Gaƫtan Mahon
Concerning the battery life it's a little bit like how it works in the car industry... Each generation they manage to make engines more efficient like using 20% less fuel for the same 100% output of the previous generation. What do they do with that gain? Crank the output up to 120% and the fuel consumption back to 100%. Does anyone need a car like that? Barely anyone does...
Brian M
Perhaps the most important change would be to place functionality over style as a priority
How is it that a 2017 phone is now less usable than a 1990 analogue or even a 2000 digital phone in terms of coverage?
Use replaceable batteries - What was wrong with them? Besides giving Apple an have an excuse to slow down older phones or charge extortionate fees fro replacements. Giver phones a longer life, make them greener.
Improve survivability - the first thing a new phone buyer does is a protective case and cover. So what's the point of the styling, design phones for how they will be used.
So forget AI and other features how about a design that actually works for the user!
wilswong
i just feel there are brands that gives a lot of bang for the buck. OnePLUS may be cheap but it.is crippled. Give the other brands some fair airing as well. moto, oppo, xiaomi, huawei. the market has more stuff than these three brands
Sisko
Brian M, nailed it. Bring back the replaceable battery. There have been plenty of times my phone froze up and none of the controls worked. The only way I could get it working again, was to take put the battery and put it in again to reset it, manually. Obviously that is much harder to do with a non replaceable battery.
I like everything else Brian said, also. Especially about phone survivability. When I get a new phone, I always purchase the strongest toughest top of the line, protective case, that Otterbox makes.
Nothing like a smashed phone and shattered display, to ruin a person's day, especially if it's an expensive new phone, they just bought.
Carl246
I've never paid for a smart phone and while the prices are the way they are I never will. Don't get me wrong here, I can afford one, I simply refuse to pay for something that's clearly worth far less than you pay for it. I mean, how can you put a price on a phone for let's say $999 yet you can buy a mega computer for seven hundred. It doesn't make any sense. We all know that if the first iPhone was still the only one you could get your hands on it would cost a hundred bucks by now or even less.
Captain Obvious
I want an open source operating system that I can modify and upgrade, like I do with my PCs (Ubuntu and a couple other Linuxes). CDMA and GSM,dual sims, SD card, headphone jack. I don't care how thick it is, at all.
ArthurGD3
Judging by how the last few years have gone, I wouldn't expect much increase in battery life nor better value for money especially when we're talking about iPhones or flagship Android phones.
I would expect this new trend of sub $1000 price for flagship devices to stick around. After the initial backlash this year about the iPhone/Note 8/Pixel 2, things died down pretty quickly and seems like people adopting these new prices are fine with it being the new norm.
Bruce H. Anderson
A longer-lasting battery may mean a larger battery. In the race to get the slimmest phone something has to give. The plethora of battery-containing cases, backup batteries, and people sitting on airport floors near a plug (thankfully some airports are addressing that) should be a blinding flash of the obvious to the phone manufacturers that a few more millimeters of lithium would be welcome.
JimInWinterPark
1) Battery life... Instead of making a super-thin phone that is scary to try and hang on to, go 30% thicker and put 50% more battery capacity. 2) Support 600MHz 4GHz bands (more of T-Mobile's network will be turned on 1CQ18). This band will make a bigger difference in performance than any processor will... for me in the Mountain West. 3) Keep offering 5" screens... not everyone wants a phablet... 1080p resolution saves money and power. The ppi battle is moot at some point... battery life and cost are more important. 4) The mid-range Snapdragon processors offer more processing power than the flagship processors 3 years ago. They use less power and cost a lot less. Offer those processors on phones with flagship cameras and memory!!! 5) I'd like to see Ultra Power Save features that are more flexible/selectible. I want to choose the high-contrast, ultra low power black and white transreflective screens when I am outdoors... but I want my GPS to keep running when the screen shuts off. I want MAPS and Strava to work when everything else is off... that would give me great battery life when I need it most.... navigating.
Basically... focus on the functions being performed and less on having the best list of specs. Focus on the best real-world performance!
Cynthia Gurin
Here’s a thought... “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. The iPhone (which I seriously used to love) hasn't worked worth squat since users were forced to upgrade to ios10. When ATT gave customers the latest model phone in return for extending their contracts that was fine. Happy to extend and get a new one. But tell me I have to spend twelve hundred just to get a new phone that I neither need nor want and I’ll pass, thanks. These idiots seem to think their core customer base is gamers, so they push bells and whistles. That’s not your base, fellas. Your base wants user friendly reliability and product longevity.