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[General Topics] RoboDan918:
Your dream phone is not even a year away. I'd say 5 months (next Mobile World Congress or CES Las Vegas)

4.5" screen - easy, and on a lot of phones. Sharp is producing a 5" 1080P panel FYI!

4GB DDR3 - why not DDR4 - they just approved the spec and it uses a lot LESS power

6 core CPU - overkill for now? Lots of quad cores out there handle tasks very well

Long battery - see Droid RAZR MAXX (and its subsequent iterations)

Gorilla Glass 2 - check

Holographic keyboard - not all that useful IMO. You can always get that laser keyboard that connects through bluetooth, but speech recognition and apps like SWYPE are better/faster

Universal charging - see "inductive charging"

16MP camera - newest LG Optimus G has 13MP sensor

:good:
[General Topics] ScusiXDA:
universal more simplified cross compatible

Id like to see a cross -compatibility between all operating systems that is easily done by the end-user. I mean think of the life of the average phone only lasting 2-years, there has to be a quicker way to backup and restore without being a programmer or having to purchase a bunch of extra apps that allow full functionality of devices. it seems like in order to have that you need to either go with apple all the way, google, or now msft to have a full line and ecosystem of hardware that keeps all your software , alot of older users have no idea how to even backup any of these new devices let alone move programs from old devices keeping their data intact. In the case of a lost phone,or a broken device, there has to be a good data backup system that could let the user buy new hardware and keep the software kind of how google does it, and i believe itunes sync. and now msft joining into the cloud consuming based 3-piece lineup of a laptop/tablet-big or small/ and a phone.
[General Topics] s30zgt:
Being a G2 user myself, I wonder what you guys think about the future of hardware buttons and qwerty keyboards in future phones. I know with ICS, Google wanted to minimize the use of hardware buttons but I enjoy the tactile feedback and assurance of hardware buttons.

I sold my One S and using its proceeds to fund my next phone purchase. I am holding out hope that we see a successor G3 or HTC One Z with a slightly bigger screen, better proc and mem, and a decent size battery (1800-2000 mAh?), but its looking more and more like a pipe dream. Its hard to envision my next phone without trackpad wake and a qwerty keyboard.
[General Topics] rubenyai:
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Love this! *-*, one nexus more! in 3-5 years xD
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
My personal dream phone that's reasonable.

5 inch screen, Super AMOLED.

Gorilla Glass

EVO 4G thickness with aluminum brushing.

2GB RAM

13MP back camera, 5MP front.

An OMAP Quad Core A15

Slim 4000+ mAH battery capable of one week standby and 12 hours screen on with LTE, possible for more without LTE.

-Brought to you by Marino's Galaxy Nexus-
[General Topics] itayniv10:
i would like to see the pc and phones connection (:
[General Topics] Turbotab:
Clusterable devices, so if you had a tablet & phone you could combine their processing power into 1 super device, for more intensive computing task :cool:
[General Topics] lys0529:
nice，i like it
[General Topics] hassaan123:
I would like to have a smartphone which can have atleast 3-4 days battery life. Really frustated with the battery life on android phones.
[General Topics] king1990:
will for me LG Optimus G is my dream phone if only the battary capable of one 3-5 with normal use .
[General Topics] shadow99tr:
nokia future cell video in youtube..
[General Topics] lello.it1:
new smartphone

now the galaxy s2, s4 then take the galaxy, or the notes 3
[General Topics] wslimk:
I want a smartphone which is really smart, and when i want it big screen it become big, when i want it easy taken it become small.
[General Topics] AL92:
waiting for GN3!!
[General Topics] Pauloang:
Better battery

I think the main obstacle will be the battery/autonomy of the device.

Maybe solar power or other means of recharging a new super compound battery with much larger capacity. The solar is already used but too expensive and with not much results, efficiency wise.
[General Topics] spencer311:
Well I think using your phone as s universal remote would be sweet! Maybe put a sensor on it so we could do that.
[General Topics] redhot209:
halographic phones@!

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i like the windows one! i looks cool!
[General Topics] dalaeth:
I want a hydrogen fuel cell in my phone. ;)
[General Topics] Williams.Joe:
I think the phone's hardware not upgrade frequently, but the cloud calculate must included, and the UI and apps need be updated.
[General Topics] 5p1k31337:
Hopefully smartphones sometimes replace computers, so we have to pay only one of them :D
[General Topics] _Variable:
The return of the 2.8" screen! :D
[General Topics] takeiteasyy:
The speeeeddd of the SSD :D

Galaxy Nexus Tapatalk
[General Topics] Neil12cross:
I want a flexible phone :D
[General Topics] Card83:
I think moving forward, battery life will be essential. As devices get bigger and more powerful, they use more juice, and will require higher capacity, more efficient power sources.

Aside from that, I have seen some ideas that I would generally consider to be ahead of their time. Two applications that come to mind are Waze and Layar. Social media interaction is here to stay, and both of these applications successfully merge digital interaction with real-world use. I think concepts like these will be further developed, along with "new" concepts such as Google Wallet to further reinforce the idea that a cell phone is not just a cell phone, but an essential facet of everyday life for many.
[General Topics] tdubl:
Better battery life!!!!
[General Topics] aenima73:
My bet is for battery life too
[General Topics] -Grift-:
New type of battery? more efficient cpus and ram
[General Topics] ar4gorn:
I just want more battery life! This week I talked to one of Moozila B2G developers and asked about the battery life on a Galaxy SII, he said that he doesnt have a SII for test(just a prototype phone running B2G) but some months ago a friend of him said that the battery life of B2G on a SII was something about 1 week RUNNING WITH 3G ON. Its so amazing that I really dont believe them yet, or they are lying or 5 months ago the B2G was so poor that he was just a "dumb mobile operational system". I think that next week I`ll try to install B2G on my phone to make some tests.
[General Topics] dyl666:
I can only conclude there's one thing that the phones of the future will have to do... BECOME SMALLER!!!
[General Topics] haitaoh:
Multifunctional and compatible with other devices. Example, plug into your TV then become a desktop (Note 2 type multi-window feather essential :)) . Airport and hotels will have monitor and keyboard for this purpose. Other devices I can think of, projectors, printers, cash registers. Some are already happening ...
[General Topics] xadaya:
future gadgetz are awesome..
[General Topics] b4b4.4l1:
You missed one very interesting concept from Nokia which is Nokia Morph. There's nothing quite like it :eek:
[General Topics] Raizik:
flexible screens, google it samsung working on wrist watch screens you take off and unfold and now you have a tablet. Smart windows these are very cool. Like said previously the future is bright.
[General Topics] RoboDan918:
Samsung has leaked rumors that they're working on a phone with a flexible screen too
[General Topics] jaycomma:
Well obviously Apple is going to dominate the market with anything device-related.;) I just wish they'd make an iDevice with HTC/android capabilities! :/
[General Topics] akshay999:
Well very nice comparission for different budgets :)
[General Topics] edwaldo:
With time smartphones will replace PCs. Even as of now, sophisticated phones are able to perform functions that PCs were the sole devices cable of performing that task. :good:

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Well said mate:D
[General Topics] SuperBonk:
a cellphone that will transport you from the future to the next future
[General Topics] aOneLeggedMan:
same form factor, bigger package

At this point I don't want the phones to get any bigger. Honestly some of the larger tablet phones already feel like i'm carrying a miniature netbook in my pocket. I currently have an HTC One S that feels perfect with its case on. With a dual core @ 1.5ghz I am not running into any performance issues either. If anything i just want to see NFC become more popular in the coming years and more compatibility with other items in the world. Basically I want my phone to become the one thing in my pocket i need. I want to be able to unlock my house, start my car, pay the cashier and anything else one might do with any item they would find in a wallet. Slap some security mechanism on it with a small photo-voltaic panel to power the NFC chip for keyless entry purposes and life is golden.
[General Topics] Erichsource:
Quite honestly, I'd like to see tablets or even phones (like a ubuntu phone) replace my bulky desktop. I 'd love to be able to sit down with a wireless adapter plugged into my monitor and toss whatever i'm working on right up on the screen, with "full" applications like desktop computers, have.
[General Topics] sk8er431:
something like asus transformer but with better flexibility like windows
[General Topics] AaronBronander:
that borderless phone is awesome. Something android with no borders would be great.
[General Topics] rossana31:
The future of mobile phones

The future of mobile phones is an intriguing subject. Mobile telecommunications have come a long way in the last 15 years, can you remember those enormous bricks you used to carry around in your pocket? I certainly do, I remember how primitive some of the earlier models of mobile phones were and how astounded we were by the ability to send an SMS message and phone our friends and family on a mobile device. We then went through a period of mobile phones getting smaller and smaller right up to the point where you could barely hit the correct buttons, the smaller the device you had the more status it gave you. Now we’ve seen an explosion in functionality since the arrival of smartphone technology. We have now reached a point where our mobile phones are more like mini computers than phones. As an owner of an Android device myself I am literally gobsmacked by the sheer number of functions my phone boasts. With companies such as Google, Apple (with the iPhone), HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft and many others developing smarter handsets at a rapidly increasing pace there is just one question to ask
[General Topics] ilie321:
i loved the iphone concept from youtube with holographic screen and keyboard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzsBwnv_dAg
[General Topics] RoboDan918:
That's a fairly old concept. I don't think holographic keyboards are the future. They're uncomfortable!

Better predictive text is likely the answer until brain-chip interfacing gets good enough.
[General Topics] irfanlai:
Android devices with wireless keyboard and plug and play to TV for browsing Web
[General Topics] jimgreat:
I mean, you can already do that through hdmi ports and bluetooth. Unless I'm misunderstanding?
[General Topics] MemoryController:
Yeah they can. I want jarvis instead of gnow and project glass integration :)
[General Topics] MikeyMike01:
I'd like (even) better battery life, and bigger storage. Launching 8GB and 16GB devices should be a thing of the past. Games and things are getting bigger and bigger.

Sent from my iPhone
[General Topics] MemoryController:
Oh and the next arm isa should have an way of switching between arm and x86........ Wishful thinking
[General Topics] _Variable:
They should bring back 2.8 inch screens.

Sent from a 2.8 inch screen
[General Topics] SimbyOS:
Future phone nokia 3310

It is true!!!!!:D
[General Topics] YolCuA:
really 3310? The 6610 is much better :D
[General Topics] xdas3tester:
Haha, sounds like we are missing our old phones kicking the current androids. :))
[General Topics] iamsuperbash:
I want phones in the future to be like a laptop. Seriously. Very easy to carry. :):fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[General Topics] Exclusiveyash:
Though its a conceptual phone, I am very much anticipated for the Nokia Morph , A brief conceptual video is available on Youtube :)
[General Topics] twili9ht:
A completely borderless phone would be nice but the most important feature for me would be better battery life.
[General Topics] dave_k605:
I want phones that can send scent.

Scnt-ms
[General Topics] vltchkr:
Brain-Computer Interface

I see this technology moving forward every year but yet to see a truly streamlined unit. With the age of of 5, 7, and 10" screens, incorporating the visual stimulator and cell phone/tab as one unit should be possible. And under the skin implants are mainstream in body modification, so why not under the skin EEG acquisition units.

Back in early 2000 when Bluetooth first came to market I always had this crazy ideal of implanting the earpiece.

I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on BCI technology, and if this is the wrong forum I apologize in advance.
[General Topics] fco116:
Htc is the better thing.

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Htc One X+, Htc Windows Phone 8S :D
[General Topics] Shawn:
Not really sure, I want something with around 4GB RAM and at least a 2ghz processor. Touchscreen phones obviously aren't going out of style. Better hardware is all we can ask for really, Windows Phone 7, and 8 and Android are all amazing. iOS is the only one I can't stand for a few reasons. Overall I think phones will get better every year for a long time.

Sent from my SII(i777) running AOKP and AoCP Dualbooted :P
[General Topics] francois36boris:
2012 -

Low-End : 1GHz Cortex A8 cpus, with WVGA Screens

Mid-End : Cortex A9 dual core cpus, qHD displays

High-End : Cortex A15 dual cores, some few quad cores mostly HD screens

2013 -

Low-end : Some cheap dual cores, WVGA screens

MID-END : Cortex A15 dual cores, and cortex A9 CPUS qHD screens.

High-end : New generation of dual cores and some quad cores all HD screens, and perhaps some kind of new type of screens.

Sent from my Eee Pad Transformer OG
[General Topics] ImEatingSeeds:
All of this is well and good, but I think there's a definite issue that arises from advancing so quickly in leaps and bounds.

First, has anybody noticed how the nature and pace of mobile device advancement continues to progress telescopically? Where will this lead, and when will it stop? Where do we draw the line, if ever?

Subsequently, the next point would be "how much is too much?" Where do we draw the line? By its fundamental nature, technology is supposed to facilitate efficiency and make life easier -- but I feel like we've been inundated with useless features, bloated software, and the lower-end of the mid-range of technology to keep the consumerist machine moving. These devices and technologies which are supposed to make our lives more efficient and productive are becoming greater and greater distractions.

That being said, I think wearable technology is where we're heading -- and it fits into the modularity model of device and tech in that you can modularize components of existing technologies as attachments and accessories.

Thoughts?
[General Topics] Mister J:
We need a pip boy stat!
[General Topics] RoboDan918:
Wearable electronics have been around/available for some time, but will (IMHO) ulimately be fringe outliers. The cell phone has already accomplished what a "wearable" computer was supposed to do, and the way we carry them everywhere basically makes them an accessory - especially with how great looking the newest designs are.

Windows 8/Android dual-boot is interesting but not inevitable due to licensing issues and Corporate greed. Microsoft doesn't like to share. You'd better believe that there will have to be "Windows 8 Certification" for tablets. Android devices will likely not have them. Sure XDA Devs will get it done, but that's not saying that there will be mainstream adoption in the next 3 years. I wouldn't even give Windows 8 much importance at this point. MS has proven to be very slow to adapt and innovate in today's world.

Depending on how iOS 6 looks it could steal some marketshare back from Android, but by the time that happens Android 4.x and 5.x may be out and will definitely blow 4.0 out of the water.

Fuller integration is the future. Phone into tablet/laptop/car/home (some wirelessly, some with wired connections) is inevitable and already occurring. We shouldn't fear this change nor assume that because it is newer it will create more problems.

Convergence is digital minimalism. I don't own a desktop, mp3 player, gps device, full stereo, discman, walkman, CD collection, tape collection, DVD collection, Blu-ray collection (what a laugh), etc.. Nor do I own the storage furniture (towers, racks, cases, etc.) that would be required for them. Once a suitable Cell/Tablet/Laptop combo is made I will sell my laptop and abandon the platform, and never worry about cross-synching again.
[General Topics] Rastislav.Maskal:
Whole phone integrated into ring :)
[General Topics] Dubsylva:
I think, too, that dual-core is enough, unless you get more peripherals for a phone (like keyboard, mouse, big screen, others)
[General Topics] saratoga2:
Probably not many A15s in phones in 2012 unless you consider something like a Galaxy Note a phone. They're closer to desktop CPUs then phone CPUs in terms of power use, so they'll probably be limited to tablets at first where you have a larger battery.

Its not about having "enough [performance]", its about power savings. If you have more cores you have more ability to spread out load without increasing cpu voltage, and also more ability to scale up performance without compromising idle power (since you can power down cores when idle). In terms of performance, 1 or 2 fast cores is much better, but also much harder to do with good battery life. Going forward we'll probably start see 3-4 application cores on most mid to high end chipsets, although they won't necessarily be identical, symmetric cores. Combinations like 2 fast A9s and one slow A9, or two fast A15s and one A7 for load balancing make a lot of sense if you want good user experience but also long standby power. With fine enough load balancing, even exotic combinations like multiple low power A7s for medium loads and A15s for high loads might make sense.
[General Topics] _Noctis_:
hmm ... already wondering if i should have waited with my sgs2 to get one of those ...

but nah ...i love my phone ... will take some years before plunging back into the market ...

wonder what they'll have by then :)
[General Topics] AtticAtac:
Defo think wearable is the way to go.
[General Topics] malteschulz13:
-I'd like to see batteries that last 2-3 days with heavy usage and screen brightness turned all the way up.

-I'd also like to see bezel-less screens like the HTC Zeta but without the capacitive buttons (I'd rather have software buttons like on the Galaxy Nexus).

-Phones that dock into tablets, laptops, and cars.

-Ability to increase specs, like on a PC.

-Ability to flash different OSes.
[General Topics] gbrewman:
The important thing is maximize efficiency on the chips the are being used now so that the experience is better on the phones. That is why I am looking forward to future omap and exynos processors that will have improved dual cores rather than just adding more cores and complexity to the systems. Right now not all the systems are even optimized for the dual core processors.

Going to a quad core set up just seems unnecessary for phones when they don't need to be doing anything so complex for computing purposes.

Another great things is when Intel gets into the tablet market as a processor and really gets going then we can see some more exciting stuff that tablets will be capable of doing.
[General Topics] saratoga2:
Generally speaking, you maximize efficiency by distributing work across multiple slower cores rather then one or a few fast cores. Having faster individual cores is nice from a performance perspective, but will generally decrease efficiency in terms of work done per unit power because they have to be much more complex. Thats the tradeoff here: higher per core performance, or higher energy efficiency. Adding more cores side steps this problem by improving total performance without compromising efficiency/complexity.

Seems unnecessary in what sense? Actually, why is anything "necessary" for phones? They're just phones, you could keep using your old nokia dumb phone almost forever. More efficient and powerful phones aren't necessary, but they're certainly nice to have even if you're not too interested in them :)
[General Topics] _Noctis_:
what about having a slow core that will run when not much is needed, and a fast core that will run when you need the juice :)

something like the dual video card on new laptops with 2 vid cores ...
[General Topics] insomia:
gesture sensor

i believe a dual sim from major phone companies is a good start.

and maybe a leap from todays phone..how about a motion gesture sensor to navigate our phone. a new way of navigating, swiping, scrolling, zooming, pointing, turning pages, etch from a distance. executing commands will be a breeze with a simple finger movements.

here's my old post in a phone's future feature:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801027
[General Topics] parudthz:
i think the dual core is enough for phone
[General Topics] servase:
The advancements have been incredible, and it's only just begun!
[General Topics] doran1801:
whilst i agree in part with this. I bet 10 years ago we would never have imagined people would have 4gb ram and actually use it is a home pc. Never mind putting chips capable of over 1ghz cpus in a mobile phone

There will always be people that say 'we dont need this' however there are always more who say we do.
[General Topics] coelho_:
yes it's well very wonderful
[General Topics] jasongw:
For all the things the Atrix appears to have gotten wrong, I believe it got the *concept* exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, correct. My expectation is that as we move forward in the world, we'll see the smartphone become the core of each person's computing experience, ultimately itself becoming smallish and thin so it can easily dock into tablet, laptop or desktop form factors according to the user's need.

We already know, for example, that Windows 8 will come in an ARM flavor that dumps legacy code at long last. This version will, without a doubt, be a lean, powerful OS ready to take advantage of all that sexy new hardware. While I don't expect the Phone and Desktop OS's to merge in 8, I do expect that they'll merge by Windows 9, by which point ARM hardware will be into Tegra 5 or 6 level power, with very powerful CPU's and GPU's that can sip power when in basic use, and consume more (but have bigger batteries if not flat out plugin docks) while doing more intensive things such as gaming.

The next 5-10 years will be VERY exciting for smartphones and computing in general :)

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Believe me, 10 years ago we were just giddy as **** that AMD finally gave us the first 1GHZ desktop processor, and if you had 256MB of RAM you were a lucky, lucky bastard :).

There will always be a need for processors capable of doing more. Human intelligence isn't likely to expand dramatically anytime soon, but our need to process and effectively use more data WILL. Therefore, we'll need easy, cheap access to as much computing power and capability as possible in order to make that happen.

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Tegra 3 has this, only with 4 fast cores and 1 slow core :)