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at the end of last year I filmed a video about predictions for a ton of companies Apple included and I was pretty close you didn't see that video will link it up here and down below but I am bringing my six cents back to give you five predictions for 2017 for Apple and I left off the low-hanging fruit here things like we'll see SPAC upgrades we'll see new iPads the iPhone is included in the list but for a very special reason let's get let's get mind-bending first we're not going to have an iPhone 7s 2017 we're going to March the ten-year anniversary of the very first iPhone think we're gonna skip the s and jump right to the 8th these are going to usher in three different models see the traditional upgrade cycle we've seen for the 4.7 inch 5.5 inch but the big change is that third phone while we don't with the screen size are going to be we due to the technology in that screen is going to be OLED and the back is going to be covered with glass as of course the front is going to be as well edge to edge display on this phone which means we're not going to have an touch ID button anymore it's gonna be integrated right into the display itself as will the front-facing camera and another big addition we could expect at the iPhone 8 finally wireless charging Thank You Apple for giving us wireless charging it's been it's been way way too long number four Apple's going to play the Grim Reaper and kill two of their products MacBook Air and I hate to say it folks the iPod line Nostalgia be damned nostalgia is not going to pay the bills time for those two to go the way of the dodo I thought the MacBook Air Lines gonna be dead last year it looks like a lame duck even more now that the MacBook exists and the new MacBook Pros are out we've got last gen display you've got three generations to go design but really horrible looking bezels this thing doesn't fit in Apple's lineup anymore unexpected the MacBook to go a little bit upscale to fill that gap where the MacBook Air used to be and we could just pour one out for the poor iPod ask yourself when the last time you bought an iPod was or one last time you know someone who actually bought an iPod was the only reason I could see anybody buying one nowadays is maybe for their kid but phones have become iPods and the iPod as we know it is done perhaps an email live on another type of product but it's done number three so they might be taken away but new things are coming in the form of accessories Apple wouldn't just release MacBook Pros with the touch bar without some accessories as well we're going to see a brand new wireless keyboard with a touch bar built in that you say Wireless and I'm also gonna go out on even crazier limb and say it's even gonna have a number pad and it's going to be Wireless so that should be nice to have but it should bring nicely sync up with a brand new iMac that we're also going to have in 2017 that's not part of the rumors that's like I was like a bonus new accessories we're also going to touch ID enable things we'll have touch ID navel Magic Mouse and touch ID enabled Magic Trackpad comunit number two a brand new product line for Apple Apple's notorious for seeing new industries seeing new trend stay on the sidelines so they mature and releasing their products this is going to be true with the home speakers we've seen things like the Amazon echo with Alexa Google jump in the fourth Google home Apple is going to be jumping into this battle feet-first with I don't know Apple Apple home Siri at home smart Siri Siri now one of those things you'll have a Siri enabled standalone device they could put into your home and the number one prediction that I think maybe folks aren't seeing coming it's a rumor that we saw last year I think we are finally going to see come to fruition iMessage for Android and before you yell at me why would Apple do that it makes no sense why the people are going to switch hear me out just just hear me out Apple has a chance to own messaging not just own messaging on Apple's platform there is iMessage for Android yes people would switch and people have certainly buy less apps for iOS they'd be using different platform but owning messaging would create so much value for the company I think would almost balance it out I mean look at what BlackBerry's did with bbm they spun it off and now with its own valuable platform companies have been trying to get a piece that messaging platforms you can google do it without lo and duo would imagine one app message all of your friends with I think that's what Apple is going to finally do the own messaging they'll perhaps be advertising based inside of the Android version to make up for that lost revenue but I think owning that from top to bottom OS OS give me the first of many times we're gonna see Apple start to play nice with other operating systems so obviously there are a lot more things that could have predicted and things that probably would been way easier to predict but I wanted to keep you guys some little bit exciting so things from OLED phones touch bar enabled keyboards the finally be able to message your friends in blue who are on Android but one prediction for next year that I know is going to come true that you're going to want to save a little bit of cash one of the best ways to do that is on your phone bill and the folks from ping have you covered they have this crazy idea where maybe you shouldn't be paying for the data that you're using starting at like $10 per gigabyte if you don't use it you just don't pay for it if you don't believe me go to TechnoBuffalo tang comm Justin check out how much money you could save and if you decide to sign up you get $25 towards your first device in ting service what are your favorite predictions for 2017 for Apple did I miss one what do you guys think is going to happen leave in the comments down below you have a more prediction videos coming we've got frictions for Google and Android Samsung and ton more if you want to see a particular video though again let us know in the comments and while while you're down there convivial thumbs up we appreciate it till next time I'm John render from TechnoBuffalo I'm gonna see in the future you