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What would you improve about the iPhone or iPad? I think these products are just mature and there is very little to improve other than iterative updates. The tr

by axg11 5y ago

What would you improve about the iPhone or iPad? I think these products are just mature and there is very little to improve other than iterative updates. The true test of whether Apple has entered their Ballmer era will be if they fail to launch a new product category in the next 2-3 years.

sildur 5y ago
- USB-c port - Act as wireless charger - Dual SIM - Under-screen fingerprint reader - Maybe FM radio - Headphones socket
- axg11 5y ago
  These are all great iterative features, but no more than that.
- danieldk 5y ago
  - Dual SIM iPhones are Dual SIM. You can use a physical SIM + and eSIM. I have used my iPhone with two different plans/phone numbers for a while.
  - dan-robertson 5y ago
    In China they sell iPhones that take two physical SIM cards.
  - akmarinov 5y ago
    iPhone 13 is now triple SIM, you get two eSIM and 1 physical
- poulsbohemian 5y ago
  > Maybe FM radio I get why a few years ago there was a push for this, but in this era, why? There are so many music / news / talk streaming options that traditional radio might as well be dead. You turn on the sports radio shows and they are deliberately advertising and directing you to their podcast over their radio show.
  - sildur 5y ago
    Because internet is slow, spotty, and 4G eats a lot of battery. FM radio is lightweight and instantaneous.
gigel82 5y ago
USB-C charging across the line would've been nice (the iPads are already on board with this generation it seems). They could also do more innovation on the camera notch (20% smaller is not enough), I'd expect them to solve the under-display camera problem by now given their expertise and funding.
kilroy123 5y ago
Not OP but I will gladly tell you what _I_ would Improve. 1) Drop the photo scanning BS. 2) Add Touch ID back. 3) Just call it what it is. It's an iPhone 12S. 4) USB-C 5) Put a charger back in the box.
- lovich 5y ago
  How are those not just iterative changes though. Nothing in that list is innovative
  - hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
    Paradoxically, I'd consider bringing the headphone jack back the most revolutionary change. It would give a clear message, "We heard our customers, we had been wrong, so now we are doing the right thing." Never gonna happen, though.
    - jdminhbg 5y ago
      Where is the evidence that customers want it back?
- jereees 5y ago
  Please don’t put a charger back in the box, at least not by default. While we are at it why not take off the cost of the charger from the price?
rsanek 5y ago
One painfully obvious thing would be to get rid of insane notch / forehead. While they're at it, implement an under-display front-facing camera so we can have 100% screen-to-body ratio. Fair that this is not really revolutionary (Samsung has had better screen-to-body for forever) but to me it was a surprising miss from Apple (yet again; maybe I should stop being surprised).

by axg11 5y ago

sildur 5y ago

- USB-c port - Act as wireless charger - Dual SIM - Under-screen fingerprint reader - Maybe FM radio - Headphones socket

axg11 5y ago
These are all great iterative features, but no more than that.
danieldk 5y ago
- Dual SIM iPhones are Dual SIM. You can use a physical SIM + and eSIM. I have used my iPhone with two different plans/phone numbers for a while.
- dan-robertson 5y ago
  In China they sell iPhones that take two physical SIM cards.
- akmarinov 5y ago
  iPhone 13 is now triple SIM, you get two eSIM and 1 physical
poulsbohemian 5y ago
> Maybe FM radio I get why a few years ago there was a push for this, but in this era, why? There are so many music / news / talk streaming options that traditional radio might as well be dead. You turn on the sports radio shows and they are deliberately advertising and directing you to their podcast over their radio show.
- sildur 5y ago
  Because internet is slow, spotty, and 4G eats a lot of battery. FM radio is lightweight and instantaneous.

gigel82 5y ago

USB-C charging across the line would've been nice (the iPads are already on board with this generation it seems). They could also do more innovation on the camera notch (20% smaller is not enough), I'd expect them to solve the under-display camera problem by now given their expertise and funding.

kilroy123 5y ago

Not OP but I will gladly tell you what _I_ would Improve. 1) Drop the photo scanning BS. 2) Add Touch ID back. 3) Just call it what it is. It's an iPhone 12S. 4) USB-C 5) Put a charger back in the box.

lovich 5y ago
How are those not just iterative changes though. Nothing in that list is innovative
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  Paradoxically, I'd consider bringing the headphone jack back the most revolutionary change. It would give a clear message, "We heard our customers, we had been wrong, so now we are doing the right thing." Never gonna happen, though.
  - jdminhbg 5y ago
    Where is the evidence that customers want it back?
jereees 5y ago
Please don’t put a charger back in the box, at least not by default. While we are at it why not take off the cost of the charger from the price?

rsanek 5y ago

One painfully obvious thing would be to get rid of insane notch / forehead. While they're at it, implement an under-display front-facing camera so we can have 100% screen-to-body ratio. Fair that this is not really revolutionary (Samsung has had better screen-to-body for forever) but to me it was a surprising miss from Apple (yet again; maybe I should stop being surprised).