What features would you want in a "Gaming" Phone

[Venatus]

After watching the twitch stream today, i got to thinking that if a company were to launch a  "Next Generation" gaming phone it would need to bring new features to the market and introduce new innovation rather than just upgraded hardware. 

My thoughts- 
A flat joystick in place of the home button, that can also be used for menu navigation outside of games. 

Trigger bumpers on the corners of the phone that can be enables / disabled depending on your orientation

finger fitter buttons on the back of the device that work for game controls as well as OS functions outside of the game. 
Large Internal/External storage capacity,
Fast Wired/Wireless charging,
A case that adds extra "controller like" feel when gaming for longer sessions as well as adding as an external battery backup. 
Fast screen refresh rate
Multi Antenna wifi card, possibly a way to have a hardwired connection.

What do you think? 

 

[Anghammarad]

This with a bigger screen?

 

[Venatus]

Just now, Anghammarad said:

This with a bigger screen?

 

That is terrible, I'd say destroy it but it's probably bulletproof.

[SCHISCHKA]

just throw LTE onto the Nvidia shield, and a tablet mount on the controller. Keep it the same 8" size but call it a phone.

[KawaiiRaven]

Looks like a normal phone. No buttons or thickness. But, it easily supports an add-on accessory to attach a game controller mod.

Something like the image.

But it would attach on a bezel-less phone on the back with magnets and will be more compact and thinner. Face buttons on the right, a circle pad (or D-pad) on the left, with shoulder buttons.

 

-The attachment would integrate its own battery as well.

-Pro-motion similar display (120hz)

-Support for Nvidia gamestream

-Micro-SD slot

-Native support for Emulation

-Top of the line processor

-1080P or 1440p display

 

 

 

[DrMacintosh]

Apple A11 Bionic (best chip in a phone), A 3DS like controler, large battery, the Metal API and App Store for the best game ports, and finally a large screen that is at least 1080p. 

 

Basically an iPhone 8 Plus with a bluetooth controler  

[WereCat]

I don't want gaming phone but if I wanted one then I would definitely want physical buttons on the side in landscape mode... not sure how it would be implemented but it would have to be easily accessible at all times and not as an accessory like in the post above.

[Venatus]

2 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

just throw LTE onto the Nvidia shield, and a tablet mount on the controller. Keep it the same 8" size but call it a phone.

Do you think LINUS will do a controller mounted LTE/tablet in a video?  

[Anghammarad]

3 minutes ago, GoldfishGaming said:

That is terrible, I'd say destroy it but it's probably bulletproof.

not only bullet proof but one of the things that survives atomic fallout... 

 

If you think about it... they should dam in the meltdowns in Fukushima with nokia walls

 

[Suika]

Nice try, Razer.

[Venatus]

Just now, Anghammarad said:

not only bullet proof but one of the things that survives atomic fallout... 

 

If you think about it... they should dam in the meltdowns in Fukushima with nokia walls

 

sources say that Nokia scored the USA/Mexico Wall contract. 

[Zonther]

If you can display the screen on the TV with low latency and use the phone as a controller. That would be pretty cool.

[Mira Yurizaki]

A sideways opening flip phone.

 

Don't tell me you can't do a high-end flip smartphone: http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/samsung-flip-phone-flagship-specs-3298103

[skywake]

Why not just have a regular smartphone and a proper portable gaming device? The Switch is a thing that exists and is more or less what everyone is putting down in this thread anyways. It's basically the successor to the original NVidia Shield that NVidia never made. The only thing it doesn't have that people in this thread assume it should have is the ability to also be a smartphone. But when you can get a "good enough" smartphone for fairly cheap who cares? Especially when having two devices means playing a couple too many of hours of Skyrim won't mean you're now also without a phone.

[TacoSenpai]

I mean I'm completely fine with my S8+ and Switch.  To be honest as much as I love my phone I find myself playing on the Switch alot more.

[chub7chub]

 

Had this back in the day. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Got rid of it less than six months later... 

[AVLNCH]

For me, these are the things I would like to find in a phone built for gaming:

• Large display (I guess this is preference to the user, but for me I’d like a 5.5” such as the Plus model iPhones) with high pixel density and resolution.
• Huge battery life
• Stereo sound support (built-in speakers)
• Ports at either end of the device (when in landscape) to attach extras such as button pads, joysticks, etc.
• Great storage capacity

I might sound bias but it’s basically an iPhone for me.

[IvanKryvushkin]

For me the best phone for gaming is a :

• 6.3 inch screen with no bezels
  • I mean like non at all
• At the back some sort of a grip for handling with buttons
• A 7000 mAh battery
• I would compromise size for all this.
• A 11 Bionic chip
• Speakers done by something like harmon/kardon
• Runs Android and IOS

[PlayStation 2]

Explain what purpose a gaming phone would serve?

[chub7chub]

13 hours ago, gabrielcarvfer said:

At least the ads were great.

Truthfully, I don't remember any of the ads. All I remember was trying to play a game and having it not load or freeze and of course the terrible version of android on it. Great concept but terrible execution. 

[porina]

On 10/26/2017 at 3:48 PM, Dan Castellaneta said:

Explain what purpose a gaming phone would serve?

I'll say it... gaming. On a phone. It isn't for everyone, but you can't deny it is a huge category in itself.

 

From my perspective, it still has to be a phone, otherwise it would be a stand alone game console. This also limits the maximum size. Gaming phone, not gaming tablet. My requirements would be: more capacity and faster storage. Native storage, not horrible SD cards. Look at how much a 1TB SSD costs. Look at how much phone companies charge you per capacity. There is a lot of room for improvement there! On top of that... more ram, more CPU, more GPU. Like @Erik Sieghart said, screen response is also important, although I haven't played SIF in a long time. Oh yes, fat battery would help. I still don't get the pointless race to provide thin phones. It is simply a lost opportunity in providing adequate features. Personally I don't care about dedicated physical controls, maybe in part as the games I actually play don't support it. They're all touch controlled.

[Zodiark1593]

On 10/26/2017 at 7:48 AM, Dan Castellaneta said:

Explain what purpose a gaming phone would serve?

Considering many modern phones have quite monstrous GPUs nowadays (the usefulness of which could be debated), one could argue that most phones are "gaming" phones.