The Best Smartphone Ever: What is Your Dream Phone

[averagejoe72]

Here is my dream phone:

1. Big but not huge (no more than 5.7 inches)
2. Metal and Glass where possible
3. 1080 x 1920 pixels max
4. Replaceable Battery
5. Dedicated microSD Slot
6. Fast CPU and lots of memory
7. "Samsung Style" dedicated physical buttons
8. Stock Android (No Touch Wiz or extra GUI)
9. No bloatware

Here is the most important point: I want the fastest CPU I can have, but not a resource hungry display. I hate how phones get faster processing power, but then that power gets used up by more demanding displays, and a bunch of bloatware.

I want a superfast phone that looks "good enough".

Also I hate batteries that you can't remove, and no microSD slots. That is total nonsense.

What is your Dream Phone?

 

[Rukbat]

Pretty much the same, but ...

3GB of memory (RAM) is enough for a while, but I'd like lots of storage.

I don't care what launcher a phone comes with, if it's mine it gets Nova.

Since I normally run rooted, bloatware isn't much of a problem. (I'm a software junkie, and I still have loads of free space on a Note 3.)

I would like either an S-Pen or someplace to store a stylus.

Everything else you want, I want. Non-replaceable battery, no SD slot, not for me.

The Project Ara phone would be nice - if they ever made one.

 

[anon(9072051)]

For me:

Big but not huge (no more than 5.7 inches) -- Bigger but not huge, 5.7" to 6"
Metal and Glass where possible -- Eco-friendly would be a nice change, but I'm over metal & glass (especially "all" glass)
1080 x 1920 pixels max -- QHD (2,560x1,440) or nothin' --Samsung-style Super AMOLED (or better) preferred
Replaceable Battery -- OK, but not a deal breaker if the battery lasts a full day for me
Dedicated microSD Slot -- OK, but not a deal breaker
Fast CPU and lots of memory -- Sure. Whatever current flagship level is.
"Samsung Style" dedicated physical buttons -- Onscreen only, pliz
Stock Android (No Touch Wiz or extra GUI) -- Sure, but I also go Nova, so...
No bloatware -- For sure and unlocked is even better

Also add:
1. punchy front-firing speakers
2. really excellent radios that catch and hold on to any usable signal
3. all-around good audio set-up (DAC, microphones, speakerphone, earpiece, whatever it takes)
4. a decent (6P-level) camera

So we're looking at something like an updated Nexus 6 or an updated HTC One Max. Build it and I will come buy it.

 

[ateamlawn]

Ok let's just start with the Note 7 and come up with some type of Gorilla Glass that won't break so I can rock it naked. Also it would also not be so slippery. While we're at it I would like the biggest screen I have could possibly hold with one hand, which would be a 6 in. bezelless curved edge 4K display. Oh return my IR blaster. I can live without a removable battery as long as I have fast and fast wireless charging. And as long as we're talking dreams give me a projector on top with loud speakers. That's about it on the hardware side. Software I'd like it to do everything imaginable including read my mind.

 

[mohit9206]

Dream Phone 2016
4.7 inch 1280*720 AMOLED display
Snapdragon 625/Adreno 510
4gb ram /64gb rom
75% screen to body ratio
4000 mah battery with fast charge
Expandable memory and dual sim slots
Waterproof, dust proof and shatter proof
Stock Android Nougat
The thing is such a phone could be easily made and sold today for $300-350 and still make a profit from each unit sold.

 

[Mooncatt]

These threads are always fun to read because everything is so subjective. So how about this:

One that works without lag and built truly durable. I don't mean using gimmicky terms like being designed to military drop specs. I mean show us real torture tests. Make the USB ports and cables last the life of the phone. Heck, go back to proprietary power systems for all I care, those cables never wore out! Give them more strength, even if it means being thicker/heavier, so we don't have to worry about them being bent over time. Stuff like that. Design the phone for the long term, not something to be thrown away after a year or two because some other piece of eye candy came out.

 

[Morty2264]

I will be in the minority here, but...

- a BlackBerry running a dual software of BB OS and Android; having the option to use Android or BlackBerry themes or UI (ie, can turn the Hub off and on; or use the drop down notification tray)
- 5.5" with a slide out physical keyboard (the screen itself is 5.5")
- removable battery
- a camera on par with Samsung
- access to Play Store
- BB security updates on par with the PRIV
- comes in an array of colours: black, white, blue, purple, pink

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Bring back the track pad that the droid incredible had.

Physical switch to override volume vs vibrate like the iPhone has and the Treo line had.

 

[tadpoles]

Make me something like the LG V20.

 

[MikeyBugs95]

Hm... My dream Android...
~5.5in - 5.7in screen
~6gb of RAM or higher
~Octa-core
-4 @ 2.2 GHz or higher
-4 @ higher than 2 GHz
(preferably all 8 clocked at 2.2 GHz
or higher)
~Snapdragon 821 or better (or whichever processor is better, I'm not too familiar with processors)
~Adreno 530
~128gb of user memory
~3500 mAh Removable battery
~SD card slot to support up to 2Tb
~Shock and dust proof
~MIL-STD-821 (is it 821 or some other number?) certified
~Some level of water resistance
~Stock Android 7.0
~QHD 1440x2560 IPS display
~Second screen
~Fingerprint scanner/power button on back
~Aluminum sides and silicone/rubber coated removable back
~Obviously Corning Gorilla Glass 4
~Dual rear cameras with a sturdy, shatter resistant glass covering or sapphire
-18mp main 135°
-12mp wide angle
~12mp front
~USB-C
~Quad-DAC audio with 2, TWO (YOU HEAR ME LG??), speakers or at least 1 bottom speaker and a front facing audio speaker

~2 versions with the same specs: a thinner full touchscreen version and a thicker version with a physical slide-down 5 row QWERTY keyboard.

 

[azdenn]

I'd really really like Nokia to begin producing their gorgeous recent giant phones again, but running Android...

Or to buy out the rights to update Palm OS... I really loved the Palm Pre line, but with a bit bigger screen & way better battery life...

 

[Mooncatt]

Removable integrated battery
AMOLED based LCD screen
Non-removable external micro sd
Processor from the year 2030
DSLR camera
Radio capable of picking up the Voyager satellite
Stereo speakers embedded right into my skull

There, did I cover everyone?

 

[MikeyBugs95]

...
Stereo speakers embedded right into my skull...

Careful what you wish for

 

[shaleem]

For me..... a Note 7, or whatever it will be called, that doesn't catch fire. I really felt that the Note 7 was a superior phone.

 

[ateamlawn]

Well I'm replying to you on that right now. It's called a Note 7. Nothing's wrong with the phone except Google tried to sabotage it. Mine still charges to 100% and everything works just fine including Samsung Pay.