What are you looking for in the-hopefully-upcoming Nokia Lumia 1525/30? I know there are probably threads for this but I'm-quite simply-much too lazy to go looking for it and read through nine pages of various opinions and meaningless arguments just to post something no one will notice.
First off, I hope this phone comes out before the Christmas holidays, as that's when my upgrade comes around and if there isn't a new 15xx series I'll probably go for the HTC One M8 with Windows. If the aforementioned Nokia Lumia meets my expectations, I'll definitely get it.
Obviously, a 6 inch 1080p IPS LCD screen with Nokia's iconic ClearBlack label and beautiful contrast, mature and realistic colors, warm temperatures, fantastic viewing angles, etc. In other words, I'd love for the screen to be improved further but if it's left how it is it's still one of the best screens out there.
The newest Snapdragon Qualcomm chip available. The 808 and 810 just came out, but perhaps asking for a chip not expected to be in a phone until early Spring of 2015 to show up before Christmas is too much. At the very least, this phone needs to surpass the One M8 like it was a still stone.
I'll accept a 20mp PureView camera just like the 1520, but with a better sensor, and a much faster shutter speed, and a quicker focus would be great as well. And a much needed improvement on the panorama mode, but a lot of this is stuff that's software fixes as opposed to hardware.
32gb in-built memory with a microSD slot upgradeable with cards up to 128gb. This also is in the old phone but it's still a necessary feature.
A new design. The corners on the 1520 are just a tad bit too harsh and at any rate with almost a year on the phone a new design or at least a better design is in order. And honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing on-screen software soft keys to replace the physical soft keys, as I've heard only good things-of course, after you originally get used to the difference-and it would allow the screen bezel to shrink and make the phone less cumbersome with the same amazing screen.
Keep the physical two-stage camera button, as it's only useful and with a flagship phone there's no real need to cut back a few cents.
Qi wireless charging. A feature unfortunately missing in most phones, and a useful commodity to many.
A wider variety of bright colors and slim, stylish usage of aluminum or even better magnesium(lighter and stronger) to add structural strength and a noticeable design touch.
Move the headphone jack. On a smaller phone it's most practical in one of the corners but on such a large phone it would probably be better to bring it over a few millimeters towards the center. It's still easy to use in landscape mode to watch videos but won't be as obtrusive.
At least 2gb of RAM, but possibly three. Of course, as of now 3gb of RAM isn't needed but it looks good on paper and it helps future proof the phone.
IR blaster. It's one of the only features that no Nokia to date has and although it's little more than a novelty it's fun and can be useful.
Large batter. The current battery is 3,400 I believe but with a better chip the battery should last even longer. Long battery life is a great selling point and with the obvious efficiency of Windows Phone(just look at the HTC One M8. The exact same phone, except the Android has a 12 hour average battery life and the Windows has 21) will surely help make the battery last even longer.
Touching up on design, although polycarbonate plastic feels premium and looks good, texture isn't great. Improve the feel of the phone, make it less slippery. One of the biggest breaking points of buying such a large phone is picking it up and feeling like it's a little slippery.
Possibly 64-bit. Microsoft has hinted this is the future of Windows Phones anyways, and why not start now? Other phones and tablets have already come out, and it helps future proof the phone.
This is just idle speculation, but I'd love to see a Sapphire Glass display. It's 2.5 times harder than Corning's Gorilla Glass and is practically 'finger-print and scratch proof'.
Of course, fix any and all of the previous hardware malfunctions and problems the 1520 had, make it more reliable. I've seen too many accounts of "My 1520 did this wrong!" and "Why would Nokia give me such piece of crap?"
And this is something a lot of people have suddenly wanted in a Nokia flagship...front facing speakers. I think it would work amazingly on the 15xx series, especially if we make the physical soft keys on-screen. We could add two front facing speakers and barely make the phone taller by removing the entire bezel on the bottom of the screen. Like with the HTC One M8, it's a great selling point.
EDIT: Also nice would be decreased weight. For it's size the 1520 is quite heavy. I'd like to see it be below 200g. At least 200g, the weight of the Note III.
Additionally, a stylus or at least stylus support(that would probably be more practical to sell the stylus separately). A stylus that does not require batteries-a fault of the stylus for the Surface Pro 3-with fantastic accuracy and neat features connected directly to apps like OneNote.
And a measure of water resistant/dust proof certifications. Not to the extent of Sony, maybe, but at least coat the inside of the headphone jack and add a small rubber stopper to the microUSB or coat it as well. Just enough where if you spill a whole cup of water on your phone you won't have to worry. Or if you drop it in the shallow end of a pool and immediately retrieve it it'll be fine.
And of course, I'm hoping that this phone is the first Windows Phone to launch with Windows Phone 9, which will hopefully fix many of the current OS problems.
It's a lot to ask for...and quite a bit of it like the front facing speakers probably won't happen...especially by Christmas. On the other hand...if at least Microsoft told us the details of the 1525/30 by Christmas I might wait just to get it.
Am I missing anything? What else are you looking for in the new 15xx?
First off, I hope this phone comes out before the Christmas holidays, as that's when my upgrade comes around and if there isn't a new 15xx series I'll probably go for the HTC One M8 with Windows. If the aforementioned Nokia Lumia meets my expectations, I'll definitely get it.
Obviously, a 6 inch 1080p IPS LCD screen with Nokia's iconic ClearBlack label and beautiful contrast, mature and realistic colors, warm temperatures, fantastic viewing angles, etc. In other words, I'd love for the screen to be improved further but if it's left how it is it's still one of the best screens out there.
The newest Snapdragon Qualcomm chip available. The 808 and 810 just came out, but perhaps asking for a chip not expected to be in a phone until early Spring of 2015 to show up before Christmas is too much. At the very least, this phone needs to surpass the One M8 like it was a still stone.
I'll accept a 20mp PureView camera just like the 1520, but with a better sensor, and a much faster shutter speed, and a quicker focus would be great as well. And a much needed improvement on the panorama mode, but a lot of this is stuff that's software fixes as opposed to hardware.
32gb in-built memory with a microSD slot upgradeable with cards up to 128gb. This also is in the old phone but it's still a necessary feature.
A new design. The corners on the 1520 are just a tad bit too harsh and at any rate with almost a year on the phone a new design or at least a better design is in order. And honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing on-screen software soft keys to replace the physical soft keys, as I've heard only good things-of course, after you originally get used to the difference-and it would allow the screen bezel to shrink and make the phone less cumbersome with the same amazing screen.
Keep the physical two-stage camera button, as it's only useful and with a flagship phone there's no real need to cut back a few cents.
Qi wireless charging. A feature unfortunately missing in most phones, and a useful commodity to many.
A wider variety of bright colors and slim, stylish usage of aluminum or even better magnesium(lighter and stronger) to add structural strength and a noticeable design touch.
Move the headphone jack. On a smaller phone it's most practical in one of the corners but on such a large phone it would probably be better to bring it over a few millimeters towards the center. It's still easy to use in landscape mode to watch videos but won't be as obtrusive.
At least 2gb of RAM, but possibly three. Of course, as of now 3gb of RAM isn't needed but it looks good on paper and it helps future proof the phone.
IR blaster. It's one of the only features that no Nokia to date has and although it's little more than a novelty it's fun and can be useful.
Large batter. The current battery is 3,400 I believe but with a better chip the battery should last even longer. Long battery life is a great selling point and with the obvious efficiency of Windows Phone(just look at the HTC One M8. The exact same phone, except the Android has a 12 hour average battery life and the Windows has 21) will surely help make the battery last even longer.
Touching up on design, although polycarbonate plastic feels premium and looks good, texture isn't great. Improve the feel of the phone, make it less slippery. One of the biggest breaking points of buying such a large phone is picking it up and feeling like it's a little slippery.
Possibly 64-bit. Microsoft has hinted this is the future of Windows Phones anyways, and why not start now? Other phones and tablets have already come out, and it helps future proof the phone.
This is just idle speculation, but I'd love to see a Sapphire Glass display. It's 2.5 times harder than Corning's Gorilla Glass and is practically 'finger-print and scratch proof'.
Of course, fix any and all of the previous hardware malfunctions and problems the 1520 had, make it more reliable. I've seen too many accounts of "My 1520 did this wrong!" and "Why would Nokia give me such piece of crap?"
And this is something a lot of people have suddenly wanted in a Nokia flagship...front facing speakers. I think it would work amazingly on the 15xx series, especially if we make the physical soft keys on-screen. We could add two front facing speakers and barely make the phone taller by removing the entire bezel on the bottom of the screen. Like with the HTC One M8, it's a great selling point.
EDIT: Also nice would be decreased weight. For it's size the 1520 is quite heavy. I'd like to see it be below 200g. At least 200g, the weight of the Note III.
Additionally, a stylus or at least stylus support(that would probably be more practical to sell the stylus separately). A stylus that does not require batteries-a fault of the stylus for the Surface Pro 3-with fantastic accuracy and neat features connected directly to apps like OneNote.
And a measure of water resistant/dust proof certifications. Not to the extent of Sony, maybe, but at least coat the inside of the headphone jack and add a small rubber stopper to the microUSB or coat it as well. Just enough where if you spill a whole cup of water on your phone you won't have to worry. Or if you drop it in the shallow end of a pool and immediately retrieve it it'll be fine.
And of course, I'm hoping that this phone is the first Windows Phone to launch with Windows Phone 9, which will hopefully fix many of the current OS problems.
It's a lot to ask for...and quite a bit of it like the front facing speakers probably won't happen...especially by Christmas. On the other hand...if at least Microsoft told us the details of the 1525/30 by Christmas I might wait just to get it.
Am I missing anything? What else are you looking for in the new 15xx?
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