What is your ideal mobile phone?
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Working at Telstra, something my friends ask me a lot is “what is the best mobile that I could get?” Sometimes I feel like this question is on par with Augustus Gloop from Willy Wonka walking into his Chocolate Factory and the Oompa Loompas saying: “you can have just one chocolate, which one would you like?”
The reason for this is that “the best mobile” really depends on what you want to use it for (apart from making calls). Introducing… the perfect mobile phone (in my humble opinion).
Firstly, this phone would have to have the Nokia Lumia 920′s camera – it is simply flawless. The PureView technology means crystal-clear, blur-free photos and the vibrancy of the colours, even at night, are breathtaking.
On the music front, this mobile would have to have Windows Phone 8X’s ‘Beats Audio’ technology. The Windows Phone 8X has the kind of sound NASA scientists could only dream about when Armstrong first settled on the moon.
In terms of interface, anything Android would suit me quite well. The SWIPE keyboard is enough to please my text-happy thumbs and access to apps and Google Play is easy enough for even my grandma to figure out (especially now that Telstra customers can bill Google Play purchases straight to their Telstra bill!)
I love the capabilities of the big screen on the new Samsung Galaxy Note II, never again will I be competing with my brother to try and get the smallest phone on the market. Size does matter and when it comes to phones, the bigger the better.
Finally, the ‘pinch-to-zoom’ of the iPhone and the way it seamlessly syncs your music with iTunes would complete my ideal-o-phone.
I’m fairly certain that a whole of copyright and patent laws will prevent this mobile from ever hitting the market… but you can always dream.
What would your perfect mobile phone look like?
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Nice one Gigi… I agree with your choices and I would also add the Sony Xperia P’s great looks with NFC smart tags.
Something along the lines of this phone with a screen no larger than 4.3″ and the Lumia 920′s camera (maybe with a bit of the 808′s camera chucked in
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Windows phone 8 as the OS
If possible, a removable battery and microSD card.
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I have to agree with the list… I recently bought a new HTC Windows 8X for my Father and just have to have one myself now. My Dad loves it to.
The sound is incredible. I keep saying a mobile phone, whether it’s a Smartphone or otherwise, is a PHONE first. The 8X is the best sounding phone I’ve ever heard. This makes conversations so much easier to understand… allowing me to multi-task other things while still being tentative to the call.
Next best thing is the design. It’s slim. It fits nicely into my hand and still allows my thumb to reach most of the keys, making it much easier to operate with just one hand, leaving the other hand free to multi-task other things. For some reason phone manufacturer’s think more screen real estate is better, probably to out-do the spec’s boasted by the competition. The size of phones has now reached a practical threshold. Our hands, fingers and pockets are only so big. Enough already with the mega screens! The only exception to the rule is the Samsung Note. But this phone has a stylus to assist and is aimed at a ‘creativity user’ market.
Finally, it’s Windows Mobile 8 that seals the deal. The Operating System is a gigantic leap from its earlier versions and is so simple to use. Its MS Outlook integration is flawless, and offers the best MS Exchange messaging experience on a mobile – period. The biggest criticism is the range of app’s developed and available. But this has really improved since the earlier days of Windows Mobile… maybe because developers can see it’s so much more of a pleasure to use since the early days.
* Telstra employee
I just want a BlackBerry 10. It’s the perfect ‘mix’ plus more. Bring on January 30!
All sounds good but if you are in town but what about a good fringe area phone with an RF input for out in the bush, this is the real test of a good phone,being able to use it when you are really “Mobile”
Right you are!