherlands/Belgium, we already have a Dutch speaking Siri so it's time for a HomePod!
- New Apple Maps launch in EU so I can finally delete Google Maps.

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+1 for stereo pairing in MacOS for Hompods.

I'd also like to ses a lossless, and ideally a true hi-res, streaming option for Apple Music. And because Apple doesn't support the hi res AptX and LDAC bluetooth codecs, I'd like to see a new and improved AAC codec that approaches lossless quality.

I'd also like to see a new large ultrawidescreen Apple display with a 120kHz refresh rate and both USB-C/Thunderbolt 2 and HDMI inputs.
 
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This is crazy but I want to see Apple lead with something again, like they did with the iPhone and iPad. They’ve lagged behind with the watch, smart speakers, and routers.
 
- HOME PRODUCTS - I want to be all-Apple but they are so late to the ballgame; I've slowly had to go with NEST. Camera/Smoke/Thermostat/on and on.

- APPLE TV - I want an A14 Apple TV Pro and I want HIGH END gaming!! New remote. Much better voice control.

- LAPTOPS - My work computer is old; I've been holding out until the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 (or M2) is released
 
New MPX modules for the Mac Pro and or opening up the after burner card for more codecs!
 
I want to see Apple put out a 16- or 32-core M-series processor and also possibly a low-wattage, high-performance discrete GPU. I want to see Apple make Intel, AMD, Nvidia and the rest of the processor industry take notice. Well, not just take notice, but also take away a nice little chunk of those companies' market share in laptops and desktops. A 5% or 10% gain in market share would be nice for a start.

Also to shut up the mouths of those idiots who constantly claim Apple no longer innovates. I honestly don't know what those people are yapping about. Apple is definitely putting out products that are in relatively high demand, so what is their problem. It's so easy for some jackass to sit back and criticize a top tech company not being successful enough. Those certain people are always complaining about how Apple doesn't spend as much R&D money as other tech companies. What good are some fancy new products that consumers either don't want or can't afford?
 
Pretty much the same list as last year:
  • USB-C on iPhone and iPod Touch
  • Updated versions of their Thunderbolt FireWire and Ethernet adapters for Thunderbolt 3
  • Bring back Ethernet and HDMI ports on laptops (what a pain in the a** it is to travel with a Mac laptop now)
  • Bring back the SD card slot (but a proper one this time, with UHS-II support)
  • Ditch the touch bar (or at least add back the function keys in between so they aren't constantly getting accidentally triggered)
  • Time Machine support on iOS (for keeping multiple local backups over the air)
  • Buy Adobe and eliminate the monthly licensing nonsense once and for all
  • User-upgradeable internal storage
  • A two-year operating system bake cycle to get the bug count under control
  • Make Xcode do fewer stat() operations so it will become usable again when your source code is on network volumes
  • Improve SMB reconnect reliability
  • A reliable lithium-ion-based UPS
 
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  1. Returning to prioritizing function over form in software and hardware.
  2. The return to a pretty macOS instead of a bland, stark minimalist mid-90’s Windows-looking OS.
  3. Abandoning the “light grey text on stark white interface” design motif.
  4. The return of lickable stoplight buttons.
 
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Southern Dad said:
This is crazy but I want to see Apple lead with something again, like they did with the iPhone and iPad. They’ve lagged behind with the watch, smart speakers, and routers.
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AirPods revamped my belief that Apple can still innovate beyond just trying to make things thinner and/or with one fewer port than the previous year.
 
mkldev said:
Pretty much the same list as last year:
  • USB-C on iPhone and iPod Touch
  • Updated versions of their Thunderbolt FireWire and Ethernet adapters for Thunderbolt 3
  • Bring back Ethernet and HDMI ports on laptops (what a pain in the a** it is to travel with a Mac laptop now)
  • Bring back the SD card slot (but a proper one this time, with UHS-II support)
  • Ditch the touch bar (or at least add back the function keys in between so they aren't constantly getting accidentally triggered)
  • Time Machine support on iOS (for keeping multiple local backups over the air)
  • Buy Adobe and eliminate the monthly licensing nonsense once and for all
  • User-upgradeable internal storage
  • A two-year operating system bake cycle to get the bug count under control
  • Make Xcode do fewer stat() operations so it will become usable again when your source code is on network volumes
  • Improve SMB reconnect reliability
  • A reliable lithium-ion-based UPS
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I doubt we will see USB-C on iPhones. With lightning getting long in the tooth, changing into yet another wired format is not "courageous" enough. :D Upgradeable internal storage is also a bye-gone as Apple moves to a more integrated hardware.

Ethernet port, although essential (it's one of the best designed port ever), is quite large these days and age. Even Windows laptops are ditching it. The thing is, most Windows OEMs will include some sort of dongle (eg. HDMI dongle), while Apple will force you to buy the dongle. Annoying yes, but I don't expect Apple being generous. The same with SD card slot. Windows laptops are opting for microSD slots if they have one, which is less useful imo.

What Apple needs to do is buy the smaller developers like Affinity/Pixelmator and create a truly competitive Photoshop and Lightroom competitor. They already have Final Cut.
 
16” MacBook Pro,

edge to edge display 4K mini-LED/OLED 144Hz ProMotion display (maybe even 17” return with same footprint as current 16” footprint),

64GB RAM (if not 128GB to 256GB optional),

4 or 6 Thunderbolt / USB-4 ports,

Face ID and touch authentication both,

M2X with 32+ cores (equivalent to 12x or more the M1’s performance ; I truly mean at maximum a pro equivalent to the fully upgraded Mac Pro desktop in a notebook

external GPU (or Mac level external GPU equivalent to Nvidia Titan / 3090 ),

dynamic keyboard OLED keys that can change based on program/language (with magic keyboard level travel),

improved Touch Bar (somehow),

and

8TB or MORE of SSD storage!

All possible!

Ideally, a fully configured MacBook Pro should truly be nearly equivalent to the fully maxed out of Mac Pro of 2019, making a purchase of the $53,799.00 computer seem like a tough choice.
Imagine almost a terabyte or more of DDR4 ECC, 32+ cores, and graphics performance that can either harness external graphics or outweigh after burner graphics and several fully sized Nvidia GPU’s with Tensor calculations.


A Mac that can undeniably be so phenomenal that it truly makes the M1 seem quaint in comparison.
 
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How about an operating system that doesn't visually look like a retread of OS 7 or 8 with 3d folders icons in the list view that look microscopic on my screen? What's up with the "<" to the left? Looks like Windows something or other. bring back the triangles!
 
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I really want a flip iPhone that unfolded can have a +6.5 inches screen and folded could fit in the palm of my hand. Sadly it seems unlikely for 2021, so I think is more likely for 2022 or more for sure for 2023. But well that’s what I want to see and buy.
 
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Phil77354 said:
- Apple Watch with more health related features (blood glucose would be absolutely fantastic)
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You can do that already with CGM (continuous glucose monitoring), which winds up being a patch you wear for extended periods with a sub-dermal component. Non-invasive glucose monitoring is the topic of tens of billions of dollars of research by multiple companies, I'm sure Apple would love to have this figured out just as much as anyone else ;)
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- A larger universe of HomeKit compatible devices (not necessarily from Apple itself, obviously, but I'm hoping that Apple is working with those other companies to get more stuff working smoothly with HomeKit)
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The HomePod mini acts as a Thread hub, and it appears people are starting to come out with Thread-based HomeKit accessories.
 
I’d like a new Apple Watch that’s silent in silent mode, and brand new Macs and iPhones/iPads with cloud-synchronised web browsing tabs. They could call these new features ‘Silent Mode’ and ‘iCloud Tabs’.

Wild ideas, I know, but it would be neat stuff. Maybe in 2022.
 
After reading this article from The Verge last week on how much data our "smart cars" are collecting on us and keeping onboard the cars internal computer chips and how this data is in many cases being used against us (location, when and how many times certain doors were opened, voice recordings etc) I think it's time for apple to extend it's Car Play system (whether or not Apple is developing an actual automobile) and offer customers a standalone Car Play Unit that can be retrofitted or installed to replace all the smart/digital features in one's car where the user is once again in control of their Data while driving their own vehicle. This could also be offered in partnership with some brands on check-out when buying a new vehicle, the same way you might get a choice between ordinary speakers or Bose speakers as a costly upgrade, many would pay the extra to ensure the Data their car is building on them is under their control.

Car's are currently the Wild West of unregulated data harvesting and people don't realise it. The fact that anyone with access to your car's internals can see this information freely is scary and gives more understanding to why Apple would be interested to get into the automobile industry in the first place. What's the use of having all these Smart highly-encrypted private devices if we get into a car everyday that undoes that?

Apple, do something please. no one else will.
www.theverge.com

Your car may be recording more data than you know

Information pulled from cars’ computers has been used to solve murders, and stalk exes.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com
 
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In the last few months I updated my Apple Watch, iPad & iPhone so not really after anything new for now.

EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING........

I’d like to see an iPhone update that will fix the Calendar Issues I’m having since ios14.

- I click on an entry and sometimes other entries open.
- I delete an entry and a totally random entry deletes instead.
- Sometimes I click on an entry and a blank screen appears with the date January 1st ?
- When I scroll the screen all this weird stuff happens where I get parts of the screen going blank etc.

No other bugs except for the Calendar :(
 
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