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portlessiPhonewon’t happenin
2021.Why force yourselfto include
a MagSafechargerwhen you can sell
them as lucrativeadd-ons?
If you wageron Applerollingsome
cameraimprovementsinto the new
iPhoneyou’ll nevergo broke.I’m
sure the next iPhonecameraswill
be better,bigger,more capableof
capturingstills and video,you name
it. The sensorstabilizationfeature
introducedthis year in the iPhone 12
Pro Max mightfind its way down to
the iPhonePro. And I do predictthat
Applewill keep rollingsuper-high-end
featuresinto the Pro Max.
Finally,I’m going to predictthat
the globalpandemicwill finallyhave
its impacton the iPhoneproduct
line. Thanksto the prevalenceof
masksin society,and the unfortunate
barrierthey form to Face ID scans,
I predictthat Applewill roll the
button-embedded Touch ID from
this year’s iPad Air into the next
iPhone, as a complement to Face ID.iPAD UPDATES FOR SURE
I don’t want to sound ungrateful,
but that 2020 iPad Pro update was
underwhelming. The iPad Pro’s A12Z
processor is now based on two-year-
old technology. The whole update felt
like a placeholder, and in 2021 weshould get a proper iPad Pro update,
one that uses an A14X processor that
offers performance similar to what we
see on the Mac with the M1.
The other addition I’d like to predict
for the iPad Pro is its display. I don’t
think the iPad Pro will get larger – as
someone who uses a 12.9in model
every day, it’s already quite large.
Making either model any bigger
would force Apple to also produce
new models of the Magic Keyboard,
which is a pain.
But what about the display
tech inside the iPad Pro? There are
conflicting rumours about whether
Apple is going to use mini-LED
technology in the iPad Pro. But it sure
seems like being able to declare the
iPad Pro a true HDR display would be
something Apple would shoot for, no?OS UPDATES COMING
Apple always surprises us with OS
updates, and iOS 15 will undoubtedly
bring some surprising new features
and tweaks of old standards.
What I’m most interested in,
however, is an iOS 13 feature being
brought to the iPad for the first time:
A redesigned home screen with the
ability to place Widgets anywhere,
rather than in a sidebar on a single
page. I can see why Apple didn’t