What's your DREAM Windows Phone look like?

[nhg16]

It's invisible.
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[cheetahwig1]

What does your DREAM Windows Phone look like?

My Dream Windows Surface Mobile/XPhone 3-in-1 device:

• ARM or Intel CPU that runs full Windows
• 8 gigs of RAM, 512gb of storage, dedicated GPU for gaming
• Dock for desktop usage that includes multiple USB-C ports, dual HDMI-out, and Ethernet port
• 6" screen that folds out to form a tablet that can use a Surface keyboard
• When folded up, still is only about a half inch thick, but houses 2 3000ma batteries (1 in each half of the mobile device) for 2 full days of usage
• Runs Android apps natively (using a sandboxed version of Android), OR
• Runs iPhone apps natively (using a sandboxed version of iPhone) (one or the other)
• Is backwards compatible with Win8 mobile apps
• Is advertised by MS for 3 years at $1 billion in commercials per year - done by hiring away the iPhone marketing firm rather than the dodos who normally write commercials for MS
• So, is your pocket mobile device, folds out to become your tablet, and docks to become your desktop computer
• Is optimized to play World of Warcraft (Hey! This is MY dream device!)

Comes in under $1000 in price, including dock, keyboard, reg and car charger, and a 6'x8' poster of Ninja Cat riding a unicorn.

Cheetah

 

[Urbautz]

I'd take a refreshed Lumia 820. 4,3", IPS instead of crap AMOLED in Lumia950, and best camera in price range (which i would say is on level of the current iPhone).

 

[Aden Rossinni]

HP Elite is my fav device right now. Also like the Alcatel. Not much to dislike about X3 except no glance and DTTW is crap. Otherwise almost perfect.

 

[Aden Rossinni]

More premium build than the X3?? Sorry, but that doesn't exist.

 

[Aden Rossinni]

Best form factor IMO is the HP X3. Start with that and work on improvements and another model for people that use it more as a phone. I don't use the phone much so love the size. Smaller size could be 5.2 inch with as little bezel as possible but same thickness as current X3. Of course - 6-8GB RAM/ 128 Storage minimum. Must have continuum, glance, DTTW, 4500 battery minimum, same water resistance, fingerprint reader etc. NFC. USB C, Fast charge. That's basically all that could be fine to better the HP, if which is one of the best phones on the market, but a dream phone would be foldable, awesome Surface-like design, and marketed like crazy with the app store injected with a massive boost. Love Windows and Microsoft - best OS, best hardware. Oh, and the camera of the 950 with a partner with Hasselblad and manfrotto!

 

[dod888]

I'd like to add to all above, the ability to take the picture underwater. I want to take a picture half above water and half under water.

 

[JAYESH SHAH1]

I am on 950XL, new phone should be
- water proof
- Still bigger battery & fast recharge
- Min 6 GB RAM
- More Apps
- better sound

 

[wyrdfish]

Like a HTC 7 PRO (AKA Arrive) with a 1020 type camera, brought up to date with specs.
Oh and surface pen.

 

[Ali Akbar 7]

Lumia 830 has a very good Design!!!

 

[Drael646464]

I'd take a refreshed Lumia 820. 4,3", IPS instead of crap AMOLED in Lumia950, and best camera in price range (which i would say is on level of the current iPhone).

why would one want IPS instead of AMOLED?

 

[xandros9]

why would one want IPS instead of AMOLED?

No burn-in (longer life, color accuracy), possibly consistent power usage regardless of what's being displayed.

Many say burn-in isn't an issue but I bought my Priv new late last November and on certain screens you can start to tell that the navigation buttons are burning into the display.

 

[Drael646464]

No burn-in (longer life, color accuracy), possibly consistent power usage regardless of what's being displayed.

Many say burn-in isn't an issue but I bought my Priv new late last November and on certain screens you can start to tell that the navigation buttons are burning into the display.

I find colours and contrast richer on AMOLED. Or I prefer how it looks. Burn, well IDK, haven't owned one long enough to find out. Guess we'll see on that.

Interesting. Because IPS is basically going out of fashion isn't it? I mean in 5 years, will there be any more IPS displays?

 

[sumit raghav1]

What does your DREAM Windows Phone look like? Size, battery life, specs, etc... if you could grab any manufacturer and tell them 'make this', what would you tell them to do??

Phone with small screen with bezel less..and infinity display ....

 

[xandros9]

I find colours and contrast richer on AMOLED. Or I prefer how it looks. Burn, well IDK, haven't owned one long enough to find out. Guess we'll see on that.

Interesting. Because IPS is basically going out of fashion isn't it? I mean in 5 years, will there be any more IPS displays?

Yep, saturated colors and higher contrast are a perk of AMOLED and those deep blacks keep pulling me back to them.

Burn-in is always a "we'll see", like I've seen a Galaxy S II that's doing alright and a BlackBerry Q10 that looked like it has a yellow/homescreen filter applied.

IPS looks to be going away on high-end/midrange smartphones but I can guarantee it'll be a while before it makes inroads on PC's.

 

[vitaliesolomon]

http://media.istockphoto.com/photos/futuristic-transparent-phone-picture-id482499929

something like this will be really cool with the continuum project

 

[Drael646464]

http://media.istockphoto.com/photos/futuristic-transparent-phone-picture-id482499929

something like this will be really cool with the continuum project

15 years minimum before we see transparent devices. They would need 100% graphene components. Maybe 20-25 years even. Plus, zero privacy has always put me off the idea.

 

[Marek Kloczewiak]

I am not so much concerned with the hardware as much as I am concerned with the software. I do not see any improvements in Windows 10 mobile over past editions. Actually, I see the system as a whole getting antiquitated and outdated, plus funny with its constantly changing positions tiles. All I do is to adjust the tile half of my day... What's the point of slapping it on a hardware with 8-core processor, 8 gig of memory, 41 mpixel camera, triple flash, diamond screen, 3-d AR functions, etc, etc? Are we kids playing with Lego or are we serious user who want reliable, well performing computer in our hands?
I am not so much concerned with the hardware as much as I am concerned with the software. I do not see any improvements in Windows 10 mobile over past editions. Actually, I see the system as a whole getting antiquitated and outdated, plus funny with its constantly changing positions tiles. All I do is to adjust the tile half of my day... What's the point of slapping it on a hardware with 8-core processor, 8 gig of memory, 41 mpixel camera, triple flash, diamond screen, 3-d AR functions, etc, etc? Are we kids playing with Lego or are we serious user who want reliable, well performing computer in our hands?
I am not so much concerned with the hardware as much as I am concerned with the software. I do not see any improvements in Windows 10 mobile over past editions. Actually, I see the system as a whole getting antiquitated and outdated, plus funny with its constantly changing positions tiles. All I do is to adjust the tile half of my day... What's the point of slapping it on a hardware with 8-core processor, 8 gig of memory, 41 mpixel camera, triple flash, diamond screen, 3-d AR functions, etc, etc? Are we kids playing with Lego or are we serious user who want reliable, well performing computer in our hands?

 

[Shalin Pather01]

4K display, tons of storage and RAM, user openable back, dual sim, waterproofing, dual cameras with a crazy resolution and studio grade speakers

 

[mc_razza]

I'm thinking about something that directly takes on the Nokia 6 and the Snapdragon 430 crowd:

Lumia 660

• Available in black, white, cyan, orange, green, lime, yellow, and red polycarbonate shells in both glossy and matte variants
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
• 2 or 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage (expandable up to 1TB via MicroSD)
• 5.2-inch 1080p LCD with full CBD and Corning Gorilla Glass 5
• Removable 3000mAh battery
• Micro USB with Qualcomm Quickcharge 3.0
• 16MP f/2.0 PureView rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics, image stabilisation, PDAF and two-tone flash
• 8MP f/2.0 front-facing camera
• Qi wireless charging, NFC, BT 4.1, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
• 399 AUD, 279 EUR, 329 USD, 249 GBP