I kinda get the sense that they are pulling away from 3D Touch. I think they are just adapting software to do what 3D Touch does and save on manufacturing. Only devices that have it now are the XS and XS Max. The XR doesn’t even have it.
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I kinda get the sense that they are pulling away from 3D Touch. I think they are just adapting software to do what 3D Touch does and save on manufacturing. Only devices that have it now are the XS and XS Max. The XR doesn’t even have it.
That's a great list friend!
I agree with almost everything you said, just the RCS is in its infancy and I wouldn't want Apple to bother with it at this point.
iMessage is lacking some other features and it's not RCS.
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AMEN!
Where is my Calculator or Health app on my iPad?!?! Come on Apple ; )
You are in luck! Audio quality has been improved drastically for iMessage audio, using a new codec, in iOS 12.2
Want back and forth <> in Safari moved to top of screen as with all the other apps - or at least an option to do that.
Easier delete of data - for instance in health today I can either delete all the millage or stop data or 1 day at a time. I'd like to be able to do a month at a time. Also, i use several web sites that limit the monthly access without a subscription so I have to delete cookies from Safari (I know I can use other browsers where this might be easier ) I have to swipe and confirm each entry - I'd like to be able to set so I don't have to confirm each delete. Other delete stuff also but these would be a start
Easier delete of data - for instance in health today I can either delete all the millage or stop data or 1 day at a time. I'd like to be able to do a month at a time. Also, i use several web sites that limit the monthly access without a subscription so I have to delete cookies from Safari (I know I can use other browsers where this might be easier ) I have to swipe and confirm each entry - I'd like to be able to set so I don't have to confirm each delete. Other delete stuff also but these would be a start
https://www.phonearena.com/news/ios-13-best-new-features-release-date-supported-devices_id114532
This article speculates about iOS 13. It piggy backs off Gurman's tweet last year about split-view on iPhones. Any credibility to Phonearena?
This article speculates about iOS 13. It piggy backs off Gurman's tweet last year about split-view on iPhones. Any credibility to Phonearena?
Not sure how reliable it is. The only thing that worries me is that Dark Mode will only come to Amoled phones which would mean the XR is left in the dust. I have read anything that suggests that though.
Or...just a feature on the 2019 lineup.
That would piss me off.
Or...just a feature on the 2019 lineup.
That would piss me off.
Doubt that will happen on dark mode because 2015 MacBook Pro displays aren't OLED. They put dark mode w/ Mojave. I can see an AoD being AMOLED only because of the LCD needing an entire backlit panel. Unless they want to pull a LG?
I really just want PiP and split-view. I am so close to just to selling my iPhone and say f it to go with the S10e. But then if Apple releases a comprehensive iOS 13, I'll be a bit upset because then I would have to sell my S10e to get the XR, which isn't worth the downgrade to imo.
In an upcoming iOS release, Apple's News app is going to change its homescreen icon to a white background, with the News logo featured in pink. Over the past couple days, both the Outlook and Bank of America apps have suddenly made similar changes to their homescreen icons: a white background, with the colorful logo in the middle. There may be more apps too. My theory is that in iOS 13, apps will finally be freed from the square confinement on the homescreen, and we'll have just logos and icons of any shape, like on macOS. It'll be part of the big changes that have been rumored. Big apps like BofA and Outlook (Microsoft) might have been tipped about big changes coming so their development team has a little extra time to work on them, perhaps. What do you all think?
It’s possible, but I doubt it. The iPhone home screen is part of its branding at this point, similar to the grills on luxury cars. It’s iconic and identifies it.
Homescreen will be there forever. Apple does not want iOS to look like Android.
Microsoft is changing all of its logos, across all platforms. I doubt Apple is going to tip off a competitor in advance about big esthetic changes to iOS, even if the competitor is also an app store participant.
That said, I don't expect "more of the same" from Apple on the esthetic. I doubt we'll see freeform icon geometry (triangles and circles), but I am hoping for live icons, a la the Calendar and Clock icons. That is WAY overdue.
I don't care for dark modes, so to me, that is just a cosmetic change and doesn't really add any substance to the OS.
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Realistically both Microsoft and Bank of America announced their branding updates months ago:
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/193556/microsoft-office-icons-are-getting-a-new-look
https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_for_bank_of_america_by_lippincott.php
Agreed! I guess I feel like it would be really cool to see macOS icons on iOS. They're more detailed and distinct. And yes, live icons would be really really cool.
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Oh, well, there we go! Didn't know that. It was just a theory, haha.
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That's a good point, it is iconic, but I guess that doesn't mean it won't ever change either, right?
I hope iOS 13 will improve uppon interface and performance. iOS needs faster animations, dark mode and polish first of all.
What I wish for me:
- faster animations / no lags anymore
- smart dark mode (only enabled when needed)
- setting standard apps like for mail or a browser
- widgets on the home screen
- third party API for the control center
- always on display on OLED iPhones
- weather widget (also for third party apps) on the lock screen
- apps with tabs
- deleting app caches in the iOS settings app
- faster animations / no lags anymore
- smart dark mode (only enabled when needed)
- setting standard apps like for mail or a browser
- widgets on the home screen
- third party API for the control center
- always on display on OLED iPhones
- weather widget (also for third party apps) on the lock screen
- apps with tabs
- deleting app caches in the iOS settings app
All I want is a visible overhaul. iOS 7 wasnt the best iOS version but my iphone 5 felt like a entirely new phone with 7. some new 3d graphoxs/animations, more parallax more edge to edge I dont know.
I don't know, I'd rather have Apple hop on board now than be late to the party when Android eventually pushes out RCS APIs. Might be a bit selfish of me, but I come from a country where iMessage is essentially DOA and everyone is on the WhatsApp drain. The sooner RCS gets adopted widely (and Zuckerberg adds a RCS fallback to WhatsApp, so WhatsApp users can message people that don't have the app installed) + Apple adds a RCS fallback to the Messages app, the faster I get to uninstall that WhatsApp monster app.
I know, RCS does not have any encryption. That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make to communicate with non-iOS users to escape the facebook rollercoaster ride. At least one of my friends (owning iOS devices too) is on board with iMessage and we exclusively communicate via that. The rest are all on WhatsApp (but everyone deleted their facebook, cause fb is 'the death').
That being said, and it has already been mentioned in here in some form, I do hope Apple does their own messages API. Maybe call it "MessageKit"? Allow 3rd party chat apps to broadcast to the messages app, that way we can mute WhatsApp and co and have the messages show up in the beautiful Messages app. One place for every type of DM/Message: WhatsApp, Facebook, iMessage, Snapchat, Telegram and so on.
Definitely agree. The base design of the home screen won't change until hell freezes over.
What I'm hoping for though is added functionality when interacting with an app icon, I guess via long press since 3D touch seems to be going the way of the dodo. I'd love for them to just take the whole direction of shortcuts + widgets + 3D touch menus + extended dev APIs and finally give us truly useful, maybe at least reasonably customisable, widgets that pop up on long press.
So, I could long press on Google Maps to open a small window showing me bus departure times from my nearest favourite station, or public transport travel times and directions for getting home or to work.
Long press on Notes and I see a small window with a chosen note, maybe a shopping list with tic boxes.
Long press on Music and I get (please, God!!!) direct access to the the equaliser so I can adjust that on the go, because I have chosen that as my long press functionality for that app.
So basically widget functionality, but polished, deepened, and more customisable, available on long press so you get the sense of being able to do stuff really on the go without even leaving the home screen. Meanwhile, maybe you're still able to choose to have these things as widgets in the Today View if you prefer.