Basically an Asus Zenfone 9 with a removable battery and an Sd card. Also, make the front like Sony phones - larger bezels on the top and the bottom of the display and house stereo speakers and front camera there instead of a cutout.
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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Foldable display - They are still way too expensive!
Metal case - I just loved the heavy Samsung Omnia 7 metal case. It made it unbreakable and grippy!
IR blaster
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I've had 3 Motorola's where the charge port stopped working just past warranty. Now I always look for wireless charging.
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Make it bifold wallet sized, and ~1/2"thick.
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Beyond that would like an under display fingerprint sensor. Rear and side mounted always have issues with cases for me, and make it more annoying when using the device while it's on a desk.
3D Screen Pico Projector HDMI out Notification LED Removable battery
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I got a Samsung flagship mostly for DeX, even tho I'm enjoying the whole thing, I really wish desktop mode on Android was more easily accessible. Like 99% of the market doesn't even use the required USB C version for it.
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The ability to easily unlock bootloaders, IPS screen and removable batteries.
good ol' 16:9 aspect ratio
Keyboard. I want a damn keyboard. I'm a blackberry refugee hiding out on a unihertz titan/titan slim
being able to run scrcpy easily over wifi
a decent battery life and a big screen, I bought a pixel 7 pro and am very satisfied.
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Hifi dac...for sure. Especially now that LG is gone and Asus seems to have abandoned it.
Pop up camera Small phone with the purpose built case with a lanyard or something sort of like the ZenFone 9.
Support for either Wacom or USI stylus.
A rugged phone that had night vision which seemed kind of cool
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