The perfect smartphone?

[asim1999]

Just watched MKBHD's video on the "perfrect" smartphone, and i agree that every phone has a critical flaw. So if you could design the "perfect phone", what would its specs be?

For me, i have an idea for the perfect phone for gaming:

5 inch 720p screen (max performance and battery life)

4GB RAM

Snapdragon 820 (with a 720p screen it will be future-proof)

dual JBL front stereo speakers

Stock Android Marshmallow

128GB storage and MicroSD

23MP rear Exmor RS camera with front 13MP camera (both 4K capable)

3700mAh battery

water and dustproof

$450 price tag

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

S6 

 

Maybe not the battery part...

 

ZTE Axion?

[TomvanWijnen]

The OnePlus One without the touchscreen problems on Android 4.4.4 with Cyanogenmod, and a GPS chip that doesn't suck. This would be perfect for me

[nanowatt]

I like my M7 a lot and the only thing i would change about it is storage expansion and rear camera.Beside those for me at least is the perfect phone

[Minzo]

4" 1080p (I have fairly large hands, want a small phone anyways)
At least 3000Mah battery
Snapdragon 810 (less thermal throttling IIRC)
Don't care about sound or camera
FM reciever
IR (for TV controll)
At least 16 GB storage

That's about it I think.


If this phone exist, please tell me.

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

4" 1080p (I have fairly large hands, want a small phone anyways)

At least 3000Mah battery

Snapdragon 810 (less thermal throttling IIRC)

Don't care about sound or camera

FM reciever

IR (for TV controll)

At least 16 GB storage

That's about it I think.

If this phone exist, please tell me.

galaxy S6 active has a 1440p screen 32 gb of storage ir Exyonos 700 cpu which is better then 810 but does not throttle as much.

[Minzo]

galaxy S6 active has a 1440p screen 32 gb of storage ir Exyonos 700 cpu which is better then 810 but does not throttle as much.

 

And a hefty price tag. I don't use my phone so much that I can justify that. It's a bit large too.

[sms1202]

To me the perfect phone would be the HTC ONE M8 with a 4K camera. a Huge battery life, Xperia Z series type water resistance, a good CPU with low temps and high speeds, ps3 level gaming ability, fingerprint scanner, Android with iOS level simplicity and PC level customization, all topped with a whopping price tag of $500

(Extra storage would be welcome too)

 

But the following innovations might be something a mid-end smartphone can offer in 2025 I guess

 

I do want HTC to build the phone i specified above though

[Pikkis]

Design of an iPhone 5s (I really like the simplistic look of it.) Insane CPU. Long battery life. 4k screen and high quality camera that can shoot at 4k. 128gb storage. You could switch between iOS and Android. And a price tag of 100$ lmao

[Glenwing]

100mm (4.0") 1600x1000 (16:10) LG (Non-Samsung) OLED display, at least 2.5mm thick bezels

8mm thick, flat back, removable back cover with removable battery

Solid build with high grade non-metal casing (Carbon fiber reinforced polymer preferably)

 

Dual front-facing speakers

Physical home/back buttons with fingerprint scanner and capacitive sensors (so owner can use them as capacitive buttons if they prefer, or just disable entirely and use software buttons)

720p+ front camera

10Mpx+ rear camera with OIS, strong dual LED flash, and 1080p 60fps / 720p 240fps video capture

Camera software that allows selection of camera resolution

 

Some dual-core 14nm chip

2GB DDR4

128GB storage, or 32GB + MicroSDXC slot

 

Dual headphone jacks (top and bottom right)

Dual USB 3.0 Type C ports (top and bottom center)

Top left top power button

Top left side volume rocker

 

Wireless charging

NFC

IEEE 802.11ac

 

Over 9000 Wh battery

 

Bonus points for waterproofing without covering up ports. Somehow.