[General Topics] phony:
I am looking to upgrade my phone with something just a bit better, but I want to make sure I am upgrading, not losing out on features. So first I need a phone that has all of the same features but more.

I use my phone in lieu of a laptop on trips, as I am often in a situation where carrying a laptop is impractical, and I need something that can be shoved into a pocket at a moments notice.

Here are the features I have currently and I want in my new phone:

1. A Great Phone

This is by far the most important thing. A phone that has loud and clear voice quality, great reception, and picks up voice well. My phone currently I can use in the middle of a loud nightclub underground and still be able to have a conversation and great reception. This rules out the iPhone already.

2. Outlook 2007 Integration (or Outlook 2007 killer software integration)

This includes push email, desktop synced email, contacts with all fields, tasks, calendar and notes. I need them all.

3. Internet friendly

I use the internet constantly on my phone, browsing all day. I use Opera Mobile software, and it works great, even with tabs! Wether it is GPRS, EDGE or 3G, I can connectification.

4. Multimedia friendly

Windows media player converts and copies all the videos and music I want automatically and provides many great options for shuffling the music on the player automagically. I also use TCPMP for divx and youtube videos and the like with no problems.

5. Bluetooth A2DP

I swear by my stereo headset. I have no used a wired one in so long. Listening to music, wathcing videos and having phone conversations is so much easier with A2DP. This rules out the iPhone again.

6. Large capacity/storage cards

Currently 8GB microsd cards are avaliable for my phone, with a theoretical limit of 32GB.

7. Instant messengers

I use MSN, QQ, Skype and others on my phone. It is nice to be connected.

8. Wifi

for those times when 3g just aint enough.

9. Hardware keyboard

I message a LOT, so I need a device that caters to this. No onscreen keyboard can match the usability of a hardware keyboard (in my and most people's opinion)

10. Pocketable

This has to fit in my pocket easily. PReferably a suit inside pocket. My current phone is about 14mm thick and about 3.5 inches diagonal... smaller than many less functional phones.

11. Chinese/Asian language input

Perhaps this is just for me, but it an essential for me to be able to communicate in Chinese.

12. All the little things

All the little things that make the user experience better

- threaded sms

- autocomplete names, emails, numbers

- predictive phrases (not only words, the phone predicts sentence patterns as well)

- calling card support (adding prefixes, dialing predetermined numbers automatically)

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Things I want in my NEW phone that my current phone lacks:

1. Speed

My phone slows to a crawl when I am doing too many things at the same time.

2. Bigger screen (3 inch+)

Watching videos on a 2.8 inch screen is fine, albeit too small. My eyes get tired after a while. Extra screen real estate would be better for surfiung the web as well.

3. GPS

Google maps is functional, but can only now give me a location based on my nearest cell. true GPS location finding would be a huge advantage, as I am often searching for locations.

So after all that, does anyone have any sugesstions on the perfect phone?