iTelephone 2019 wish list

Hardware

I do this every year or so because it’s a fun mental exercise. This isn’t a list of features I expect them to include, it’s features I’d love to see.

  • Better batteries. iPhones used to have excellent battery life relative to other phones; at best they’re mediocre now.

  • Grippable edges, ideally using the same design language as the gorgeous, flatter iPad Pro. I don’t think anyone prefers the slippery, rounded edges introduced in the iPhone 6 and carried on since.

  • Maintaining an LCD version like the XR and 8, because OLEDs still have accessibility problems.

  • A small, iPhone SE replacement. My iPhone 5s is still my second favourite phone of all time behind my Palms.

  • Better low-light camera performance.

And if I were really wishing hard:

  • Bright colours again, like the iMac DV of yore. Apple has been letting some of their old-school whimsy peek through again of late, I think this would be delightful.

  • A way to sync or at least backup with Linux, which people like me could then port to FreeBSD. I dislike Android, but I empathise with BSD people using them for that reason.

I tend to form odd attachments to my electronic devices, so I hold on to them for a long time. I love how simple the screen on my iPhone 8 is; no notch protrusions, it’s bright, and runs all the software I need. An iPhone SE replacement aside, I think I’ll be using this a while longer anyway.

Author bio and support

Me!

Ruben Schade is a technical writer and infrastructure architect in Sydney, Australia who refers to himself in the third person. Hi!

The site is powered by Hugo, FreeBSD, and OpenZFS on OrionVM, everyone’s favourite bespoke cloud infrastructure provider.

If you found this post helpful or entertaining, you can shout me a coffee or send a comment. Thanks ☺️.