I'd add a qwerty keyboard and touch screen.
But why not aim for better things? I'm almost sure my next phone will be an UMPC. And I think it's gonna be the only personal computer I'll need. I imagine a dock at home with a hard disk, a keyboard and a big monitor, but the CPU is gonna be my phone. And it's gonna be small enough to carry it around in my pccket and it will have a small qwerty keyboard and touch screen.
Does it sound too difficult? What if Nokia puts a cellphone chip in a future version of the N810?

N82 (or N95) has native flash support?

I don't think I can rely on a future UMPC device like the N810 to do all my computing needs. I have my macbook for that.

@Arthuro. Nope... the flash videos on youtube.com does not play straight from the web browser.

My phone shoudd have everything you mentioned plus: a higher resolution screen like the n80 has, a little wider screen(but not as wide as iphone, that's just gross), no querty keyboard(i hate those things on a phone), with in-built FM antenna, plenty of buttons to control most common functions(camera, music, video, web etc). I am not so crazy about touchscreen. While it may be nice at first, i dont see much use for it on a phone. I can do most stuff on my nokia by barely moving my thumb over the wheel-button. I would have to go crazy with a touch screen for the same stuff.

The phone should be faster with snappy response running atleast 5 apps in parallel. More than 128MB ram. It should prevent bloated big apps from installing.

It should have a faster , lighter PC suite. As soon as i bring my phone home, i should be able to switch to full screen view of the phone on my PC/Laptop/Monitor and use my keyboard if i want to.

there should be no dev certificate issues bullshit that s60 have right now. It should also have a walkie-talkie mode to talk with other phones that can be turned on.

Thats all for now. But, i have a ton of ideas.

Give me an iPhone-like device, but with HD (720p) video recording and I'll be so happy!!

I want my next phone to just work. I want it not to suddenly boot under heavy(?) load (as in playing music and browsing the web through the BT connection at the same time). I want it not to freeze when its in 2G/3G border area and constantly switching between networks. I want it not to freeze in the middle of the song and corrupt the filesystem where I have stored my music and documents.

This all experienced with N91, still I must be some kind of masochist for loving my phone. :P

All in all, I want my next phone to have a thoroughly tested, rock solid software/firmware.

- N

GPS on searchable Google Maps with voice directions, 5 MP camera, 3.5in screen, 2 day battery life, Google desktop type search for sms etc, wifi, 8 Gb storage, touch screen, docking for keyboard and monitor etc, ability to pay for things by swiping my phone. Cheap data plans, Faster functions (256mb memory). Ability to record calls (voice & video). Fully functioning office suite such as openoffice and thunderbird or gmail.

Note: new MyLocation in Google maps mobile works in Sydney on my N73 but not very well in the outer suburbs.

I want, QWERTY keyboard, intuitive touch screen, 3.5mm jack is must, pres-installed Divx Player, 128 MB RAM, 2 to 4 Gb of Flash Memory, 3MP camera with normal Flash and yeah 3G, WiFi and Wimax enabled..this is too much to ask for..but asking doesnt cost anything...Thnx

@Bewo I think I want that too! NFC-enabled so we can pay for stuff with our phones. Great suggestions here. I also want to add that US-3G is a must.

Touchscreen, navi-wheel, games and other apps that take advantage of the accelerometer. Maybe higher res tv.out.

I really just want a n95 8gb with a xenon flash and us 3g. Is that too much to ask? I'll settle for a n82 with us 3g, but i won't like it.

my new N95 8GB would be perfect with more Speed

To Mark Guim:
What if the future UMPC was as fast as a current PC? With the development of bigger memory cards we can't discard full OS's (Windows Vista, Linux, Mac) being installed in the device and with the dock at home giving you all the extras you want (keyboard, hard disk, mouse, monitor, etc) I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. I have the impression Nokia (with the tablets) and Google (with Android) are going towards that direction.

nice wishes I hope yours and mine will come true some day in recent future but Nokia (i love them) and other companies won`t create such a thing `cos that would be the ultimate phone gadget and there will be no more things to add to the new version or new model so they create 5MP phone but remove some other things,while on other model they put all other good stuff but weak camera.I hope iPhone 2 will be something better so Nokia will create even better model I we all can enjoy our lives and finally relax.
usb flash disk support will be nice on new models, nothing lower than 5MP, xenon flash,touch screen should be optional either you want n96 with or without touchscreen nice option, and all other stuff that we consider as standart feature, like:BT,WiFi,GPS,Symbian OS(hope soon will be relesed the PC version of symbian), long life battery(I don`t care much about that make the screen darker and buy a reserve battery) the list continues but my boss is coming so you can continue the list on your own.
don`t learn to hack, hack to learn.

I want:
- Better GPS utilizing a more sensitive and low-power consuming GPS chip
- No time-limited GPS software (eg the GPS software on the Nokia N95)
- Better support of internal GPS (for use with 3rd party apps such as TomTom)
- 8 to 16GB memory (Come on, iPod touch has 16GB flash based memory already)
- Quad band GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900) and UMTS (850, 1900, 2100)
- 5 Megapixel camera (no megapixel race), xenon flash, faster and more accurate autofocus
- Multiple Autofocus Zones (which is also user selectable)
- Long exposure modes for the camera (Maybe Long Shutter Priority Mode? that allows 0.5 to 15 seconds exposure)
- Image Stabilization (Optical or a better digital image stabilization that can make use of the accelerometer instead of more gyros), and maybe 3x optical zoom?
- Faster start up and shot to shot time of camera (maybe a seperate processor dedicated to handling the camera UI).
- More camera settings.
- Ability to use music/video player, games and camera application when phone is off (I don't mean offline mode)
- At least 8 hours of audio and 5 hours of video playing time
- S60 with touch screen
- MiniUSB with fast transfer speeds that supports devices such as USB memory sticks
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Stereo speakers that don't crackle that easily
- More inbuilt use of the accelerometer
- Inbuilt Speech to Text functionality
- VGA screen for better internet browsing with Flash support for Youtube and flash enabled sites
- Ability to make ringtones from songs on the go.
- 256MB RAM so there are no memory full messages
- Ability to update phone's firmware without needing a backup
- Better tools and documents for people to develop apps.
- Free Windows Live Messenger access with no monthly fee

Ok, I admit, I expect too much.

My next N95-8GB should have.
5MP camera is good enough but must be a bit faster with Xenon flashlight
Better GPS and 3rd party software connectivety.
A S60 touch-,and a larger N80 like screen.
And all the features my N95-8GB has now.

Well I think the N82 would do for me, only maybe in black, front and back. It would be cool for it to have a black glass screen, similar to the nokia Luna, or the prisms. I like it to be shiny and glossy after i shut it down.

To Mark Guim:
Hey, is thenokiablog.com your job? (i know this is a little out of topic) Just wondering how you do it like getting to borrow the latests phones from Nokia haha Im from Malaysia.

Well about this Topic I want a mobile phone which is best for gaming and music as well as a very good camera. All in one like the swiss army knife lol.

I agree with James- 720p video recording would be outstanding, and while they're at it- might as well have a microHDMI out, or at least something better that composite for crying out loud.

I'd love to see optical zoom as well, and a much faster shutter speed to capture moving objects.

You can keep your embedded memory out of my next device though- especially with the USB transfer speed of my N95.

i'll keep mine very very simple...

let me have the "standard" Nseries doo-dads but... give me a phone whose battery life lasts longer than 3 conversations after a full charge!

anything else is a plus

it is hard to decide what i want in my next phone. the n95 and n82 are powerful beasts, so many features cramped into a little device, and with technology advancing so quickly it's hard to decide really. a 5mp camera seem to be on everybody's wish list but samsung already has 7mp and 10mp camera phones on the market, and touch screen is being demanded more since the iphone release, but sonyericsson's smartphones like the p800, p900/910, etc, has been utilizing a touchscreen. so i have to think of a device that is not currently does not exist.

so i want my next phone to literally fit in the palm of my hand, i would hold it and it will merge, become my palm. so i would not worry about losing it. it would come with a bluetooth headset, i wont have to buy one separately. full voice functionality, i can control every function by voice, from camera to text messaging, and if i do decide to write a message instead of speaking, i would touch my palm and the phone becomes visible and i can use a full virtual mini keyboard, (not querty.) the camera would rival the best standard digital camera. that would be one of the few times i would hold the phone. battery life would be almost endless because its solar powered, but a charger is still available in case i don't step out of my house for days for some odd reason. to me thats the ultimate phone, the possibilities are endless.

Hi!
What I would like from a future(?) phone?

01) 5MP Camera/Xenon Flash! (already exists)
02) 3" Touchscreen VGA (already exists)
03) DVD video recording (already exists)
04) FM Radio (already exists)
05) GPS SIRF STAR III (already exists)
06) 3,5mm Audio jack (already exists)
07) iPhone or similar interface (already exists)
08) At least 256MB Ram (already exists)
09) HD 8GB or MicroSDHC (already exists)
10) Compatible with 3RD party software (already exists)
11) Full Flash support (already exists)
12) A phone that combines ALL the above (ALREADY EXISTED!) feautures in ONE!

Am I asking too much? Maybe ...., But I know that i ask for technology of today....not for a super-dream-machine!!!!

Hey Mark,
I think youtube video with a large touch screen and touch haptics.
QWERTY would be nice too!

Hey, I've just thought of another (nice blog post Mark!), how about speech recognition, and high end speech synthesis?

Also, is 5.1 surround sound too much to ask? (^_^)

And what about HDR photo capture, Ultra Violet and Infra Red capture too!

Props to Pseudo, Optical Zoom is a must have for me also.

James- if we're gonna have a mini-HDMI output, we'd have to have 5.1 surround out as well, right?

HDR looks crazy. I had to look it up real quick... yeah, I think I want it on my phone too. :)

IR capture, no reason why not- right? I just snatched up one of those IR LED flashlights on eBay... can't wait to see what I can do with that and the N95.