I didn’t feel it was huge but very welcome, especially using Safari and the slight speed advantages.
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Other Poll: iPhone features that Apple MUST implement to light the spark again
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Its more than about fractional speed differences. Apple has been on a tear increasing yearly the performance of its’ SOCs. There’s a list of incremental features, many relying on hardware upgrades. Whether it’s ski-mo or 4K or whatever there is always some feature available on a newer model not available on an older model. Very often the newer model sets the stage for things to come. For example Touch ID on the 5s and Apple Pay in the 6.
IMO regardless of the value of the features in each release to the purchaser upgrades aren’t usually one or two items and be done with it.
Regardless people may claim there is no spark, but I definitely had a smile on my face when I purchase my max. Apple will be fine in terms of features and functions. I thought I was beyond feeling happy about purchasing “toys”
Disagree you have 40% of the people didn't but the X because of the NOTCH including me. a dimetric bezel top and bottom would be perfect, No one bought the x because the NOCH was added
If you are happy with your Max and you should be, I think that’s great. It doesn’t wow me enough to pay the premium, but I will likely own a variant of it at my next upgrade. I just won’t buy the current model as I’m past all that. The performance increases are enough when you upgrade every couple/few years but not yearly IMO.
1. Get rid of Face ID & replace with something better. (What that will be, I have no idea).
2. Go beyond OLED with its horrible hi frequency flickering (what that will be, I don't know).
The other stuff, more storage, lower prices, improved camera are all pretty mundane.
At this point though, the iPhone is trapped in the prison of the Fisher Price iOS. That's really what's putting the brakes on things.
The biggest flaw with every iPhone is iOS.
2. Go beyond OLED with its horrible hi frequency flickering (what that will be, I don't know).
The other stuff, more storage, lower prices, improved camera are all pretty mundane.
At this point though, the iPhone is trapped in the prison of the Fisher Price iOS. That's really what's putting the brakes on things.
The biggest flaw with every iPhone is iOS.
+ 3D Touch & Touch ID 2.
Significant for many. Shortcuts to popular actions/Settings & a much more reliable/faster way to unlock the device. It’s why the 6S remained many people’s fave iPhone for the next few years.
The X to XS update doesn’t compare to that of 6 to 6S imo.
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Another thing that’d make the iPhone (or any smartphone) much more enticing is an ultra-specced camera that’s capable of having photos blown up to at least A3 size (posters, to be framed on walls) without any loss of quality.
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I agree the X to XS update makes zero sense to anyone that owns the X, unless they have unlimited funds and must have the latest. The 6 to 6s was a much greater upgrade.
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Nah, iOS is just find for an iPhone, Would an android style OS work better with such low ram? Now iPad it is a different story.
I voted other. For me it’s true one-handed usability (thumb reaches all four corners of the screen while hand securely grasps the phone). I care nothing for a large screen on my phone when I have an iPad mini and even bigger devices.
Also want 10x optical zoom (or more) and even better low light camera, and lots more storage.
Also want 10x optical zoom (or more) and even better low light camera, and lots more storage.
Apple used to put there water stickers in the headphone jack I know this as my 4s turned red so it prob was the best thing for them to bin it of but saying that if you have a pouch using with phone on the go it’s awkward using the headphones cos the flap can’t be closed shut!
Not tried BT headphones yet if only they came included in the box with the phone itself!
Genuinely curious, do you have a source for your claim that the home button has been the reason for ‘20% return’ because of the X Series and a second source for a ‘major reason’ for foregoing purchasing the new model iPhone? I’m just curious where you got your analytics from?
They need to release a 4.7” screen version that is the size of the SE. Alternatively a foldable screen that achieves the same thing.
I’m really sick of these huge phones. Everything becomes less magical the bigger it gets. The SE and the iPad mini 4 are the most magical devices Apple has ever created. And the 12” MacBook is the most magical feeling Apple laptop.
I’m really sick of these huge phones. Everything becomes less magical the bigger it gets. The SE and the iPad mini 4 are the most magical devices Apple has ever created. And the 12” MacBook is the most magical feeling Apple laptop.
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I may have already mentioned it, it’s not a feature that needs to spark interest, it’s the price. Technology is only going to reach the demographic who really care about it, as iPhones have so much technology already embedded, we don’t use everything are iPhones offer. I don’t necessarily think Apple will lower their prices dramatically, but I do think they will focus more on the trade-in/store incentives as Cook mentioned. 2019 for the iPhone will be an interesting year, and I don’t mean hardware, I mean pricing alternatives.
That would be another technology they’d have to buy off Samsung and like OLED I think they’d be charged over the odds. All this would push the price of the device up further I would say.
1. ProMotion - surprised this one wasn't listed and that nobody's mentioned it yet
2. No notch - self explanatory, the sooner it goes the better
3. MicroLED - to negative all of the issues with OLED (although this one is years away yet)
Apart from that; it's all about iOS and what they can improve there. It is what we have to interact with at the end of the day after all, and it's gotten really stale now, not just design-wise but function-wise. There are far more things I can think of that needs to be improved via software than hardware.
2. No notch - self explanatory, the sooner it goes the better
3. MicroLED - to negative all of the issues with OLED (although this one is years away yet)
Apart from that; it's all about iOS and what they can improve there. It is what we have to interact with at the end of the day after all, and it's gotten really stale now, not just design-wise but function-wise. There are far more things I can think of that needs to be improved via software than hardware.
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Perhaps an iOs that doesn't look like the last few versions? And that can be personalised a bit?
If the phone's physical form doesn't change and the screen's image as presented (iOs home page) is the same, does the average punter "see" anything new to even be excited about?
If the phone's physical form doesn't change and the screen's image as presented (iOs home page) is the same, does the average punter "see" anything new to even be excited about?
To be honest, they have not priced me out. I have 14 months left on my iphone7 contract, and if things do not improve then it might well be a midrange Android in my future.
It's not the functionality thats bugging me it's the pricing.
It's not the functionality thats bugging me it's the pricing.
Home Button (virtual, on glass)
TouchID (again, under glass - right where Home Button is)
Eliminate the stupid Notch on top.
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As for software flaws:
- remembering App State when app switching. Currently, most of the time, when you return to an App, it resets your screen, and everything you had typed up is lost.
- fix the terrible memory management in iOS! Currently, after a while, essential features like copy/paste stop working or working properly (requiring to copy twice for something to be placed on the clipboard); this could be easily fixed through the use of a swap file (which is a native part of Linux, but which iOS had disabled since iOS 7)
Those two issue are at the core of most other issues with iOS.
TouchID (again, under glass - right where Home Button is)
Eliminate the stupid Notch on top.
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As for software flaws:
- remembering App State when app switching. Currently, most of the time, when you return to an App, it resets your screen, and everything you had typed up is lost.
- fix the terrible memory management in iOS! Currently, after a while, essential features like copy/paste stop working or working properly (requiring to copy twice for something to be placed on the clipboard); this could be easily fixed through the use of a swap file (which is a native part of Linux, but which iOS had disabled since iOS 7)
Those two issue are at the core of most other issues with iOS.