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iPhone 5 – My (unlikely) Predictions

// October 1st, 2011 // No Comments » // Home

So it’s no surprise that it took the announcement of the announcement of the launch of the next iPhone to get me out of my hiatus to post something marginally worth the pixels it occupies on your screen. By now, we’re all way too familiar with the rumors of the next iPhone – all the way from being tear-drop shaped and having a holographic keyboard to being capable of saving humanity from our Android overlords (pun intended).

All of that craziness aside, there are some things people who closely follow this kind of news know will almost certainly make it to Cupertino’s next big seller. An A5 processor, improved RAM (1GB perhaps, though we will never get the official specs) and an 8MP camera that will kick ass and deliver better results than any other phone camera are pretty much certain at this point. The big rumor, which we expect to come true, is of course, the awesome voice commands / assistant feature. After all, in today’s market, Apple needs to have a (oh, I hate using this word) “killer” feature that will keep the phone interesting for a year while Android churns out about a dozen or so good ones in the same timeframe. And let’s not forget Windows Phone. We all know it has potential too.

We all have wish lists. I had published mine prior to the iOS5 announcement and even got some of them come true (yaay!). What I’d like to talk about now are my wild predictions for the next iPhone, which will almost certainly not make it to reality. The top predictions are:

  • NFC: Apple is going to embrace NFC and use it in ways no one else had imagined
  • Micro-USB Connector: Apple will finally ditch the proprietary connector in favor of the industry standard micro-USB
  • Built-in Induction Charging: Yes, Palm (RIP) brought this with the Touch Stone, but Apple will re-introduce it with the next iPhone and these chargers will become the next hot “works with iPhone” accessory
  • Notification Profiles:Apple will finally introduce profiles and do it more magical than any other manufacturer or OS has till now
  • Official Keyboard: Apple will introduce a hardware keyboard, not part of the phone, but as an accessory similar to the smart covers for iPads.

    • So, what do you think of these predictions? What are your own predictions and wish lists? Remember, extra points for chipping in before October 4th :-D