Four Things I Want To See From Apple by 2030.
IP Over Peer-to-Peer Mesh Networking.
With Sidewalk, Amazon has leveraged its base of networked devices to create a version of the kind of internet mesh I'd like to see, but if any company is well positioned to create a wide scale mesh network for internet use on personal devices, it’s Apple, and they should if they care about privacy and protecting consumers from government censorship.
A Foldable M1 iPad Mini.
Really the specifics here aren’t the most important, but I want an iPad that can fold to the size of a large iPhone (roughly pocketable, or sized for a small purse) but also support something like stage manager on an external display. Modular computing is already part of the promise of the iPad, and laptops have been doing something like it for years, but this would take it to the next step.
Headphones for Video.
This was something Steve Jobs said in allusion to the forthcoming iPhone, but it encapsulates exactly what an AR/VR device needs to be. Something lightweight and easy to bring with you, but fully immersive when in use, with no compromise compared to live music or expensive speakers. In this case, no compromise compared to excellent screens or the fidelity of the real world. It needs to be as elegant as a pair of glasses. Key use cases would be as a substitute for screens and to overlay digital information on the real world.
Mobility as a Service.
The promise of autonomous driving is on-demand last-mile transportation, not owning a car without a steering wheel. Rather than selling a car to consumers, Apple should integrate ride-hailing for autonomous vehicles into Apple Maps. This could integrate with electric bike networks and public transportation routing.