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[–] Ssimon2103@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

More better. You’re welcome.

[–] _nosfa@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Having apple maps available in my country would be a good start.

[–] whistlewink@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Use an Google Pixel and you'll have your answer. Apple is missing a LOT of features that android has.

[–] Available-Fill8917@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (47 children)

iPhone is a nice piece of hardware, but the OS has lots of room for improvement.

  1. Better robocall blocking
  2. Call screening similar to visual voicemail
  3. Better voice assistant
  4. Wait for me on hold feature that listens for a person
  5. Visual phone trees so you don’t have to listen to phone tree systems on customer service calls.
  6. RCS for better cross platform communication
  7. A better notification system with built in interaction systems.
  8. Better app icon movement experience and the ability to put app icons anywhere.
  9. Default map app choice similar to browser and email
  10. Universal back gesture that works everywhere consistently
[–] krusebear@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Apple needs to adopt all the pixel calling features. I miss them so much.

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[–] Trouble91@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Get a Pixel

[–] zahnza@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

10 would be impossible, it’s still up to developers to implement what the gesture does / where it takes you.

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[–] 0000GKP@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I do the exact same things - often with the exact same apps - as I did 15 years ago.

Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Pandora, Associated Press, Box, Shazam, Kindle, Chase Bank, Flickr, Twitter, IMDB, 1Password, are all apps that I downloaded in 2009. If you add in the apps from 2010, that would cover 90% of what I do today.

Changes have been pretty minor overall and I don’t expect that to change.

[–] e7ang@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

In screen finger print, built in magic pencil, even smaller notch, super fast charging

Pretty much everything the s23 does already.

[–] soreyJr@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Where the split screen apps at tho 😩

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[–] FabianValkyrie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I disagree. The under-screen fingerprint sensor and built in pen would take up a bunch of internal room that most people would rather use for battery. Fingerprint sensors are generally worse than FaceID anyhow.

Smaller cutout and fast charging are def true though.

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[–] OkOffice7726@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Nah. Under display camera and face id is the right way, notch is a bad design choice to aim for.

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[–] Forward_Worth_5835@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Most u can do is remove the notch completey but yeah that’s abt it

[–] Andrew-Moon@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The best iPhone would be an S23 ultra with iOS, or at least with FlymeOS form Meizu.

[–] FabianValkyrie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Imo the 15 Pro Max’s cameras, build, flat display, action button, and battery are all better

I’d say a mix of the S23 Ultra and 15 Pro Max hardware with the Pixel’s UI and camera processing tech, and iOS/iPhone’s app optimization would be peak

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[–] MoistDef@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

My short list is battery life, RCS, and Nokia 3300 level durability.

[–] FabianValkyrie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Def not Nokia 3300 level yet, but durability has improved a ton. I started using my phone caseless in September of last year, and my phones have survived many hard drops with almost no damage (and no cracks)

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[–] poliscistonedguy@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

One day, phones will project things in the air like holograms. Interactions will be more fluid-like. Apple Vision Pro is a sneak peak at the technology we will one day have in our pockets.

I think it'll be optional though, I think there will always be people who proclaim that "2D phone screens were better!" but the vast majority of people will enjoy the Star Wars tech.

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[–] swagglepuf@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would love a folding iPhone. I really like my fold 5 but my 13 pro is still my daily use phone. I think once rcs supports hits, I may fully switch over to android.

[–] FabianValkyrie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I want a folding iPhone with the Pixel Fold’s aspect ratios

[–] swagglepuf@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The big difference between Samsung and Google when it comes to the fold is thier focus. The pixels fold has a great front screen that just happens to be on a folding phone lol. The inner screen has no advantage outside of being bigger.

Samsung has always made its focus the big folding display. All of their refinement is based on improving the experience on the big screen. The front screen was never meant to be the main display of the phone. I appreciate that a lot, it kind of makes use the big display and all its glory.

One of the reasons I actually canceled my pixel fold order was because of the front display. Why do I want to pay 1800 for a phone I will rarely open lol.

[–] FabianValkyrie@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

See I think a lot of that just depends on what you want to do on the phone; the main advantage of the big screen for me would be content consumption, and the Pixel’s inner display works much better for that than the Galaxy, plus it comes with the upside of the outer screen being much nicer too.

Obviously if you’re using it for split screen or general social media, normal phone things basically then the Galaxy is better. Just different use cases.

[–] onlytony441@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Split screen multitasking please and allow me to move my icons where I want.

[–] JadasDePen@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Every year I hope split screen multitasking is introduced in the new iOS and every year I’m disappointed.

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[–] spaceraingame@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I personally miss the home button

[–] Acalthu@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

T9 dialling, side loading apps, actual RAW output from cameras with native camera app, i.e. no AI massaging. 120hz on base models.

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[–] _-_happycamper_-_@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I’ve been playing with the new voice ChatGPT and thinking about how amazing an AI assistant that was fully ingrained in the hardware could be. Siri has that access but no where near the ability of ChatGPT.

If I could just ask Siri to write an email to my kids school saying that my daughter won’t be in on Friday, or take all the photos from the Christmas concert and put them in our family group chat that would be amazing.

[–] ActualExpert7584@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I’m a software developer. %100 at the moment Apple is cooking that ChatGPT-style Siri in-house. And better yet, it’ll almost certainly run locally, with all the Neural Engine cores it is putting in every product.

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[–] TheGayGaryCooper@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I know I’m gonna be in the minority here but I don’t think the newer models have really had much to offer to the point I want a new device. What has come out has just been a bit stale for me.

[–] Hamham87@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Listen when you're selling a phone and the main point you're selling me is the fact that the exterior is titanium and you're not telling me anything other than that I think it's time to look deeply at what you are buying.

Since when has titanium made a phone better?

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[–] KeepaKnockin@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

A LOT! I’m glad I switched from Android recently but there’s a lot that Android can do that the iPhone doesn’t

[–] lucassster@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Next is folding. Then it will switch to “eye-phone”

An incredibly charismatic man once said,” Shut up and take my money.”

[–] no1bullshitguy@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A simple Toggle for location services in Control Centre :(

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[–] Kevin1056@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Faster charging

[–] Deranged1337@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apple Vision Pro will probably be the next best thing once they can make it into a pair of glasses instead of helmet

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[–] TAbramson15@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let’s just say the only thing I’m freaking waiting for is for them to unlock the app grid and let us put apps wherever we want. I don’t even care about the custom icon crap, I just want to put all my apps on the bottom of my Home Screen without having to use widgets I don’t need to push all my folders down to the bottom. Back when I used Android long long ago, I always had just the bottom two rows of apps and an empty space above to see my wallpaper, I liked the minimal clean look and be able to see my wallpaper when I’m actually using my phone and not just on my Lock Screen. Other than that my iPhone does literally everything I need it to and it’s my only device. TV, Movies, YouTube, Social media, photography and videography, editing, rendering, occasional gaming, finance, business, everything is done just on my phone I don’t even own a TV let alone computer or tablet etc. iPhones and smartphones in general have peaked. Until we have some crazy technological innovation, they’re gonna stay basically the exact same with spec improvements. Foldables still are janky and damage stupid easily for $1700+ devices… and they aren’t good for the general public besides basically literal office workers that don’t do anything besides sit there all day. The plastic “glasstic” screens dent with a finger nail or the pixels bleed in less than a year.. give it another 5-10 years and we’ll see something insane happen but till then it’s gonna be much of the same we’ve had. Sorta how we went from these tiny ass smartphones with sub 300p displays, all the way to 2.5k displays in less than 10 years. Just gotta give it time. Till then start saving some money and rock your favorite iPhones till they lose support unless they come out with something insane before that point!

[–] redvariation@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Android has had this for over a decade...

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[–] salloumk@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

They need to rethink Springboard from the ground up at this point. The only real improvement to it since iPhone OS 1.0 is spotlight and widgets.

[–] rockinpeppercorns@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I am desperately waiting for by app volume control

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[–] B0NSA1@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

ditch the fragile glass and enlarge battery not the screen

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[–] thats_close_enough_@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (17 children)

To be honest a lot of features are still missing. So I would say there's definitely room for improvement.

  1. Split screen

  2. Better sound settings. Alarm power level is still attached to the ringer. Absurd.

  3. WiFi share similar to hotspot

  4. Since they allowed custom icons, widgets, etc we need be able to move them as we want

  5. That's a personal and unpopular one, but I really like the idea of having fingerprint sensor in the lock button.

  6. iPhone needs to manage its memory better. Currently, if you are in an app and downloading something, close the app ti check something, the download could go to kb or even stop. Your current session needs to be open so the phone dedicates ram to it. It's bad ..

[–] AndersLund@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Regarding 6, then that is actual a thing. Apps can request to keep being active to finish up things, like an active download.

Developer documentation

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[–] Fantastic-Minute-939@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I just want to be able to have icons for the folders instead of mini pictures of the apps that I can’t see!

Also, call recordings!

[–] randomnerd97@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Let’s start with fixing iOS so it doesn’t lag like a 2012 Android. (A hyperbole of course but if the keyboard on iOS 17.1.1 still lags so bad it’s driving me insane).

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[–] peshwai@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

“Best iPhone ever” each year

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