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How can Apple top the iPhone X next year?
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Long range wireless charging is nowhere near ready yet. It will be a game changer when it does happen, but that technology is still not fully matured enough for mass adoption. But I do believe it will be a part of the iPhones future.
- a plus size in the 7+ form factor (no bezels)
- lose the notch if they can for a full screen
- expand the keyboard to fill out the space below it
- bring back the 128GB model
FaceID is a keeper
- lose the notch if they can for a full screen
- expand the keyboard to fill out the space below it
- bring back the 128GB model
FaceID is a keeper
I don’t want the next one to be thinner or lighter. I think it is spot on in that regard.
If they manage to shrink the internals use the extra space with a bigger battery.
If they manage to shrink the internals use the extra space with a bigger battery.
iPhone SE - 113g
iPhone 6 - 129g
iPhone 7 - 138.3g
iPhone 6s - 143g
iPhone 8 - 148g
iPhone 6 Plus -172g
iPhone X - 174g
iPhone 7 Plus - 188g
iPhone 6s Plus - 192g
iPhone 8 Plus - 202g
Lower the weight
Add USB-C
Not to sound like a buzzkill, but I read threads thinking the iPhone X is so perfect, doesn't seem real, yadda yadda. Wait until 2019 when this forum will go crazy that Apple is using the SAME DESIGN for the third time in a row.
2017 - "X is the best Apple product ever! Unreal! So perfect!
2019 - "Waah waah! I want new design, Apple?!"
While that is happening, they improved each model from 2018-2020 every time like they did from the 4 through 5s and 6 through 8. Four-year cycles.
X is hardly perfect if it has flaws like slow fast charging, weak front camera, heavier than a 6 Plus, notch, camera hump, no USB-C, 3 GB RAM losing to Note8 in PhoneBuff's speed test, and whatever else is why it isn't perfect.
Since it's the first redesign in three years, first for the front, making old features feel new (gesture swipes), more reassurance it's perfect because it cost $1000+, and a special anniversary iPhone model, all its flaws get overlooked.
"Generation X" is blinded by intial Xcitement.
iPhone 6 - 129g
iPhone 7 - 138.3g
iPhone 6s - 143g
iPhone 8 - 148g
iPhone 6 Plus -172g
iPhone X - 174g
iPhone 7 Plus - 188g
iPhone 6s Plus - 192g
iPhone 8 Plus - 202g
Lower the weight
Add USB-C
Not to sound like a buzzkill, but I read threads thinking the iPhone X is so perfect, doesn't seem real, yadda yadda. Wait until 2019 when this forum will go crazy that Apple is using the SAME DESIGN for the third time in a row.
2017 - "X is the best Apple product ever! Unreal! So perfect!
2019 - "Waah waah! I want new design, Apple?!"
While that is happening, they improved each model from 2018-2020 every time like they did from the 4 through 5s and 6 through 8. Four-year cycles.
X is hardly perfect if it has flaws like slow fast charging, weak front camera, heavier than a 6 Plus, notch, camera hump, no USB-C, 3 GB RAM losing to Note8 in PhoneBuff's speed test, and whatever else is why it isn't perfect.
Since it's the first redesign in three years, first for the front, making old features feel new (gesture swipes), more reassurance it's perfect because it cost $1000+, and a special anniversary iPhone model, all its flaws get overlooked.
"Generation X" is blinded by intial Xcitement.
Apple is about small updates, so we'll see a gradual improvement of the X, nothing major will be rolled out imo
Next year model will get usual small spec bump - cpu, front\rear cameras, hopefully they'll cut the weight and maybe ram & storage.
What i would like to see - smaller size (SE size would be perfect), slimmer notch (or cut it completely), stronger battery, super fast charging, true wireless charging, TouchID under the screen, and the usual spec bumps (cpu, cameras, memory & storage). Hopefully we will have something like this in 3 years…
What i would like to see - smaller size (SE size would be perfect), slimmer notch (or cut it completely), stronger battery, super fast charging, true wireless charging, TouchID under the screen, and the usual spec bumps (cpu, cameras, memory & storage). Hopefully we will have something like this in 3 years…
No notch.
Apps updated for the new iPhone before the release. Apple would have this power over the developers.
Better battery life. Week long battery would be ideal
Apps updated for the new iPhone before the release. Apple would have this power over the developers.
Better battery life. Week long battery would be ideal
Apple is NOT supposed to make a perfect iPhone. Like automobile manufacturers or other electronics, they need to save some stuff for next year's. Enough room for improvement to add something better for every successor.
If they gave us everything, consumers wouldn't have the urge to keep upgrading. They would be perfectly content. Consumers are like mice in a maze and they keep moving the cheese from one place to the next. Apple is just there to entice us for milking our cheddar.
I'm just waiting for more color options. I'm not in love with the two colors they have right now. I can picture the 2019 iPhone to be slightly redesigned but essentially the same look. Apple might revamp iOS that year. Six-year changes.
We are aware of Apple's patterns. They are as predictable as they come. Sony used OmniBalance design since 2013. Remember when HTC used the same design for three generations?
By 2019, the praises of the X will disappear and everyone will say Apple is lazy for using the same design for three years in a row again! Can't be short-sighted and be a prisoner of the moment. Every year has improvements. Just because it's an anniversary model doesn't mean it can't be surpassed.
4s added dual core, 7x faster GPU.
5s added Touch ID, 64-bit A7, and gold color option.
6s added double RAM, 3D Touch, and new gen Touch ID.
8 added wireless/fast charging.
^ I can imagine next year's X will get a Plus model but have a similar jump in specs from 6 to 6s. Then by 2019, it will look a little better.
3 GB RAM is laughable in this day and age. My cheaper MacBook Air has 8 GB and can audio play YouTube videos in the background while I open up another tab. Current iPhones don't even have the PiP feature or split-screen for two apps like iPad and Androids could.
Since I don't really like buying iPhones every year since I find iOS redundant, I don't mind waiting for the ones by 2019-2020. If you think iPhone X is nearly perfect especially in hardware, you have very low standards in computing. Only 3 GB of RAM isn't enough for real multi-tasking.
If they gave us everything, consumers wouldn't have the urge to keep upgrading. They would be perfectly content. Consumers are like mice in a maze and they keep moving the cheese from one place to the next. Apple is just there to entice us for milking our cheddar.
I'm just waiting for more color options. I'm not in love with the two colors they have right now. I can picture the 2019 iPhone to be slightly redesigned but essentially the same look. Apple might revamp iOS that year. Six-year changes.
We are aware of Apple's patterns. They are as predictable as they come. Sony used OmniBalance design since 2013. Remember when HTC used the same design for three generations?
By 2019, the praises of the X will disappear and everyone will say Apple is lazy for using the same design for three years in a row again! Can't be short-sighted and be a prisoner of the moment. Every year has improvements. Just because it's an anniversary model doesn't mean it can't be surpassed.
4s added dual core, 7x faster GPU.
5s added Touch ID, 64-bit A7, and gold color option.
6s added double RAM, 3D Touch, and new gen Touch ID.
8 added wireless/fast charging.
^ I can imagine next year's X will get a Plus model but have a similar jump in specs from 6 to 6s. Then by 2019, it will look a little better.
3 GB RAM is laughable in this day and age. My cheaper MacBook Air has 8 GB and can audio play YouTube videos in the background while I open up another tab. Current iPhones don't even have the PiP feature or split-screen for two apps like iPad and Androids could.
Since I don't really like buying iPhones every year since I find iOS redundant, I don't mind waiting for the ones by 2019-2020. If you think iPhone X is nearly perfect especially in hardware, you have very low standards in computing. Only 3 GB of RAM isn't enough for real multi-tasking.
They can make it where is works when it is cold outside, remove the notch, make it exit apps by swiping up, give you a free fast charger and a set of AirPods. All for $600!
Specs like RAM are only as good as what they improve in the final experience. Are you seriously complaining that the iPhone X is slow?
As for YouTube, that’s an intentional limitation by Google. They’ll sell you a Red subscription to play music in the background. Tons of other 3rd party iOS apps run music in the background.
PiP is also an intentional software limitation. The iPhone X is perfectly capable of running multiple apps at once, including video. The iPad with inferior specs does it. I’m not sure how that experience would be on a small screen.
Still no split-view apps and PiP on iPhones.
MoboPlayer and GPlayer could offer PiP (or Pop-Up Play) with its mini video player for many years on Android. I started using MoboPlayer as far back as 2012 on my Nexus One which had the first gen Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU and super weak GPU known as Adreno 200. I only started using GPlayer (no ads) just this year.
PhoneBuff said it best. Maybe if Apple gave their $1000 iPhone up to 4 GB of RAM, it would have beaten Note8 with 6. A $800 MacBook Air has 8 GB of RAM and can play YouTube videos while you still can open up other Safari tabs to browse on.
How can any iPhone whether it's the X be nearly perfect when it can't even do software features that inferior and cheaper iPads and Androids have had for years? The iPhone X doesn't even have landscape mode for homescreen.
The X is the best iPhone ever made (so far). Nearly perfect when it only has 3 GB of RAM with no split-view apps and PiP yet?
MoboPlayer and GPlayer could offer PiP (or Pop-Up Play) with its mini video player for many years on Android. I started using MoboPlayer as far back as 2012 on my Nexus One which had the first gen Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU and super weak GPU known as Adreno 200. I only started using GPlayer (no ads) just this year.
PhoneBuff said it best. Maybe if Apple gave their $1000 iPhone up to 4 GB of RAM, it would have beaten Note8 with 6. A $800 MacBook Air has 8 GB of RAM and can play YouTube videos while you still can open up other Safari tabs to browse on.
How can any iPhone whether it's the X be nearly perfect when it can't even do software features that inferior and cheaper iPads and Androids have had for years? The iPhone X doesn't even have landscape mode for homescreen.
The X is the best iPhone ever made (so far). Nearly perfect when it only has 3 GB of RAM with no split-view apps and PiP yet?
I dont want a ceramic frame, so many of them have problems shattering, but a ceramic back would be fantastic
There would have been threads like this when the Nokia N95 came out. There is always room for improvement.
Wow.
Maybe listen to the engineers then. Glass is transparent to most EM radiation. Metal, not so much.
Yes, I believe you on that.
I'd rather have a metal anodized case than an all glass phone with slow wireless charging.
And then have to pay $550 if the glass back plate breaks.
Hell no.
When was the last time you dropped your phone and broke the glass? I have been using many different versions of iPhones throughout the years (starting with the 3GS) and I have never done this.
I personally think the 6/6s/7 form factor is very nice but it still has breakable glass in it (i.e. the screen). I really don't get the concern over breaking the glass.