> IR temperature sensor for checking your body temperature or stuff you baking in the oven

> tiny thermal camera sensor for inspecting leaks in house for the winter

So just a thermometer gun? It costs like $20-30 on amazon and I've never needed one other than in my home / kitchen. Why in the world do you want a phone for this haha.

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On that topic, I would have liked a new AirPods Pro to be able to monitor my body temperature through my ears, while I'm working out.

It would be nice to have constant monitoring against a baseline as well, to alert people when a fever might be breaking out.

If they are producing and selling it on amazon means someone buying it even if you don't need it. Body temperature check definitely would be handy. Those sensors definitely don't cost $20-30. I had CC1350 SensorTag and it already had that for retail price also around ~$35 (but altogether with 10 different sensors inside and that bought 10 years ago).

They also sell smart outlets, back massagers, and garden sprinklers on Amazon. That doesn't imply people would find them handy in their phone.

I think it'd be an easier pitch in the watch though as that's where they are already shoving most of the health sensors (and have wrist temperature monitoring already).

I read that first part in 2007 Steve Ballmer's voice.

You can also read it in 2015 Tim Cook's 3D touch announcement voice or Zu announcing the ZTE device with a 3D screen in 2017 or whoever at LG announced the wide angle lens, got meh to bad reviews about it, and then it took off afterward anyways.

My point here is I'm not saying it can't ever be something anyone would want because of that rather something selling in another device on Amazon has no weight one way or the other on whether it'd be a good thing to add to a phone.

There's lots of devices that can do all sorts of things, but not needing a separate device was their point

I'd add "10x optical zoom"

Sounds like USB-C iPhones have 'reverse charging' but not wirelessly. Default storage is just a pricepoint thing, IMO.

The big LOL moment for me was when I connected my iPhone to my MacBook and it started charging the laptop from the phone.

I've always wondered how you or it chooses which charges from which!

You might have clicked a notification on either device on accidently and set it the wrong direction.

When you first connect, the power capabilities are negotiated and usually the more powerful device takes on the "source" role while the other gets to be the "sink".

This can be dynamically controlled and switched back and forth so some devices have UI to select what to do.

They could also take a step towards a more conscious engagement with the environment by allowing to replace batteries or other parts. That would win them a very good deal of press nowadays, even if it is not strictly tech-related.

Looks like they are super-uber risk-averse and there is 0% new ideas with these products.

You can get a new battery for your iphone, you just have to pay someone to do it. Costs about 10% of the phone price.

> microsd support

Yes, this is the first thing I look for in a smartphone. Maybe next year, Apple?

WiFi 7 Bluetooth 6 (yes it was just announced but Apple was aware and part of development so they could launch it)