TOP 8 THINGS WE WANT TO SEE FROM THE UPCOMING IPHONE 8...
The new iPhone 8 is set to launch September 12, and it is going to be a little different to the ones you're used to. It seems Apple is done playing it safe with all the rumours around the iPhone 8, but here are some of the top picks that we would like to see for the upcoming Apple iPhone:
1. Something Special
All the iPhone's launched so far has never stopped being great, but we would love to be wowed again by something truly bold.
Perhaps an iPhone that’s properly revolutionary simply that’s not viable in a world already awash with me-too devices, but we’ll be thrilled if Apple cracks the impossible.
2. More screen and less phone
Current iPhones look great, but that bezel takes up space; worse, it looks dated alongside the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S8. Also, people invariably like bigger displays but not necessarily larger phones. Remove the bezel and you can get an iPhone Plus display in an iPhone-sized package.
3. Usability
The headphone port was last year unceremoniously dumped from new iPhones, and this year the Home button’s reportedly for the chop.
Losing the former was an irritant, but the Home button is a bigger concern because it fundamentally alters an interaction model that’s been core to the iPhone since the very beginning. People stab the Home button dozens of times daily, and it’s the thing you proud if all else fails. We get that its removal is necessary to go all-screen, but hope Apple’s nailed the usability side of things.
4. Top-notch security
The home button – always known for Touch ID – is not the only fingerprint security mechanism for mobiles, but it is renowned for being secure, stable, reliable, and tough to circumvent.
If there’s no Home button, where does that leave Touch ID? Will it be integrated directly into the screen, or replaced? Rumours suggest Apple’s going for facial recognition.
We have no problem with that, but it’ll be relatively untested, yet have to work flawlessly from day one (or Facegate will become a thing, and that doesn’t bear thinking about), remain accessible, and bat away trickery without a second thought.
5. More good stuff
It would be pointless to launch a shiny new device if its guts are the smartphone equivalent of last year's model.
With the new iPhone, we obviously want to see an amazing camera.
It needs to be measurably better than any other smartphone – not necessarily in terms of specs, but in how Apple combines hardware, design smarts, and software, to make for superb results.
We also want this iPhone to be extremely fast, and for the battery to last for absolute ages.
6. Pencil support
For all the creatives outside this one is for you. Even if you are crap at drawing, we reckon being able to use a pencil with the flagship iPhone would be pretty great!
7.No 32GB models
Last year, Apple finally got rid of the 16GB option for flagship iPhones into the abyss. Which was great, except Apple’s upsell tactics remained because the new options were 32GB, 128GB and 256GB (meaning MORE expensive).
Frankly, 32GB is rubbish for a high-end iPhone you’re going to use to shoot loads of photography and 4K video. The new iPad Pro’s also playing the upsell game, but it’s at least doing so at a higher level: 64GB, 256GB and 512GB. Here’s hoping the new iPhone mirrors that rather than its predecessors.
8. Make enough out of all the 'things'
Perhaps the biggest ask, given how insanely tricky it is to ramp up production of the cutting-edge kit for a device likely to be demanded by millions.
Still, Tim Cook’s a long-time operations whiz, and we’d love to see the day when iPhone pre-orders open, and you’re not faced with a four-to-six-week delay because you didn’t manage to speed through the buying process in approximately half a nanosecond.
Let us know what you are most excited for in the comment section below but, alas, we'll have to wait until September 12 to see what the iPhone 8 has in store. Fingers Crossed!