2015 was a huge year for Apple , and you know all eyes will be on the fellowship in the year to add up . Will the Apple video make a strong viewing this holiday time of year ? Will the iPad Pro be enough to reverse the iPad line ’s recent sales slump ? Will the so ring Apple Car continue a secret ? We take our good hypothesis at Apple ’s destiny for the next 12 months .
Apple Car
We thinkthe Apple Car will stay a clandestine — an official enigma , anyway — throughout 2016 . Tim Cook will stay mum , Phil Schiller wo n’t spill ‘ er , Jony I ve wo n’t ask round any reporter to his stealth Apple Car lair . Rumorswon’t arrest , based on clues from outside Cupertino , perhaps another society or a governor or examination adeptness will let a nugget of information at large here and there . But we ca n’t get the whole moving picture from tiny titbit , and we do n’t have a bun in the oven Apple to glisten a light on the Apple Car project this year .
USB-C
The Port That Would predominate Them Allmight not savour a awfully long sovereignty . In 2015 , Intel announcedThunderbolt 3uses the same connection as USB - C , and Apple has put Thunderbolt in every Mac for a while now — well , except that new 12 - in MacBook that only has USB - C. Will the next model get two Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of two USB - C ? This likely depends on timing , but we cerebrate there ’s a good fortune .
Intel ’s upcoming Thunderbolt 3 will support the USB - C connectedness .
Mac Pro
Speaking of Thunderbolt , what aboutthe wastebasket ? Since its debut two yr ago , Apple has not updated the cylindrical Mac Pro . We think 2016 could be the class ? Intel bring out Thunderbolt 3 in 2015 , and with its port compatibility with USB - C , the Mac Pro could undergo a major revision : It could be not only the first Apple computer that corroborate Thunderbolt 3 , but also Apple ’s first Intel computer without ports solely dedicated to USB . That would also mean Apple would have to usher in yet about adapter , the Thunderbolt 3 to USB character - A connector transcriber . But who does n’t roll in the hay a good Apple adapter ?
iPhone 7
Since2015 was an “ S year,”2016 ’s iPhone should see a redesign case ( if the radiation pattern bear , anyway ) , and a big marketing percentage point or two that would compel as many upgrades as potential . Apple ’s been charge of“not innovating enough”when it comes to the iPhone specially , but the fellowship take the wiser attack of tweaking what works about the iPhone rather than just pass everything .
Selfies with Tim , let in with every iPhone leverage !
We recall the iPhone 7 will have further refinements that work on some pain in the neck point — tuner charging , haptic feedback for the software package keyboard , and perhaps a tv camera that shoots 3D video . Waterproofwould be a dainty touch , along with good battery life , even ifit ca n’t be the thinnest phone ever . And this is less probable , but following the movement of the iPad Pro and self-coloured - atomic number 79 Apple Watch Edition , Apple could sell an ultra - high - closing example for the iPhone owner who has everything , upgraded with tangible gold accents and a fancy OLED screen .
iPhone 6c
On the lower end , we believe the rumor that Apple will bring out a 4 - column inch iPhone this spring , which has been referred to in the press as theiPhone 6c . Without 3D Touch or the top - mountain pass tv camera of the flagship iPhones , the iPhone 6c would still make a plash with a dark metallic element subject , Touch ID ( got ta get more hoi polloi using Apple Pay , after all ) , and the sport pocket - friendly sizepeople have been need forsince the iPhone 5s . Small , medium , and large are the pattern for a understanding , and Apple ’s freehanded phones have n’t charm everyone ’s hearts , so this is a rumor we conceive in .
iPad
The iPad has been engage in a normal : Apple brush up it , everyone saysthey love the new model , butsales keep err . We think the iPad Pro will make a noticeable impact on iPad sales , even if it does n’t entirely revoke the coast . ( What ’s the end of a quarter without hearing Tim Cook explain the cannibal issue once more , and profess thathe ’s still bullish on iPadas a whole ? ) In 2015 we saw the elaboration of Apple and IBM ’s button to make iPad apps for specific work single-valued function , but corporal IT departments do n’t turn on a dime , so 2016 could be the class the clipboard - to - iPad conversion start to really speed . In 2015 we got a new iPad mini but not a raw iPad Air , and we think Apple might stagger those two mannikin , since the climb cycle is much longer for an iPad than for an iPhone — hopefully the iPad Air 3 will have a loyal processor,3D Touch ( despite hearsay to the reverse ) , and support for the lovely yet baffling Apple Pencil .
We hope the iPad Pro aid the iPad sale slump — and that Pencil funding trickle down to more good example .
Apple Music
Apple Watch
The late rumour on the Apple Watch indicate that Apple is prepping a young model , not just adding smart bands that collect more wellness data point without requiring users to upgrade their entire watch . We definitely think that a second - propagation Apple Watch will be released in 2016 , just because the first multiplication is still a little thick and a lot sluggish for an Apple Cartesian product , even prevail watchOS 2 . Giving theApple Watch 2a front - face up camera for FaceTime and other video chat , as well as a Wi - Fi microchip that can jump onto a connection without first connecting to an iPhone will appeal to consumers as well as developers . Andthe smartwatch marketis too new and growing too quickly for Apple to sit out an entire year of possible onward motion .
The Apple Watch is n’t close to perfect , so it ’s sentence to iterate .
Apple TV
We hadhigh hopesfor Apple ’s rumor streaming overhaul in 2015 , but it did n’t get off the ground , and might really bedead in the water , at least for now . In 2016 , Apple could make a heavy move like acquiring an be service such asSling video , or perhaps deepen the approach path another way . Maybe Apple could make deal with the cable companies to let Apple television receiver users grease one’s palms their means into the model that already exists : cable television ratifier logins . Somecable companiesalready rent youbundle , say , HBO Go and broadband Internet , throw overboard the rest of the traditional television receiver package . That ’s all we need — just let us pay a monthly fee for a login that work across all the apps and television channel that support cable - reader logins , without needing a cable boxwood or traditional service . Please ?
