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Other Poll: iPhone features that Apple MUST implement to light the spark again
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Phone for me is not my sole/primary device. A new SE device ala 6/7/8 would make me happy. Pocketable, fits well in the hand, OLED bezel-less is not important, camera on phone is a spur of the moment camera as I have two cameras for more serious stuff. Just looking for something to get the occasional direction, check email, text, play music/podcasts, calendar, contacts, notes/lists, apps for stores/restaurants deals/mobile orders, cloud accounts (Dropbox 95% of the time, others for the odd occasion).
ADD: 5G is not a big deal as everywhere I go has wifi, so, not hitting my cellular data big time (3GB is a big month, 5-6GB once or twice a year when on a road trip and not hitting wifi as much as normal).
I have always been a 3yr cycle person, so, the X family was never a must have. Bought the 8 as OLED bezel less was not important, and did not want FaceID 1.0 (in case had hiccups). Usual schedule puts me at 2020 for next upgrade, but since 8 processor is more than I really need, can maybe hold out to 2021 with a battery swap and see what shakes out.
Phone for me is not my sole/primary device. A new SE device ala 6/7/8 would make me happy. Pocketable, fits well in the hand, OLED bezel-less is not important, camera on phone is a spur of the moment camera as I have two cameras for more serious stuff. Just looking for something to get the occasional direction, check email, text, play music/podcasts, calendar, contacts, notes/lists, apps for stores/restaurants deals/mobile orders, cloud accounts (Dropbox 95% of the time, others for the odd occasion).
ADD: 5G is not a big deal as everywhere I go has wifi, so, not hitting my cellular data big time (3GB is a big month, 5-6GB once or twice a year when on a road trip and not hitting wifi as much as normal).
I have always been a 3yr cycle person, so, the X family was never a must have. Bought the 8 as OLED bezel less was not important, and did not want FaceID 1.0 (in case had hiccups). Usual schedule puts me at 2020 for next upgrade, but since 8 processor is more than I really need, can maybe hold out to 2021 with a battery swap and see what shakes out.
A 3D holographic display that could project images/ video out of the screen in very good quality and size to bring AR to the next level. This isn’t ain’t happening soon or if ever. Lol!
I second that lol. We expect something new regards but let’s drop the silly prices. iPhones have always premium, it’s not something new that needed to be marketed just to get more of our cash.
The ones I picked (in screen FPS, Triple lens camera system, AirPods in the box, Apple pencil support, foldable screen) are the ones that I think would resonate the most with the wider population. Not necessarily the ones I'm most interested in myself, although some are!
I think 5G would be huge. No notch, camera system, special camera for low light photos, and also a good call screener too would be a nice touch.
All for $899. Not $999. So “iPhone 11” 64gb starting at $899.
I think this would boost sales but I wouldn’t know. Just a guess.
All for $899. Not $999. So “iPhone 11” 64gb starting at $899.
I think this would boost sales but I wouldn’t know. Just a guess.
I gather this Not the answer you’re looking for, but it would be counterproductive to return back to the 3.5 mm Jack. Apple has stated that it was just consuming space and antiquated, where they could use it for a battery and other internal improvements with the iPhone, not to mention, I think Bluetooth may not necessarily be the most ‘preferred’ method, but easily is becoming the most convenient method.
And even if Apple were to return the 3.5 Jack (Which they won’t), it was just detract from the AirPods, which has a bright future.
Yes the headphone jack won’t ever come back to the IPhone as then it makes the Air pods redundant and they are a massive seller for Apple. Times have moved on and people don’t want wired headphones.
The thing is let’s be honest here Apple won’t lower prices for the top IPhone.
They won’t be able to admit failure as it will make all the vultures rub their hands in glee.
So they will continue down this road of selling less phones at higher prices.
They won’t be able to admit failure as it will make all the vultures rub their hands in glee.
So they will continue down this road of selling less phones at higher prices.
1. The Notch is the signature design feature of the flagship iPhone. No different than the 3 pointed emblem on the nose of a Mercedes, tells the world you aren’t using a cheap used iPhone.
2. No one felt ripped off a year ago when the $1000+ iPhone X sold 50 million units and became the best selling smartphone in history.
3. You don’t know much about luxury branding and pricing strategies.
The notch is not a signature design feature. You are deluded if you think so.
It just showed how far Apple had gone backwards with such a horrible feature that the majority hate. It’s a design flaw end of!!
Airpods work fine on devices with a headphone jack. My thousand of dollars in headphones and professional audio gear do not work on devices without a headphobe jack.
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The notch is a signature design feature. It is what people see from across the room, just like the white bezel and home button used to be how you could identify an iphone from across a room.
I still want a home button ... and a headphone jack. And I never liked the white bezels ... always wanted black.
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to all the once that disagree with me about the NOTE problem see where it stand in the poll for Apple they must remove the NOTCH i personal will keep t 8+ as long as i can but will buy the firs new iPhone with no NOCH
Thank You and I am the same I got a IPhone 8+ because of the ugly notch.
When they remove it I will more than likely upgrade. But the Notch is a deal breaker as it’s ugly and Steve Jobs would never of made such a design flaw when he was in charge.
1. Entry-level model, maybe in the $500 - $600 range. Something a guy in Mumbai or Nairobi could actually afford. Not everybody in the world needs or wants to have a mobile phone with a stellar-quality screen or a hyper-sophisticated camera. And modern smartphones are getting larger year by year, to an absurd extent. I bet a lot of folks would appreciate the convenience of something smaller that could more easily be slipped in a pocket without making a person feel like he's carrying a Glock.
2. 5g, of course. Until the carriers have an infrastructure in place, which will take years, it won't do anybody outside of major metro areas much good, but everybody's immediately going to want it anyway.
3. The carriers are going to pull the plug on their shrinking, decaying and increasingly unprofitable landline services a lot sooner than you think (how else are they going to pay for that new 5g infrastructure? Otherwise putting it up it would bleed them white -- the shorter 5g wavelength is going to mean they need plenty more towers to cover the same area). At which time the mobile phone is going to need some serious rethinking. The result will probably be a phone with two SIM cards, one with a unique phone nr. and the other with a single number shared by all members of a household or small business. (This means the carriers will have to rethink how they do their billing. I bet they're bright enough to figure out how to do this.)
4. Even with the implementation of conference calling, the conspicuous weak spot of the iPhone is its reliance on that lameass Face Time. Apple needs to replace it with a sophisticated telephony app that can match or surpass such ones as Phone Amego or Dialectic (great features, lousy interface) for the Mac, with features such as call forwarding and call recording. And match it with one for the Mac. A mobile phone should be able to do everything a landline phone can do, and at the moment this simply is not the case. Better software support would probably sell more phones.
5. To my surprise, I recently discovered, almost by accident, that Apple is still selling the iPod Touch, and at a remarkably cheap price (for that matter, you can pick up a used one on eBay for a hundred bucks). As long as it's on the same wi-fi network with an iPhone you can use it to make and receive calls just like an iPhone (using the same phone nr., of course), I've picked up a couple to spot around the house to use just like I do the extensions on my landline system, and when they're not in use they function nicely as desk clocks. If Apple would repurpose the Touch by focusing on that use, and at the same time hold the price at the current level, I bet lots of folks would realize it still has a place in the modern world and its sales figures would come back from the dead. And as far as I know no other smartphone manufacturer offers a similar satellite device. Surely that's an interesting selling point. (NB - only the most recent version of the Touch can be used for this purpose. And rest assured, that model can handle the most recent iOS system and every iPhone app I've tried so far).
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We're going to see it on everything, made by every mfr. I have a drawerful of various kinds of cables, I look forward to the day I can heave the whole thing into the garbage bin. And then I hope everybody will stick to the same interface for about an entire century.
I don't know many people who are longing for any of those options. I would certainly welcome some of them, but I don't feel like my iPhone X is lacking in any way that is significant enough to make me desire an upgrade. My wife feels the same about her iPhone 6 (although she would like a nicer camera), but she uses her iPhone a lot less than I use mine.
That's the problem all smartphone manufacturers are facing. Back in the 1990's it was normal to replace or install upgrades on computers every 2 or 3 years, and that was assuming you splurged for a high end desktop or laptop. By the early 2000's the technology had progressed to the point when most people simply didn't need to upgrade as often, and even an entry-level computer could meet the needs of 80% of the users for 5 years or more. In the 90's it was not unusual to pay well over $1,000 for a basic computer that would cost around $300 today. During the 20-teens our smartphones became the new must-have technology device that was such an emergent technology that we upgraded every 2 years. Now that too is slowing down, because the technology has simply matured... just as the personal computer market did. The big difference being that smartphones are getting more expensive instead of cheaper. Most people no longer need the latest and greatest, especially when it costs so much, because the model that is now 3 or even 4 years old is still "good enough."
Such frequent upgrades are not the norm... they are the anomaly. The last eight years have been unusually profitable for smartphone manufacturers, and the market is simply returning to normal until the next big development shakes it up again.
That's the problem all smartphone manufacturers are facing. Back in the 1990's it was normal to replace or install upgrades on computers every 2 or 3 years, and that was assuming you splurged for a high end desktop or laptop. By the early 2000's the technology had progressed to the point when most people simply didn't need to upgrade as often, and even an entry-level computer could meet the needs of 80% of the users for 5 years or more. In the 90's it was not unusual to pay well over $1,000 for a basic computer that would cost around $300 today. During the 20-teens our smartphones became the new must-have technology device that was such an emergent technology that we upgraded every 2 years. Now that too is slowing down, because the technology has simply matured... just as the personal computer market did. The big difference being that smartphones are getting more expensive instead of cheaper. Most people no longer need the latest and greatest, especially when it costs so much, because the model that is now 3 or even 4 years old is still "good enough."
Such frequent upgrades are not the norm... they are the anomaly. The last eight years have been unusually profitable for smartphone manufacturers, and the market is simply returning to normal until the next big development shakes it up again.
1. The the notch is not an exclusive feature to the iPhone, perhaps a bit of research is in order there.
2. The iPhone X sold better than any model in the first quarter of last year. It was a long way from being the best selling phone in smartphone history. Remember your iPhone 6? Apple have not yet matched the peak of 2015.
3. Luxury branding tends to be exclusive, not selling 50 million units to people of all financial demographics lol. The faux status symbol strikes again.
Basically non of these. In fact I don't think it’s about a feature or set of features.
I can remember when the first iPhone came out. Initially many people dismissed it as a toy, not a serious phone, not for people that mean business. Even some tech minded people and mobile companies did not take it seriously. I had endless discussions with friends and colleagues, stuff like - “my Nokia can do all of that”, “it needs a real keyboard”, “but you can’t even cut-and-paste” “serious users buy Blackberry”... In some ways they were correct. And it took a couple of years before the iPhone was really understood.
When I first picked up an early iPhone it immediately felt right in the hand. Even before it turned on. Using it was fun and playful, it was exciting, it was different like nothing else, and it made me smile. Might sound a bit silly but at least for me it’s this sense of fun that’s missing from the latest iPhones.
I can remember when the first iPhone came out. Initially many people dismissed it as a toy, not a serious phone, not for people that mean business. Even some tech minded people and mobile companies did not take it seriously. I had endless discussions with friends and colleagues, stuff like - “my Nokia can do all of that”, “it needs a real keyboard”, “but you can’t even cut-and-paste” “serious users buy Blackberry”... In some ways they were correct. And it took a couple of years before the iPhone was really understood.
When I first picked up an early iPhone it immediately felt right in the hand. Even before it turned on. Using it was fun and playful, it was exciting, it was different like nothing else, and it made me smile. Might sound a bit silly but at least for me it’s this sense of fun that’s missing from the latest iPhones.