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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2024?

tuckerjj said:
Pretty much the same thing I wanted last year.

Stage manager is improved now, and with features like external camera support now implemented, I think it is time to bring it to bring it to an M series chip based iPhone Pro. I’d also like to see an Apple Display with Pro Motion to connect it to.
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Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything stopping them from bringing stage manager to the current A17Pro based iPhones. Doesn’t really require an “M” chip, especially since the A17 is almost approaching the M1, in terms of performance
 
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dguisinger said:
Tim Cook gone.... I really wish he would retire.

If there was ever someone who was focused just on how can we make things cheaper and get people to climb the product ladder, it was him. Lets let our computers languish until half our customers leave until we can launch our own chips, instead of hey lets keep up in the meantime. Hey look, these keyboards keep failing, lets keep trying to make it work. Hey, lets not license patents...to the point we need to pull our products off of shelves. I know, lets keep including 8GB of ram on our e-waste, it will make us look cheaper and force people to purchase a new machine sooner. Lets make our iPad line so hard to compare from one device to another. How about we reinvent ourselves like GE did into a financial services company. Lets pour millions (billions?) into something we aren't even remotely connected to and isn't in our wheelhouse (literally), lets build a car. Oh yeah, bugs? We don't need to fix no stinking bugs... give them more emojis.
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Do you mean cheaper for customers or cheaper production costs?
 
I’d like for Apple’s programmers to have more control over their code. I’ve read that Siri and other apps and whatnot are webs of old code continually iterated on, which makes it hard to work with over time.
 
a) Squash the bugs
b) Base MacBook Pro with Pro chip, 18GB RAM, 1TB SSD - charge what needs to be charged, but stop selling machines for £2000 that are disappointing.
c) Develop a game or two to prove Apple care about gaming
 
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An entry level iMac with 32GB of RAM and at least 2 TB of storage at $1299.

...wait, were we supposed to keep our desires realistic? I know asking Apple to be generous with memory and storage is kind of like asking for world peace. 🥲
 
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A better remote for Apple TV FF & RW are a must But a commercial skip would be great since they’re out of control.
Double the standard ram in every item.
Reduce prices by 30% Miss an earnings call and give back to the people not shareholders.
larger iPad screens not just a reduction in bezel size. How am I supposed to hold on to it?
physical camera covers! Actual security and not just from outside in but from the inside outas well.
Support gaming, I’m still running a windows machine for MS Flight simulator, why can’t I run it on my newer Mac?
 
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- Better repairability for devices. I know Apple is slowly getting it, but I want them to get there faster.
- iCloud improvements. 5GB at the free tier is a joke at this point. Syncing photos could use some work.
- Continue improving core apps. Notes and Weather are pretty good these days but reminders is still a bit muddled and Safari desperately needs some fresh ideas. There’s a lot of room to improve a lot of the core Apps on the Mac and iOS-based platforms.
- A compelling reason for the Vision Pro. It currently seems like a product released because others were pursuing that space, but without the usual thought put into why it actually exists.
- Some movement towards a post-Tim Cook Apple. The penny pinching and profit-over-product stuff is getting annoying. I get that Cook built Apple into the profitable behemoth it is today, but that often comes at the cost of the actual product. There’s no product-based reason that the iPad line should be so muddled, etc.
 
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I just shared most of these in the “what we’re not expecting in 2024” article haha, but:

- MacBook Pro and Air with Pencil input on screen and convertible form factor
- smaller iPhone (the size of iPhone 4 or 5)
- larger iPad Pro (maybe 15”)
- smaller iPad Nano (the size of Nexus 7)
- Apple Watch with accurate glucose and blood pressure monitoring
- Apple Fitness Band
- lossless AirPods Max
- Apple AirPod headset (tiny/flat single mono Bluetooth headset that can clip onto pocket)
- devices with return of Touch ID and headphone port
- Apple AR glasses
 
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1. The iPad able to run in a “clamshell“ mode.
2. iMovie for iPad able to render in the background
3. iPad Mini Pro (1 and 2 TB options)
 
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Simple.

For iMac and MacBook Airs, given their price points, the base specs should be 12/512 or 16/512. That small move would temper some of the criticism regarding their upgrade prices. If they did that without raising the base prices it would be a killer move.

Tier 1 = 16/512
Tier 2 = 16/1TB
Tier 3 = 24/1TB

or

Tier 1 = 16/512
Tier 2 = 24/1TB
 
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boss.king said:
- Better repairability for devices. I know Apple is slowly getting it, but I want them to get there faster.
- iCloud improvements. 5GB at the free tier is a joke at this point. Syncing photos could use some work.
- Continue improving core apps. Notes and Weather are pretty good these days but reminders is still a bit muddled and Safari desperately needs some fresh ideas. There’s a lot of room to improve a lot of the core Apps on the Mac and iOS-based platforms.
- A compelling reason for the Vision Pro. It currently seems like a product released because others were pursuing that space, but without the usual thought put into why it actually exists.
- Some movement towards a post-Tim Cook Apple. The penny pinching and profit-over-product stuff is getting annoying. I get that Cook built Apple into the profitable behemoth it is today, but that often comes at the cost of the actual product. There’s no product-based reason that the iPad line should be so muddled, etc.
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Would it be good for Apple if they went private?
 
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