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All Devices iOS 13 Speculation Thread [Merged]

If possible a signal boost for WiFi Bluetooth and data on xs.
Custom home screens where you literally can change and/or customize all you want.
Definitely multi screen or split screen without using third party apps.
An always on display wouldn’t be so bad either.
Also option to postpone notifications while playing games on my phone.
 
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willmtaylor said:
This has to be the oddest list of potential iOS hang-ups I've ever seen.
  • What if Apple’s 2019 iOS didn’t support a device from 2014? Are there any smartphone manufacturers whose flagship OS runs/supports 5-year-old devices? (Genuine question.)
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Was thinking the same thing. I think it's commendable they keep supporting devices so many years old with software updates.
 
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There is enough good things from the other side Apple could implement if they’re out of ideas.
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bigjnyc said:
Yeeeeaaah it was a sarcastic joke to show something Apple would try to pull in order to sell the newer model. Sorry that one went over your head
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Maybe Apple could make an ad for that feature :rolleyes:
 
bigjnyc said:
But software updates shouldn't influence your decision to upgrade your phone, iOS updates usually support 5 or so generations anyway.
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I just mean the OS is so stale. I feel it hasn't really added any value beyond the annual gimmicks. I don't necessarily update for just software, but Im at the point where I don't need to update yearly for the camera because its good enough. The storage is good enough. What reason am I really updating for at this point?
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bransoj said:
Is that pretty much what all the smartphones are?
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I guess so. Im only 27 but I guess I'm still so used to when cell phones were gaining in popularity and basically every new phone I got was a completely different design, shape, OS. Every since I got an iphone its the same old OS and it just seems mundane. Like i'm at the point where most of the excitement is switching to a different color next time I upgrade lol
 
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User-set default apps. I don't use Safari, and hate it when it unintentionally opens if I click instead of copying a link to my preferred browser.

Anonymous (not in Contacts) call rejection. Messages can already do this, why can't the Phone app?
 
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2 MAJOR things we need to see with iOS 13 is:
1) mark text messages as unread, much like you can do with emails. Once you open it, even if you aren’t ready to read it, there is currently no way to mark it as unread.
2) when someone calls and you are in the middle of doing something else on your phone (texting, on an app, etc) your phone completely takes over. It stops all videos you may be recording. There needs to be a feature for when the call comes in it scrolls across the top of the screen, much like text messages do, and it not fully take all control over your phone. I can’t tell you how many text messages I’ve have to re-write because that has happened.
 
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MyMacintosh said:
I guess so. Im only 27 but I guess I'm still so used to when cell phones were gaining in popularity and basically every new phone I got was a completely different design, shape, OS. Every since I got an iphone its the same old OS and it just seems mundane. Like i'm at the point where most of the excitement is switching to a different color next time I upgrade lol
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There was a spell even with early smartphones possibly up to around the iPhone 5ish where there was lots of innovation for both software and hardware as there was lots left to integrate into phones. We've reached a point where aside from really gimmicky things that probably dont really matter there isnt a great deal, if anything, left to integrate into phones. Folding phones may be the next step or we're waiting for the big breakthrough in batteries or powering phones for the next real leap.

iOS and iPhones are often criticised for not changing but other manufacturers and Android is just the same really.
 
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iOS 12 was all about housekeeping and eliminating bugs, Apple was also transitioning to their new HQ so needed to pause and take stock.

New features aside, I'm just hoping that Apple doesn't break iOS any more so than it dipre-iOSOS 12.
 
If Apple screws this up, I see a lot of people staying on iOS 12 until they are forced to upgrade.


I hope that "redesigned Home Screen" will not be something hideous. I do not want Apple fixing something that ain't broken.
 
As I've said several times, I care what a phone and apps do and I don't care at all about what a screen or ICONS look like
 
If I could mark emails as read from notifications without using 3D touch and loading the email that would be great...
Calendar app could use a revamp.

I don't know how many are affected but safari keyboard makes.me.type.like.this.accidentally.

Ability to set unlock with faceID to only needed after 5/10/15 min after standby.

I've got no real idea for this but a new homescreen layout that was refreshing could be nice.

Actual split screen multitasking.
 
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Not sure if it's already been mentioned on the previous 8 pages but...

- Universal App locking via Touch/FaceID

I have some great apps that use this but it would be nice for iOS to have this feature built in and allow you to enable it for any app.
 
My working assumption is iOS 13 will drop support for the 6/plus alongside the 5s. They even called out the 6 plus as a device that benefits from iOS 12’s optimisations. I would be very surprised if the 6s was also dropped though. Apart from that being a lot of hardware to cut out at once, the A9 is a lot closer than people realise to the A10 - while the A10 has four cores, it’s not a quad core processor in the traditional sense as it can only ever use two at a time. The more powerful pair of cores are a relatively small bump over the A9. I would say A9 becomes the cutoff, with the iPads Air 2 and mini 4 (A8 and A8X but with 2GB RAM) possibly also getting an extra years’ reprieve.

The dark mode and redesign will most probably happen. We have seen dark mode on MacOS so it’s a safe bet the iOS version won’t be too far behind. As for the redesign, it’s meant to be a mainly iPad thing, and with the new iPad Pro hardware I think they will be eager to really do something to do the hardware justice.

Higher iPhone ‘XI’ prices will probably be dictated more by if they include more expensive hardware like under screen Touch ID (in addition to Face ID) which will also have a R&D cost associated with it. From what Tim Cook said about pricing, I would imagine they might try to build the XI series devices to an $899/$999 price point this year, and maybe even lower ($699) for the XR successor (possibly meaning back to 32GB entry storage :p)
 
To be honest I just hope they continue to optimize it for older phones like iOS 12 did. That was really a cool move on apples part. I know it was in response to the battery throttling issue but it was appreciated. It made using an iPhone 5s as an iPod touch bearable.
 
MyMacintosh said:
I guess so. Im only 27 but I guess I'm still so used to when cell phones were gaining in popularity and basically every new phone I got was a completely different design, shape, OS. Every since I got an iphone its the same old OS and it just seems mundane. Like i'm at the point where most of the excitement is switching to a different color next time I upgrade lol
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I'm old enough to remember when a mobile phone was the size of a small briefcase. Tech improved in a race to be the smallest. Then the Blackberry came along and the handheld device became more than a phone. It has evolved to the current form, a rectangle with a touch screen and a display with icons for the apps. The OS are now pretty settled as well. In the form category, there is not a lot to improve. the 6" format is pretty ideal. There are only so many ways to show icons on a rectangular field. Even better battery tech won't make a major change to form factor. It will allow for longer run time. The folding phone may be the next big thing, but even that is just a variation on the glass rectangle.

I had a Nexus 5 for a couple of years. I liked Android and the ability to place icons where I wanted them, at first. But it came a time where I wanted my most used apps on the home screen. And eventually, that left precious little room to organize my icons. I do that on the iPhone using groups.
 
What if....

...all android users switch to IOS and all IOS users switch to android?

......an asteroid smashes into the earth and we all die slowly of starvation?

.........Global warming gets so out of control that there's a massive war for resources and somebody hits the button and there's a nuclear Armageddon.


I'm waiting for the implantable "EYE" phone from futurama.
 
skillwill said:
easy, I’d stick with iPhone. To me OSs don’t need to be new every year, a few years of refinements is fine by me.
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Every year? Seriously dont talk crap. Current iOS UI is the same since iOS 7. Now that is 6 years old. It’s high time for a fresh change.

Stop being an Apple apologist.
 
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Can we even reasonably expect iOS 13 to have split screen apps and PiP mode? Apple has neglected to add that into iPhones since 2015. So why now?
 
nviz22 said:
Can we even reasonably expect iOS 13 to have split screen apps and PiP mode? Apple has neglected to add that into iPhones since 2015. So why now?
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I really hope we get pip. I'll be disappointed if we don't.
 
Here’s the one more wish I came up with: more advanced 3D Touch.


For example, contextual menu options can be nested inside one other. If you force press Settings, you shall be able to force press for example Bluetooth, and then one more option pops up, such as “Turn Bluetooth on/off”.


There is much more potential in 3D Touch, from what we have now, IMHO.
 
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