Just an example is the waterproof feature of the phone. This will lessen phone damages.

I would like another nokia n96 to come out with camera lens cover xenon flash optical image stabalization and face reconition and 3x optical zoom and bigger cmos to let in more light!

How about support for T-Mobile's 3G??? I ditched Nokia recently because of this. Nokia completely ignores T-Mobile by not including AWS support in their newest devices so WHY SHOULD I spend $600 on their "half baked" phones...I thought I'd never say that but that's how I feel now. It's a very thin line between loyalty on the end user side and the manufacturer - the user should be pampered. After all it's the end user that forks out $600 for the phone.

Hi - just wanted to say good design and blog - cu

What I would like is some here and now fun user improvements such as:

You stand the phone up and it would laser project a qwerty keyboard or other user interface on to the desk so that I can control it easily

or a wifi keyboard that doubles as a phone case that unwraps flat for you to use

The GPS lat/long data to be embedded on the pictures so that with pc software I can remember where and when I took my pics/vids ie Google earth with an overview of my pictures by position/time . This would allow everybody to search for pictures around the world by lat/long and time. Think youtube but you know where/when they were taken

USB2 video output to drive the new USB video Flat panels coming

touchless charging so that I can go anywhere and put my phone down in a cafe on a T Charge point and get a top up of power

or have the screen double as a solar power charger, good for the green brigade this one....

Oh yes and I want the video/audio wifi'd to my new combined video eye earpieces so that I can watch video with the phone in my pocket.

A wifi link from a camera that is also attached to the above eye piece would allow me to video all of the concerts that I go to without having to hold the phone up for ages.

A docking station for my car with a video out to drive my DVD screen so that I can at least see the GPS navigation

I want it to tell me where it is when it is lost in my pit of a bedroom. I shout "where the hell are you" and it rings

Special pass code so that if it is nicked you can ring it up in silent mode and it tells the bill where it is and they go and get it back for you.

Software so that when you are pissed it automatically knows that you are staggering about using the inbuilt accelerometers and rings for a taxi to take you home. Oh yes it tells the taxi driver where you live and it pays the taxi bill by auto transfer and also says sorry to the taxi driver for you throwing up in the back of the cab

It has stress analysis and lie detection software built in that vibrates the phone in your pocket when your girlfriend tells you that nothing happened when she went out on the town with her mates last night and met your best friend she has always fancied.......

And finally it makes calls through skype


When can I have one please.......

Great what James said, an iPhone like device, but with HD video recording, and dont forget a good camera (at least 5MP) and a GPS, those are a must. And like they said above, US 3G included in the mix.

my n95 8gb but then with added:
-microsd slot (expandable memory is better)
-vga screen
-xenon flash
-optical zoom
-qwerty keyboard
-maybe faster processor
-full flash/shockwave support, so mobile games/movies work

built in html email client would be nice aswell

i think thats about it, though im sure nokia will be able to think of some more stuff i "need" in the next couple of years

I want
- 3x optical zoom on the digicam
- SDHC Compatability up to 16GB
- Video recording at 720p/ 30fps (the new kodak easyshare digital cameras offer this so no reason really why a phone couldnt offer this))

I want OCR associated with the camera, so I could scan text.

M.

What I'd like to see in a phone?

- fast CPU
- responsive UI
- a lot of memory
- better GPS chip than N95
- newer/better maps, now that we have Navteq?
- 802.11n
- DVB-H
- PC Suite-like functionality for linux
- PIM sync
- phone backup
- tools for easy 3G internet access
- USB charging
- metal enclosure


--bronx

@glenn I like your suggestion of Automatic shutter that opens with just pressing a button. I think I would want that on my dream phone too!

I agree with a lot of the previous comments...more RAM (why settle for 128 MB? Give me 256 or 512 MB!), flash support, optical zoom etc.
But I do not understand the crave for touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard? I do not want to tap away on a touchscreen (been there, done that...) and I prefer my phone to be just a phone. A phone that is capable of changing by way of accessories, mind you - like the N95. I want to be able to hook up my phone up with an external display and if I need to type in a lot of text, I will use a bluetooth keyboard.
What I do want is a phone with a revamped OS that does away with some of the phone-specific features. An OS much more similar to the OSs of other computers. I want to be able to receive and save any file type in the folder I choose - I want to be able to associate file types with applications.
cheers

oops...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMzXqJJ5Gug

mark...check out the N81...

...and I forgot that system updates should be accessible to every user (not like current Series 60 that allows current updates for un-branded phones only)

My next phone should have:

a recent, very fast processor
a lot of memory
a storage capacity that allows at least to store 32 GB
a keyboard containing bigger cursor keys
a good and large display that allows high screen resolutions
quad band access
UMTS/GPRS
WLAN (a,b,g and n standard)
WIMAX
VoIP (SIP, Skype)
bluetooth
infrared
no drm and no trusted components
a nice to have is a camera
J2ME/MIDP 2.x
metal cover
vibration alert

the operating system should be multi tasking capable and realtime capable
there should be a central place to configure network access (eg. to generally disallow applications to open UMTS/GPRS connections)
application development should allow open source development (full API documentation, development by using OSS compilers)
system should allow to run unsigned applications to access every module of that mobile (not like current Series 60 does)

3rd party elements, like flash plugin or Office shouldn't be preinstalled. There should be a central download repository instead

there should be a mime type registration application on the phone to allow re-configuration of mime types like media extensions to any user defined application

My ideal phone would be;

* Steel case that is shock-, dust- and waterproof

* Touch VGA screen of at least 3 inch
* Led indicators that signal incoming call, msg, bt,...

* GPS with SIRF III chip and seperate battey for GPS
(This would make sure that the battery lasts way longer)

* Stronger and less power consuming WIFI chip

* 256 MB ram and and 16GB memory Microsd card slot
* A stronger CPU than the N95
* Double the Graphic performance of the N95

* 7,2 MP Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar Lens with dual Xenon Flash
* Automatic shutter that opens with just pressing a button
* Ability to record videos in HD resolution
* 3x optical zoom (a lens that goes outside the phone not like n93)

* Renewed media center
* Shake control


....


If this phone would ever have the same specifications I think it would be very expensive, but worth buying :D

I want it to be a pocketsized computer with mobile sized touchscreen and mini-qwerty keyboard. It should have HDMI/VGA out and when connected the higher possible screen resolution should be supported so decent office work and desktop stuff can be done. A higher cpu-power mode for when hooked to a powersupply could be a blast to. 3x optical zoom. WiMax.

Min 5 mpix camera with optical zoom and xenon flash, atleast 32 gb storage, 256 mb ram, dual core cpu, agps, wimax, min 4.2" display supporting atleast vg resolution, 3.5 mm audio jack, multi touchscreen as well as qwerty kb......

multimedia broadcasting to broadband

flexible photovoltaic tactile haptic surface

extensible modular hardware, software and firmware

very standard non-proprietory connectors and chargers

homing instincts

:)

all features in N81

** Optical Zoom (i aint buying no phone for is camera unless it has optical zoom.) MUST MUST & MUST

** At least E61i like battery life ( nokia , please learn something from Philips Xenium )

** 3-3.5 in screen in VGA ( like Nikon D3 has )

make the navi wheel work better

@Mark: Good point about YouTube, but don't forget, we're probably only a few months away from an H.264 version of YouTube which will mean much higher quality video and perhaps even HD, who knows!

i would want a 6 mp camera..high quality games,a big screen,loud and clear music,stereo speakers, wifi, .... i want it to be lite and to slip easely in my pocket ,...a 4 GB hard drive is enough,a senzor like the ipod when turning the phone, no touch screen, and i want it to be fast 128 mb ram :)

touch screen, qwerty keyboard, push email, loads of ram, candy bar form factor, 16 mil. colors, 11g wifi, hsdpa, 3.5 MM hack for head phones, 8 gb hard drive
charging via usb, and the lock button like the n81/ipod which can be used to lock controls

I use it for music and email. Don't particularly care for camera/video.

I don't know, Mark... I mean, the turn-and-slide concept seems like it would allow for optical zoom in a nice compact package- maybe even a bit larger sensor?

http://www.nokiausers.net/General/Nokia-Turn-an...

And of course even a 720p video recording handset could still record in 320x240. ;)