I can think of quite a few things to fix just they are extraordinarily difficult engineering problems versus 10-20% improvements on existing features or random tweaks:

- novel approach to camera optics that can completely flatten them into the phone - front camera hidden behind the screen removing the island or inset - dramatically better battery tech density leading to like week long usage - way more ram (100gb+) and processing power for powerful local llm and other ai - significant reduction in thickness and weight. like this air with no bump but also under 100 grams - maybe some stuff with projectors

I want a phone that fits in my hand. Will have to leave the iPhone world in a few years when the 13 mini dies, but from what I can tell android is just as bad.

There is a lot to fix on mobile phones:

- Batteries that charge fast. Batteries that can support 2-3 days of use. Lighter batteries.

- Thinner camera.

- Better screens outdoor.

- No overheating.

- Better software, or a lower bar: fix the bugs.

- Satellite connectivity.

just few things on the top of my head and things that will interest me and justify a new purchase.

You can see the logical conclusion to this phenomenon with vacuum cleaners. Pointless little buttons and switches that don't do much, labels and fancy names for things that any vacuum can do, and aesthetics that prioritize a futuristic form over function.

> There's not much left to "fix" on mobile phones, and no real important features to add.

I'm happy with my iPhone, but it still has a week or so shorter battery life than even a relatively cheap Nokia phone and with all that available space I know something it could be used for.

3d holographic displays, IR keyboards, powerful local llm (so more powerful), Silent-Speech Interface (SSI), more powerful cameras (better than mirrorless cameras, 3d, multi focal length in one image etc).

Oh, there's a LOT that can be improved.

There is ample room to extend, but it costs money or the designers are in a bubble or they are afraid to innovate. The worst is that they now copied Pixel's ugly island :DDDDD. Oh dear god. At least it doesn’t look like some brutalist artist’s fever dream, just like we've seen it on the Pixel phones.

I predict people will want an ultra-thin phone, even if it’s just for weight reasons.

We’ll see what the sales numbers are like.

> no real important features to add

Niche, but (true) satellite communication. If i understand correctly what we have in the pixel 9/10 is not nearly as useful as having a garmin, never mind the fact that it works basically in europe and US only

the thin phone is supposedly first step toward the iPhold foldable. they will probably slam 2 iphone air sandwiched together for the fold so this is the first step i guess

If you paid any attention to Chinese phone makers, you wouldn't be writing such comments.

It is nice to know that at least some companies are still trying hard to innovate.

Here's my hot take: A small metal loop for tying a wrist strap to.

All other cameras have wrist straps as a safety feature. From flimsy ribbons on the smallest (smartphone-sized) to padded leather on the largest. They were common on feature phones too. But smartphone makers want people to drop their phones, so people would have to buy new ones, I suppose.

You could get a case with a wrist loop, you say? Not on any of Apple's cases, anyway.

iPhone could always use a camera that's not embarrassingly worse than every Samsung and Pixel phone's camera