Drop the annual release cycle. Release the OS when it's done, which means debugged and feature complete. This dribbling out new features over months is just annoying.
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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2025?
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I found the initial release of iPadOS 18 to be terrible, including a couple of full crashes. Safari was failing on multiple websites. This was much worse than usual. Sequoia wasn't doing so well either.
The topic is asking us "what do you want to see from Apple in 2025".
Keyword: WANT.
An announcement in 2025 from Apple that, at some point in the future, they will be releasing a MacBook with cellular connectivity.
Based on rumors and historical product release information, 2025 is going to be an exciting year for Apple. As we outlined in our annual What to Expect Guide, Apple is redesigning the iPhone, jumping into new smart home tech, and preparing to launch new Apple-designed chips.
Early in the year, we're expecting to get the iPhone SE 4, a low-cost iPad, M4 MacBook Air models, and a new iPad Air, then later, we'll get a new smart home "Command Center," a whole new iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, the Mac Pro and Mac Studio, plus a bunch more.
While we know what's likely to launch based on rumors and past release information, we want to hear from the MacRumors community. What are you hoping to see Apple release this year?
Are you looking forward to a new version of Siri? New iPhone features? A more cohesive smart home strategy? What do you want to see in iOS 19 and macOS 16?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and take a look at our What to Expect guide for an overview of the current rumors. We'll be hearing a lot more about Apple's 2025 plans in the coming months, and as always, we'll have in-depth coverage at MacRumors.com.
If you want to discuss Apple's upcoming products, our MacRumors forums are an excellent resource, plus they're a great place to get help on current Apple products, software, and just to find like-minded folks in the Apple community.
A big thank you to our readers and our forum members for continuing to make MacRumors the number one source for Apple news, rumors, and advice. MacRumors celebrated its 24th birthday this year, thanks to our dedicated supporters. We're looking forward to another year of rumors and product launches in 2025. Happy New Year!
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While I'm dreaming, the return of the iPod nano. And not the touchscreen versions. The original version with the click wheel was better. I set it away for the battery recall and Apple sent me a 6th generation nano back.
When that dies I'll have to get something else, and it won't be long as the battery is getting short-lived.
When that dies I'll have to get something else, and it won't be long as the battery is getting short-lived.
New Airport Extreme please. Mine are getting a bit old now.
New speakers, Apple TV and some proper offline HomeKit stuff. A screen with hdmi/dp input (just to get the stupid scaling right and still use a windows pc). I would also like a NAS style device to let me record onvif cameras to and Time Machine backups, that in a sleek design like a studio would be a winner imo
Imagine a 32 inch iMac with a screen that’s identical for dual screens that don’t look stupid. I’m on board
I think AI has been the buzz word of 2024. All companies are racing to capitalize. Apple, (who is famously known for the dumb AF Siri) was caught with their pants down and now is unpreparedly racing to the table with AI tools.
They're just throwing us tiny morsels trying to show that they're in the game too.
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I wish one of Steve Jobs' children like Reed Jobs was interested in joining Apple. I miss the old school Apple when things got really exciting. Maybe one of the Jobs kids would bring some of that back.
- An iPhone with a sub 5 inches screen.
- A more versatile iPadOS
- Bugs fixes in every OS
- A more versatile iPadOS
- Bugs fixes in every OS
The Macbook Wheel. Now with AI the predictive text would work like a dream. 
I'd like to see some positive steps towards doing things that would benefit users rather than things that only benefit Apple's bottom line.
iPhone mini Pro, booting macOS on iPad Pro supporting all iPad apps and Apple read my comment.
1) An iMac Pro w/ M4 Pro chip, 24GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 30"-32" 5K (or 6K) screen for $2,299.
Based on rumors and historical product release information, 2025 is going to be an exciting year for Apple. As we outlined in our annual What to Expect Guide, Apple is redesigning the iPhone, jumping into new smart home tech, and preparing to launch new Apple-designed chips.
Early in the year, we're expecting to get the iPhone SE 4, a low-cost iPad, M4 MacBook Air models, and a new iPad Air, then later, we'll get a new smart home "Command Center," a whole new iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, the Mac Pro and Mac Studio, plus a bunch more.
While we know what's likely to launch based on rumors and past release information, we want to hear from the MacRumors community. What are you hoping to see Apple release this year?
Are you looking forward to a new version of Siri? New iPhone features? A more cohesive smart home strategy? What do you want to see in iOS 19 and macOS 16?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and take a look at our What to Expect guide for an overview of the current rumors. We'll be hearing a lot more about Apple's 2025 plans in the coming months, and as always, we'll have in-depth coverage at MacRumors.com.
If you want to discuss Apple's upcoming products, our MacRumors forums are an excellent resource, plus they're a great place to get help on current Apple products, software, and just to find like-minded folks in the Apple community.
A big thank you to our readers and our forum members for continuing to make MacRumors the number one source for Apple news, rumors, and advice. MacRumors celebrated its 24th birthday this year, thanks to our dedicated supporters. We're looking forward to another year of rumors and product launches in 2025. Happy New Year!
Article Link: What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2025?
2) A 30"-32" 5K (or 6K) Studio Display for $1,299.
3) A game-changing feature in AppleWatch 11.
- Bring back the (semi) serviceable Mac. User-upgradeable SSD and RAM. Yes yes I realise this would cut into Apple's extortionate upgrade prices...
- An Apple Music revamp that beats Spotify on usability and discoverability.
- Consistent or additional colour offerings across hardware (e.g. a Mac Mini in Space Black.. seriously why only ONE colour??)
- A meaningful MacOS UI upgrade and UX review across the board. Inconsistencies all over the place. And that awful System Settings...
- I used to want an iMac 32", though nowadays I'm happy with a desktop and BYO monitor (poor scaling aside).
- Get rid of the useless AI rubbish, or at least wait until something is fully baked before releasing it. This AI rollout is a half-baked solution in search of a non-existent problem.
- No more notches.
- And of course more reasonable prices now that, you know, APPL is poised to become a $4 trillion company (and yes I'm well aware how they got there!)
- An Apple Music revamp that beats Spotify on usability and discoverability.
- Consistent or additional colour offerings across hardware (e.g. a Mac Mini in Space Black.. seriously why only ONE colour??)
- A meaningful MacOS UI upgrade and UX review across the board. Inconsistencies all over the place. And that awful System Settings...
- I used to want an iMac 32", though nowadays I'm happy with a desktop and BYO monitor (poor scaling aside).
- Get rid of the useless AI rubbish, or at least wait until something is fully baked before releasing it. This AI rollout is a half-baked solution in search of a non-existent problem.
- No more notches.
- And of course more reasonable prices now that, you know, APPL is poised to become a $4 trillion company (and yes I'm well aware how they got there!)
1) bugs fix in Music (many stupid bugs there for years)
2) improved art cover management in Music for manually added material , like browse stuff while listing to the album etc
3) bugs fix in macOS instead of adding new gadgets every year ending with more bugs
2) improved art cover management in Music for manually added material , like browse stuff while listing to the album etc
3) bugs fix in macOS instead of adding new gadgets every year ending with more bugs
Respectfully, this is nuts. Apple is no longer a tiny company where the CEO designs products. Apple is just about the largest company on the planet. We need Tim Cook to manage the company, deal with governments, deal with various crises. Apple has many other people working on product and technology vision. They flesh these out, others figure out if they can be built at all and then if they can be built for a reasonable price then Tim can greenlight them.
Tim Cook told us at a stockholder meeting some years ago that Apple was being more aggressive in R&D with the expectation that only a few projects would see the light of day. This is the way it works. You try lots of things because you don’t know in advance which will pan out.
This is not the 1970s. Apple is not trying to do what is cool for the engineers in Silicon Valley. There are now over a billion Apple users around the world.
Tim Cook regularly gets the support of about 99% of stockholders. If you want to replace him buy up 51% of Apple then name your own CEO. Give us some names of people you think might please you.
- Better and stable iOS and platforms with new features
- It’s time for a new modern UI/UX, current is 10+ years old