SmittyW

macgui said:

I'd like to see Apple make a phone that they can't won't sell to the EU. An FU EU phone. But apparently the EU market is too big for Apple to ignore. Maybe they also fear more scrutiny as blowback.

Agreed. As much as I want Apple to push things, the timing is terrible for that; politics between the US and EU are only going to get more contentious over the next year or two, and Apple is likely to get caught up in it.

I'm surprised at all the naysayers here, Apple has always pushed us into the future, and charging ports aren't going to be in it. I was hoping for a portless, perhaps even buttonless phone this year if they could pull off force/capacitive button and haptics. The 'air' moniker is particularly relevant vis-a-vis pushing the envelope. Hopefully we'll get that version in 2026, although now that's probably not going to happen because the focus will be on foldables, so 2027 it is I suppose. 

I love the core UI for the current iOS, but I trust Apple to make the right call. I really hope this change means that we're getting a (less expensive) Apple Vision soon. If they could even get it to $2k I'd immediately put that thing on a 12 month plan with Apple Card, even if that meant I had to forgo the front screen and pass through. 

jeffharris said:

Can Apple PLEASE make UI elements fully SCALABLE for high resolution monitors! 

PLEASE!

I recently upgraded to a 27” 4K monitor and it’s a nightmare. 

Dialogue Boxes are postage stamp sized.
Menu Bar Items and text are all tiny.
Text on various application palettes are barely readable.

I’ve had to increase text and icon size in the Finder, but the Menu Bar and menus are tiny!
Finder prefs only work for ONE window. Size changes need to be applied to EVERY window I open.

If I go MacBook Pro without the external monitor, Finder elements are too big.

Apple has been promising scalable UI forever. Will they ever deliver?

Apple needs to do this for the iPad mini. It's insane that the default text is smaller than the text on my old iPhone mini.

I'm a big Apple nerd, have Apple everything, new iPhone Pro Max every year, but I can't think of a reason I'd replace my first gen apple watch ultra, with only one exception, if Apple created a powered watch band with sensors that allowed me to control things (watch, phone, tv) with various gestures.

libertyandfree said:

 Once again Apple teases with a low price for a crippled SSD of 256GB.  Apple is such a fraud when it comes to their environmentally preaching since they install small SSD that makes their device obsolete too soon and thus enters the landfill.  How is that good for the environment?  

I'm only using 140GB on my work computer, and the vast majority of that is from large, inefficient apps that will be replaced soon.