Apple

“Best iPhone ever” each year

Smaller cutout, better battery and faster charging.

They probably have ideas and new features planned out years ahead and just add a few new ones here and there. They just want money. “For the year 2047 let’s make it poop rainbows when you get a text”

They can add back the headphone jack for one. I’m one of the few people who still prefer wired headphones. I hate using adapters

Back button, separate app sound, lock screen not stopping apps, close all apps, clear ram option, ultra power saving mode (like samsung has), volume controls for notifications, system sounds, ringer in control center.

Predictive dialling

"...but are you a different animal, AND the same beast?"

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Since it has a an incredible, never seen before USBC and it's made from titanium, it's going to be hard to top that. Like how could I ever use a phone without titanium...

There’s a lot of good suggestions and ideas here, but what I want is a selfie screen on the back of the phone near the camera module. A lot like the folding phones have. The iPhone has great cameras. Just give me that extra small screen to see myself and I’m happy.

It should be easier to turn the volume down to very low.

I wanna be able to change my text background and bubble colours

I love the pixel I could never switch

Look at the pixel 8 this year with its host of AI features. iPhone needs some of these would be fantastic

I think we’ve reached a point where the hardware is way too ahead than the software we are getting in the App Store.

Sideloading is definitely a welcome feature.

A loot

I think on the design level I feel like the peak level would be where the iPhone would be completely screen (very very thin bezel) with no buttons on the sides and have cameras that won’t stick out while still being a very thin phone with good battery life and no overheating and still having a good speaker system and waterproofing and durable

A fucking headphone Jack in the pro max version would be a godsend for us audio engineers! And don’t say there’s no space I fit a family of raccoons in a pro max phone

A lot of the features people are listing have been on Android for years (just sayin).

Better widgets and options surrounding them. They introduced widgets and it hasn’t gotten much attention from Apple or app developers since.

A lot, to name one - better thermal solution and SOC efficiency as right now the phone can get hold quite easily if you play anything heavy + the screen dims on top of the not that comfortable to hold phone (and the heat is also not good for the internal components, including the battery).