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How the iPhone 5 isn’t just about the phone

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 · 10:31 am · 31 Comments

“The iPhone 4S maintains the Apple tradition of hitting the consumer satisfaction sweet spot, despite which iPhone 5 speculation continues to whirl,” Jonny Evans writes fro Computerworld. “Here’s five future-focused features I’d like to see inside the next Apple smartphone. Oh, and the future of mobile isn’t just about phones, it’s about homes. Be ready.”

• A faster quad-core processor
• Wireless charging
• LTE and NFC support
• Better security
• Serious Siri: “Siri will hurt Google’s search dominance and will change the way we interact with all our objects, not just our iPhone. If the system takes off, then it isn’t too hard to imagine Apple producing connected domestic devices controlled — even remotely — by your voice,” Evans writes. “Home lighting systems, washing machines, even your coffee pot all seem likely recipients of this kind of solution. Indeed, I’m hearing of some early examples of products of this kind at CES 2012.”

Much more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]

Categories: Opinion

Tags: iphone, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, LTE, NFC, Siri, wireless charging

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31 Comments

CavemanJohn

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:46 am · Reply

IMHO, we’ll have jumped the shark if we start talking to coffeemakers.
- chew
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:02 am · Reply
  
  While I don`t see Apple making coffee makers, washing machines and the like, licensing Siri to manufacturers of these products could be a possibility.
- ecrabb
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:16 am · Reply
  
  I disagree completely. The user interface we all use to control even mundane devices like coffeemakers is so antiquated. Seriously…
  
  Let’s see, the pot takes 15 minutes to brew, and I want a hot cup when I leave at 7:30… So, I need to set the brewing to start at 7:15 to be ready at 7:30. Press “set time” click the “hour” button a few times… Oops, missed 7 by one, press “hour” 11 more times to get back to seven… Press the minute button a few times to get to 15… Oops, missed 15.. Press “minute” a few more times.
  
  Instead, I could just say, “Siri, have my coffee ready at 7:30″. Done. That’s not jumping the shark; that’s making stuff awesomely futuristic.
  
  Remember rotary-dial phones? It’s like we’re still all using that to control everything. Even setting an alarm on my iPhone feels like an antique since I started using Siri on my wife’s 4s. “Siri, wake me up at 7am tomorrow morning. Done.
  - Tom
    
    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:57 am · Reply
    
    Keurig’s take about two minutes to make coffee. I don’t drink coffee but my wife does and LOVES that thing like I love my iPhone.
  - DaSeuss
    
    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:42 pm · Reply
    
    I don’t see the point. My coffee brews at the same time everyday. I program it once and all I need to do is push one button. Siri woudl be nice if I needed to control something remotely, but coffee is something you need to mange in person. You have to add your coffee grounds and filter to the pot and add water. Siri adds nothing to this process. When I’m done adding coffee and water I push a button and walk away. Voice Recognition and intelligence would add cost to my coffee maker that is simply not needed. Knock yourself out with you voice enabled coffee maker.
  - qka
    
    Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 4:54 pm · Reply
    
    When Siri can load the coffee maker, and dispose of the grounds afterwards, then they’ll have something.
- Tony
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:19 am · Reply
  
  Ya but how cool would this be:
  
  06:30 – iPhone alarm sounds
  06:50 – stop ignoring alarm and wake up
  06:51 – ask Siri to make me a coffee
  06:53 – Perfect espresso waiting for me in the kitchen (mileage of course may vary depending on machine)
- Mac Marc
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:18 pm · Reply
  
  Agreed. That’s why I ALWAYS give my barista the cold shoulder.
- Chief O'Brien
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 2:20 pm · Reply
  
  “Siri: coffee, Jamaican blend, double strong, double sweet.”
  (Apple replicator hums.)
  “Siri: locate Commander Worf…”
- janeshepard
  
  Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 1:09 am · Reply
  
  Siri: coffee, tea, or me?
  - 2ndmate
    
    Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 1:16 am · Reply
    
    Thee. Be the only way t’ fly.
Chinaman

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:55 am · Reply

I believe !!
Shane

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:58 am · Reply

Idont think that they will have wireless charging yet unfortuntely
- blaargh
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:08 am · Reply
  
  They already exist – it’s just a matter of when apple has a solution they like enough to put it into consumer’s hands. Just googled this company, but I’m sure there are a lot more I remember reading about:
  http://powermat.com/
- Marc in Chicago
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:29 pm · Reply
  
  I wonder about the environmental impact of wireless charging considering that an added power medium, charging coils, may require extra energy to deliver the same amount of charge to a device (relative to wired charging).
  
  The world doesn’t need millions of iPhone 5′s that use more energy.
- Joe
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 1:59 pm · Reply
  
  my palm pre had wireless charging.
Manbearpig

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:13 am · Reply

Wait, a speculative article that doesn’t include garbage about the screen needing to be a half inch bigger? I’m so confused!
- dinjin201
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:42 pm · Reply
  
  Someone finally realized that it was stupidity.
dddd

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:01 pm · Reply

we already have timers on our coffee machines and home automation systems that we don’t use – like I said before the launch of the iPhone – it’s not a phone – it’s the GUI for the future.
jonny E

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:32 pm · Reply

Hmm: Perhaps coffee makers was a stretch, but one poster above said it when they said: “We have home automation systems we don’t use.’ Surely then there’s a big opportunity for a home automation system we did use?
In any case, it doesn’t matter if the specific ideas happen, what will happen will be in that direction. Or something like that direction. IMHO.
AlfieJr

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:53 pm · Reply

please fix the link, MDN. goes to the wrong article.
- cococanuck
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 1:19 pm · Reply
  
  Yeah, wrong article. But very interesting!
TheConfuzed1

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 1:20 pm · Reply

Why are LTE and NFC lumped together?

Just because they’re both acronyms doesn’t mean they have anything to do with each other!
j.eric

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 2:12 pm · Reply

Completely off topic.

One used to be able to e-mail directly to Steve Jobs. Is it possible to e-mail Tim Cook, Johny Ive or Phil Schiller? If yes, where would I get their e-mail addresses? Thanks in advance.
Kramer

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 3:53 pm · Reply

So, when is the projected release time frame for the iPhone 5? I’ve been contemplating retiring my blackberry curve (it’s a 8330, probably 5 year old tech) and picking up an iPhone, especially after somebody at an ATT store showed me that it will format a news article to fit the screen like my Blackberry does. I’d like to get the 4s but if the 5 is coming out in the near future, I’d wait.
- TheConfuzed1
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 4:15 pm · Reply
  
  No one can day for certain, but I would guess Octoberish. 
  
  My iPhone 4 is under contract until March.
  
  I’ve decided to wait for whatever is next, so I hope it isn’t long!
DeRS

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 6:12 pm · Reply

Will media ever stop with this “iPhone 5″ name nonsense? Your train left the station when Apple decided not to name iPhone 4S that way.

iOS 6, A6, iPhone 6. Or iPhone 4S.

Apple never in history named anything by number (not year) which was out of order of actual generation count.
- DeRS
  
  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 6:13 pm · Reply
  
  iOS 6, A6, iPhone 6. Or iPhone 4G.
bkire

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 7:55 pm · Reply

Here we go again, a wish list grows of future Apple products. Some items on the list are in excess, especially in the short term, but dreams may come true in the long term.

People still don’t get it. Just because a technology should be added to a product, doesn’t mean that it should, especially if it’s a the cost of user experience. Apple will not add features where it will cause problems in other areas. So drop that and don’t get your expectations TOO high.

Rest assured, Apple will continue to make great products in the years ahead. If your requested features don’t come in the next product, then they will come on the next or later. Be patient!

iPhone released in 2007 is more than just a phone, it’s like a mini or pocket computer in your hand, complete with Mac OS X under the hood. So this “more than just a phone” comment is not news.

An then there’s the bloody Wall Street, who, for some reason, seem to like to predict higher future Apple earnings in an upcoming quarter, than even Apple’s own outlook. Then, when Apple releases actual results better than Apple’s own outlook, but under Wall Streets forecast, it’s bad news and down goes the stock price. What a joke.
AlfieJr

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 11:52 am · Reply

the link never got fixed.

bad MDN. no treats for you tonight.
mini helicopter

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