[Kurashima]

Speaking as someone who's never had an iphone or android (typing this on my Pre), but am strongly considering moving to the next iphone, I'd be happy with:

- 4 inch screen
- improved durability
- best possible battery

[Nameless]

From a software standpoint I prefer Android, but I'm leaning going back to the iPhone for no other reason than the durability/reliability of the hardware. Motorola, Samnsung, and HTC devices seem to find innovative ways of malfunctioning in the hands of power users while the iPhone has proven it's built to last.

[Leshita]

NFC (iWallet mainly), 64GB or more, and that's about it; the phone currently already does everything else I want.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I guess that little weather icon thing should be able to live update sooner or later. ;p

[crazy monkey]

500 dollar, amazing camera, customization and attractive ui,compability with major networks wherei can buy without overpriced contracts.

[Blu_LED]

This thread is so funny. Almost every single thing people are listing has been standard on Android phones for the last 1-2 years. The only thing these Android phones are missing is an Apple logo.

[FooTemps]

Only 2 things would impress me on the hardware side:

1. Usable battery life in the range of 7 to 10 days normal use.
2. New HMI, I would love for something like the tactus touch screen to be implemented.

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

The only thing these Android phones are missing is an Apple logo.

You know this isn't true. Why write it?

This thread is so funny. Almost every single thing people are listing has been standard on Android phones for the last 1-2 years.

This thread is mostly Android users commenting on what would make them switch, so, uh, yeah, of course that's what's happening.

[Magnus]

The only thing these Android phones are missing is an Apple logo.

Lol. Awesome shitstarting attempt though!

[wenis]

100 dollar price point, 300 dollars for a 64gb version.

[Dreaver]

I currently have Desire (2.2) and plan to upgrade it to an iPhone 5 when it arrives. The only thing I don't like about the iPhone is (or was) is the fact that the screen is so small. But I'm almost convinced it will be a 4" on next refresh.

2,5 Years back I wanted an Android because of the customization. Now I don't really care about that any more... I just want it to do things I want it to do without problems. So an iPhone seems like the best chose for me.

Besides I have an iPad (which I love) and just ordered a Macbook Pro, so the integration between the products will be nice.

Anyways, things I'd like:
- 4-inch screen (seems perfect).
- A better camera, I like 4S camera, but as a photo-/videographer a better camera is always a plus.
- Extremey good battery life.
- Perhaps stronger / different back/front plate? I don't like the fact that the screen fractures so quick.
- Wireless charging.
- A little bit thinner, though I'm really fond of the 4S design.
- It would be nice if the storage models would be 32, 64 and 128GB.

I already know I will buy the iPhone 5 so it doesn't needs to wow me (except I really want an 4-inch screen). Extra surprises would be nice but I'm not counting on it.
My guess? 4-inch screen together with the cliche upgrades (faster, better blabla).

[Future]

Never going to understand why people want BIGGER when it comes to portables. Everyone wearing cargo shorts or carrying a purse/bag or something? The iPhone size is perfect as is. A friend handed me her massive Samsung clunker and it was brutally and annoyingly big. It was almost a DS lite. No thanks. Portability wins. The 4 is perfection. If I could somehow fold it down to half its size when not in use, I would.

Disagree. If they can get more screen size without significant increase in the handheld then they should. DS lite comparisons for some of the bigger phones out there? Give me a fucking break

[A Pretty Panda]

Have Steve Jobs present it probably.

[Bgamer90]

This thread is so funny. Almost every single thing people are listing has been standard on Android phones for the last 1-2 years. The only thing these Android phones are missing is an Apple logo.

This post is so funny.

Let's forget the smoothness of iOS as well as the countless apps as well as their quality in comparison to Android.

Also, FYI, many people posting HAVE Androids which is why they are stating Android features that aren't on the iPhone.

[Bgamer90]

Never going to understand why people want BIGGER when it comes to portables. Everyone wearing cargo shorts or carrying a purse/bag or something? The iPhone size is perfect as is. A friend handed me her massive Samsung clunker and it was brutally and annoyingly big. It was almost a DS lite. No thanks. Portability wins. The 4 is perfection. If I could somehow fold it down to half its size when not in use, I would.

Why would someone be against a bigger screen as long as the phone itself doesn't have a major increase in size?

[reKon]

Never going to understand why people want BIGGER when it comes to portables. Everyone wearing cargo shorts or carrying a purse/bag or something? The iPhone size is perfect as is. A friend handed me her massive Samsung clunker and it was brutally and annoyingly big. It was almost a DS lite. No thanks. Portability wins. The 4 is perfection. If I could somehow fold it down to half its size when not in use, I would.

sigh

[Stephen Colbert]

4.5 inch 1080p screen, 4g LTE, quadcore CPU and gpu, 12 hr talk time/6 day standby time, 1.5-2gb of ram, NFC, Thicker gorilla glass than what it has now.

And I would be WOWED.

[Stephen Colbert]

I know I'll end up being a hater but I won't buy an iphone till it stops being the go-to phone for people who think they are HIP. Can't stand the aura around apple products. And I bought an ipod in 2002. Pretty much the same feeling some people have when a band you liked gets massively popular, and you feel it's not the same anymore("I liked'em before they were mainstream")

Jesus, it's a phone, not a statement about how different and unique you are.

It's the best overall phone on the market. Why would let its popularity stop you from getting it?

[nhlducks35]

Jesus, it's a phone, not a statement about how different and unique you are. It's the best overall phone on the market. Why would let its popularity stop you from getting it?

Because he's a hipster?

[malyce]

This post is so funny. Let's forget the smoothness of iOS as well as the countless apps as well as their quality in comparison to Android. Also, FYI, many people posting HAVE Androids which is why they are stating Android features that aren't on the iPhone.

Yes because smoothness is such a great feature. My phone is smooth too, when i use it to make payments at walgreens, footlocker etc. the app is really fluid when I'm paying for my items.

[Magnus]

Why would someone be against a bigger screen as long as the phone itself doesn't have a major increase in size?

No argument against a bigger screen I suppose. I assumed you'd need a larger unit to do that though? Where is a screen going to expand on a unit the size of the current 4 except vertically? You're going to get an elongated overall image which wouldn't look awesome to me. All current apps would look strange on it or require updates again, no? Or be unable to take advantage of the extra size.

TLDR: I really don't want a unit any larger than the 4, and assumed any reasonable screen size increase would require a proportionate unit size increase.

[Bgamer90]

Yes because smoothness is such a great feature.

Heh, so you would enjoy something that has hiccups/chugs frequently?

My phone is smooth too, when i use it to make payments at walgreens, footlocker etc. the app is really fluid when I'm paying for my items.

Never said that Android phones weren't smooth. 4.0 really turned things around for Android.

[Doffen]

Completely new GUI would surprise me.

[grap3fruitman]

How about a battery that lasts a reasonable about of time?

[Magnus]

sigh

Thrilling rebuttal!

Disagree. If they can get more screen size without significant increase in the handheld then they should. DS lite comparisons for some of the bigger phones out there? Give me a fucking break

Agreed with the first part, as I said above. Disagree with you needing to be given a break. There are some serious ugly clunkers out there, and I'd have nearly as much trouble and annoyance packing them into a pocket as a DS lite.

[Bgamer90]

No argument against a bigger screen I suppose. I assumed you'd need a larger unit to do that though? Where is a screen going to expand on a unit the size of the current 4 except vertically? You're going to get an elongated overall image which wouldn't look awesome to me. All current apps would look strange on it or require updates again, no? Or be unable to take advantage of the extra size. TLDR: I really don't want a unit any larger than the 4, and assumed any reasonable screen size increase would require a proportionate unit size increase.

Depending on the screen size, the phone would obviously have to be bigger but not THAT much bigger. A 4" screen could fit without making the phone that much bigger. The iPhone has a lot of space above the screen that could be used to make the screen itself a bit bigger.

And yeah, developers would more than likely update the apps for the bigger screen. It would be the same as the transition to retina. Many apps had updates while some didn't. I still have some apps (games) that don't make use of the retina screen (though since most that do are 2D throwbacks, I guess it doesn't matter).

In terms of a bigger screen and apps that don't make use of it, I can see there being an option to let users either stretch it out or keep it the same (with the extra space being black).

[Cipherr]

This has always puzzled me. Why do you care about what is on someone else's phone? Shouldn't you only care that your phone has a clean homescreen (which of course is possible no matter which phone you have)?

Same. Its really stupid that he would say that, when like 10 out of 10 of those people with those 'Myspace' looking setups like their setup, so who gives a fuck what you think?

I mean, their enjoyment of their product is dependent solely on their own tastes and desires, not yours. It makes them happy. That's why customization always wins. I find iOS and WP7 fucking BUTT ass ugly. I tend to keep that to myself, because, well, who cares other than me. But at least on Android I can change it to whatever I like. One size doesn't fit all. Never has never will.

So it would take releasing the iron grip on customization to wow me. On the hardware front, 16:9 and 4" screen or larger to start. Definitely needs NFC and LTE support on the major carriers. Then a off contract unlocked pentaband GSM version, toss in an expandable memory SKU. Also, do something about Apps and default usage. Allow changing them for any and all sorts of apps. Browsers and all.

More format support out of the box too btw. For all sorts of media. Then probably the biggest one that would never happen, but would still matter most to me, choice of freaking hardware. I may like the look of phone X and hate the look of phone Y. The more choices the better the odds I can find something I actually like.

[Mammoth Jones]

I know I'll end up being a hater but I won't buy an iphone till it stops being the go-to phone for people who think they are HIP. Can't stand the aura around apple products. And I bought an ipod in 2002. Pretty much the same feeling some people have when a band you liked gets massively popular, and you feel it's not the same anymore("I liked'em before they were mainstream")

Use smoke signals to communicate...then you'll be special.

In all seriousness, people buy the products that they think will work for them. It's that simple. My iPhone 3G worked for me. My iPhone 4 worked even better. I have full confidence the next iPhone will be just what I need.

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I would love it if the front camera was equal to the back one.

[Ryaaan14]

Give me a home button that doesn't become unresponsive after a year and I'll be wowed.

They really fucked me with that on the 4. Out of warranty and I'll be shocked if I can sell this for much before I get the 5. Thanks Apple.

[entrement]

Give me a home button that doesn't become unresponsive after a year and I'll be wowed. They really fucked me with that on the 4. Out of warranty and I'll be shocked if I can sell this for much before I get the 5. Thanks Apple.

Same thing happened to me. Still in warranty, though. Thanks to Applecare, but too lazy to go the the Apple Store and I'm pretty much used to pressing it.

[-Pyromaniac-]

A re-design which is happening, bigger screen but not too big like android phones these days, and that's happening, high quality hardware, good battery life, happening and probably happening.

Only reason I'd ever switch is because I'm a technophile and I need new shit all the time. I used the nexus S last year, this year used the 4S for the past bunch of months because I got bored of the nexus, and who knows how I'll feel come october-ish. If the next nexus device isn't cheap plastic and huge with no compromises, I might get that, if the iphone continues deliver like it has, might just keep using it.

Choices choices.

[malyce]

Heh, so you would enjoy something that has hiccups/chugs frequently? Never said that Android phones weren't smooth. 4.0 really turned things around for Android.

I'd prefer little to no hiccups/chugs to be honest. Fluidity adds to the user experience no doubt, but it's not a feature. And its definitely not something that would wow me into to buying an iPhone.

[The Take Out Bandit]

Slider keyboard.

[Field]

Big screen and radio.

[Marco1]

I know it's a small request but I wish the home button was not a button but touch.

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Give me a home button that doesn't become unresponsive after a year and I'll be wowed. They really fucked me with that on the 4. Out of warranty and I'll be shocked if I can sell this for much before I get the 5. Thanks Apple.

Have you tried bringing it in to them? Every story I read about broken home buttons ends with a free replacement.

[Poyunch]

Put GPS and a helicopter propeller so it could follow me around while I walked.

[Izick]

Amen

It's funny because apple is like a religion to these people.

[tarius1210]

Siri = If she stripped naked on your phone when you asked, that would wow me

I second this. Have a holographic version of her pop out of the screen (like Star Wars).

[VALIS]

An option for external storhahaha... I can't even finish the sentence.

[bro1]

NFC is about it. Oh, and improve iTunes.

[Izick]

I second this. Have a holographic version of her pop out of the screen (like Star Wars).

for a second there I read that as have her poop out of the screen.

[Polk]

Bigger (4") screen and removable battery.

[Loxley]

To wow me? It'd have to transform into a little Autobot that helps me with my daily chores. It would also have to be able to open my garage door.

However, since I foresee the iPhone 5 (or whatever they'll call it) being more iterative than innovative after seeing all the neato things about iOS6 being shown at WWDC, I'm not planning on being blown away. I'm sure I'll be impressed with whatever they show off, but with smartphone tech being better than ever right now, it would take something huge for me to be blown away by the next iPhone. To the point where I don't even know what it would be.

That said, if all these rumors about an increase in screen size to 4 inches are true, then I'd definitely welcome that.

[iamvampire]

Battery?

Screen?

Dimensions?

Snore.


Apple has got to reinvent the game (again) if they want to catch up with Android now.

Android may be fragmented as shit, however unbelievably that's starting to work for them. By allowing the top level phones to fragment off, it has left Google without limiting hardware to cater to, and so they are able to create much more powerful and integrated software. ICS and Jellybean.

In terms of hardware the increased competition between Samsung, HTC, Sony, Motorola etc pushing the internals and externals between the vendors up to and beyond Apple's level.

Apple largest playing card, Siri, got bitch slapped back down to earth by Google's new voice platform. Shit even Siri's retarded brother S Voice from Samsung, almost an after thought, does everything Siri could do plus more.

Android's ecosystem is no longer a gimped afterthought. 99% of people will find suitable applications for both Android and iOS. Yet android users will find more freedom, integration and flexibility with their programs. Yeah some of us like been able to assign default programs ... Apples far far behind there and not looking like it's going to budge.

Mapping and Navigation. Apple went from adequate to behind by ditching Google. God knows why they thought it a good idea to push Google out rather than work with them. If they'd approached Google they could of gotten navigation and more ... plus Google's infrastructure (streetview, widest spread business support and database and experience). Instead now they've forced their users into a inferior product, which of course they can't even default back to google. Any links they get sent will push them into Apples maps.

Currently all Apple has left for itself is it's fanbase (guaranteeing ridiculous release sales regardless to the phone). Other than that its walled garden is starting to get stale and suffocated.

To get me to turn to them, they're going to have to do something unfathomable right now.

I'm talking something like a completely tactile feedback screen. I want to feel ridges and texture on my screen. I want to feel the buttons click and depress. I want to feel slides get dragged across the screen.

I'm talking a new way of alerting me. Some revolutionary new way to letting me know it's ringing. A new vibration technology or something. Current vibration is so primitive and clunky. Plus I swear my legs are immune to vibrations now.

Insane phone awareness. Samsung touched on this with it's screen watching ability. But I want the phone to see where exactly I'm looking on my screen. It knows if I want to open that email. It knows when I walk into the room and will re-ring. It knows when I'm driving and brings up GPS and have directions just a voice away. It knows when I've taken it out my pocket and turns on and unlocks before I even touch the screen.

I highly doubt Apple could pull that off though. Especially post-Jobs.

[Ryaaan14]

Have you tried bringing it in to them? Every story I read about broken home buttons ends with a free replacement.

I sure did, because of what I read here actually. But they wouldn't do a damn thing for me other than teach me how to place a mock home button on my screen in the accessibility options. Fucking waste of time.

[8bit]

Put Jellybean on it.

[McLovin]

Thinner phone, bigger screen(hopefully one you could see outside), better battery life, more powerful(thats a given), real 4g, better camera. I would really like a mini usb jack on the side or something. But that will probably never happen.

[Deadly Cyclone]

Never going to understand why people want BIGGER when it comes to portables. Everyone wearing cargo shorts or carrying a purse/bag or something? The iPhone size is perfect as is. A friend handed me her massive Samsung clunker and it was brutally and annoyingly big. It was almost a DS lite. No thanks. Portability wins. The 4 is perfection. If I could somehow fold it down to half its size when not in use, I would.

A 4.5" screen is perfect. The iPhone 4 is tiny, and I don't wear cargo shorts.

[Timedog]

Nice sized screen, sleek design, and improved camera.

Oh, so you mean making it have less megapixels.