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Other What features do you expect/hope for the 2019 iPhones?

BeyondtheTech said:
Not so much that we need something NEW on the iPhone, but knowing how powerful the hardware already is, it's about time that the software starts playing catchup. iOS needs to add new features and capabilities, some of which we've been asking for since the first generations of the operating system.

  • I've already asked that incoming calls on the Phone app should not take over and hijack the entire device and UI. Have an option to turn it into a notification, so I can still use the app I'm in. If I swipe away or decline, give the option to let it ring through.
  • Do Not Disturb is still too rudimentary to just have turn on and off at a set time. Who lives their lives identically all seven days a week? If the Clock app can be set to do Alarms for specific days, so can Do Not Disturb. That's just lazy programming.
  • The Phone app is the only one that doesn't use its scrolling list like the rest of iOS and the apps that use the UI. Why can't I select multiple Favorites, Recent Calls or Contacts and remove them from my list, like I can do with my Visual Voicemail?
  • The Blocked Contacts feature is insultingly crude and basic. Can't import or export, can’t be shared, can't use RegEx or smart filtering, and you have to enter it in one. number. at. a. time. Give us a Whitelist feature and allow only calls I want to come through.
  • The Call Blocking & Identification feature in CallKit is also too rudimentary and restrictive. Let apps gain access and intercept my call history if I want it to. The non-live, generated list of millions of numbers in a list is a stupid implementation. Android runs circles around this with apps that can do live Caller ID and can block based on any filter or rule.
  • Turn the Files app into something more useful, especially if you plug in a Lightning flash drive (or future USB-C flash drive) and give read/write access to transfer files. Heck, even the oldest Android devices can read/write into NTFS and Linux partitions with apps. Files should also allow you to access shared folders on Macs/PCs across the network using SMB/AFP, and Macs should be able to access files on the iPhone just as easily.
  • Add native mouse support to iOS. The Citrix X1 Mouse and the Swiftpoint GT Mouse are literally the only two mice that work in iOS, and even so, they only work in certain remote desktop apps. Open it up so that apps like Microsoft Word can be more effective and useful without having to reach up to the screen to reposition the cursor.
  • Shortcuts were a great start, but they need to be able to run without being triggered by the user. Just look at Tasker on Android, which can run nearly any task from any trigger, whether it be a scheduled time, location, change in network, etc. If you want to call things like the iPad a computer, then it has to be able to do automated things like one.
  • Allow other apps to be defaults for browsing, maps, camera, etc. Enough said.
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You have mentioned literally everything I want!
 
It’s not about the hardware anymore, consumers generally don’t see the differences on a year-to-year basis with hardware upgrades with features like the camera. What I want to see, is further iOS development and improvements with Siri, Which is a crucial part to the iOS experience.

And now that Apple recruited John Giannandrea from Googles A.I. Team, those changes are coming.
 
Xr successor $650
Xs successor $750
Max successor $850

-128gb base storage
-bigger battery
-smaller notch/no notch
-fingerprint under the screen (never gonna happen but still something i'd like to see)
-USB C to me doesn't matter to me but since it's the standard across 99% of phone manufacturers then go for it.
-squared design (iPad Pro)
-fast charging in the box

software:
-increase free iCloud storage tier
-allow 3rd party default apps (maps, calendars etc)
-dark mode
 
white4s said:
There's literally nothing wrong with the screen or resolution.
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With the XR LCD, I think most of us agree that this was a logical choice.

I really can’t decide with screen resolution.

Most people can see clearly the difference between 480 and 720.

A majority probably see a difference between 720 and 1080 in video applications. That’s where there is the biggest choice make.

Between 1080 and 1440, I think that far fewer people can see or prefer the difference. With some video recorded the right way, I might prefer the 1440 on my LG, but I have to agree readily that in almost every situation, 1080 on a smartphone is probably all we need.

Maybe with the iPhone XR, the choice of 720 had less to do with what was possible, and had more to do with drawing a clear distinction between the XR and XS.
 
George Knighton said:
With the XR LCD, I think most of us agree that this was a logical choice.

I really can’t decide with screen resolution.

Most people can see clearly the difference between 480 and 720.

A majority probably see a difference between 720 and 1080 in video applications. That’s where there is the biggest choice make.

Between 1080 and 1440, I think that far fewer people can see or prefer the difference. With some video recorded the right way, I might prefer the 1440 on my LG, but I have to agree readily that in almost every situation, 1080 on a smartphone is probably all we need.

Maybe with the iPhone XR, the choice of 720 had less to do with what was possible, and had more to do with drawing a clear distinction between the XR and XS.
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Not once have I seen anything negative because of the lower resolution. The issue is people are just obsessed with their phones now & want everything.

I'm good.
 
George Knighton said:
With the XR LCD, I think most of us agree that this was a logical choice.

I really can’t decide with screen resolution.

Most people can see clearly the difference between 480 and 720.

A majority probably see a difference between 720 and 1080 in video applications. That’s where there is the biggest choice make.

Between 1080 and 1440, I think that far fewer people can see or prefer the difference. With some video recorded the right way, I might prefer the 1440 on my LG, but I have to agree readily that in almost every situation, 1080 on a smartphone is probably all we need.

Maybe with the iPhone XR, the choice of 720 had less to do with what was possible, and had more to do with drawing a clear distinction between the XR and XS.
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I would agree... Anything above 1080p on a small phone screen, really isn't necessary. If you are talking about something as large as a laptop, or especially a TV, absolutely it matters.

The only time resolution above 1080p really matters on a smartphone, is if you are putting your phone into a VR headset and your eyeball is 1" from the screen. Other than that, regular HD is just fine.

In fact, given the same CPU and RAM specs, the lower resolution will usually yield higher frame rates(unless they are limited to the screen's refresh rate), because the fillrate requirements are less...
 
purged said:
Yeah but 720p is unacceptable, I can’t believe it’s not actually higher, I mean who wants 640p on a XR? When Apple decided on a 480p-ish display I just about lost it, I would NEVER accept a display that’s basically 320p! The XR with its 240p display is junk!
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purged said:
Just ribbing the folk who keep downgrading the XR to 720p.
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I figured. haha

I mean to be honest, I would not have known it was 720p just looking at it... And I came from a QHD Super AMOLED Samsung device... I could tell it wasn't as nice or high of a spec as that, but looking at it I just assumed it was 1080p LCD. While Apple has lagged when it comes to AMOLED, their LCD's have been the best around...

Even knowing that its lower resolution now, it doesn't bother me when it looks this good. It's more than adequate than anything I would ever use a phone for...
 
I would like a dual physical Sim iPhone with 5.5-6” LCD 16:9 screen. Not interested in wireless charging and don’t like either the weight or fragility of the glass back so aluminium is fine for me.

All the other things people are quoting from Android are of zero interest to me. I find myself only using about 2/3 of the available height of the long narrow screens so these latest phones for me are unacceptably large and heavy for little, if any, benefit. I’ve got the Xs Max primarily for the wider screen, I don’t like the extra height or OLED screen colour shift to be honest. I really wish Apple had found a way to keep the 8 Plus screen but remove the bezels thus making the phone both smaller and lighter.
 
I read through these and it really goes to show that we have hit a feature plateau.
Too bad that flies in the face of asking premium money for a new device.
Most of these hopes are either device size or ios updates.
 
Zimmy68 said:
I read through these and it really goes to show that we have hit a feature plateau.
Too bad that flies in the face of asking premium money for a new device.
Most of these hopes are either device size or ios updates.
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Exactly. My personal list of wishes, are 95% software related. Apple hardware is excellent, it is iOS that is lacking a lot of standard features and feels antiquated and long in the tooth, because it is...

That they can still demand a premium price for outdated tech, boggles my mind... But again, I see people dropping $25k on a Harley Davidson that is exactly like every other Harley Davidson and is still mostly 1970's and 1980's technology and performance... I don't get it.
[doublepost=1543511855][/doublepost]The things I want the most, are software tweaks as follows:

1) Native USB drive access
2) User facing file system for storage(not system partition)
3) Ability to set my default app preferences
4) An app drawer so I can clean up my home screens
5) Not force my icons to be arranged to a grid, let me pick where I want them

And while I am elated that Apple finally let Google Maps work with CarPlay, they need to allow me to disable Apple Maps from Carplay. It's annoying to look at my truck's screen and have two nearly identical map icons there, when I never ever ever intend to use the Apple Maps one. But there is no option to remove it.

Simple things like that, would make a WORLD of difference in the user experience. We aren't talking radical changes... If we can put a rover on Mars, we can make these simple changes, I promise you all... LOL
 
purged said:
That’s because it’s not, which was my (admittedly obscure) point.
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True, I guess it is technically in between 720p and 1080p... Meh, looks fine, I say...

The XS Max did look better, but not almost $400 better... The money I saved I spent on the Apple Watch 4.
 
My List:
First and foremost, lower prices!!
Get rid of the 64gb default option. We traded 32 for 64 and we are back in the same boat.
A file system....a file system....a file system.
Better Siri Integration
Smaller Bezel notch
iOS on steroids - Hoping iOS 13 blows me away - no more Grid iCons!
Frackin' Dark mode :)
Camera controls in the Camera app - COME ON APPLE!!
Better volume widget so it does NOT take up the middle of the display - COME ON APPLE!!
 
Raist3001 said:
My List:
First and foremost, lower prices!!
Get rid of the 64gb default option. We traded 32 for 64 and we are back in the same boat.
A file system....a file system....a file system.
Better Siri Integration
Smaller Bezel notch
iOS on steroids - Hoping iOS 13 blows me away - no more Grid iCons!
Frackin' Dark mode :)
Camera controls in the Camera app - COME ON APPLE!!
Better volume widget so it does NOT take up the middle of the display - COME ON APPLE!!
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OMG, the camera settings... That is EXACTLY what I am talking about when it comes to how archaic and convoluted of a mess that iOS still is... Primary example... you are in the camera app about to take a pic or video and need to change a setting... Why on earth in 2018 do we have to exit out of the camera app, go to settings, look for it, fail to find it so then we have to search for it, make our changes, exit out, then go and relaunch the camera app to take the pic...

That is SOOOOOOO 2007... And there are dozens of things just like that, showing that no matter how much polish and pretty icons and transparencies to add to make things look nicer, it's still largely a 10 year old OS, and it really shows both in it's limitations and how backwards it often is to do things.

Thanks for that, I totally forgot how annoying the cam settings are. haha
 
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Id like to see a smaller Notch as it is noticable but not that bad, USB C support, a built in screen finger print sensor since faceId is cool, but its just more satsifying and futuristic to me having the screen scan your fingerprint (even though technically faceID is more advanced)

Bilateral charging,, and better cameras with a wide camera lens. Of course better processor, and a whole refresh to IOS. Im not counting on the smaller notch, finger print sensor or USB C, but if i can trade in my current XS Max for a new phone and get a healthy trade in value, id consiter upgrading if i dont got to pay say more then 700-800 dollars after trade in.

That said, if they come out with just the same exact phone with slighty better cameras and the bilateral charging, then its pointless up upgrade to me and ill stick it out a year or so! i got multiple wireless chargers around my desk and bed so bilateral charging is awsome but not nessessary and for the wide camera lense, i can buy an adapter for cheep!
 
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