The Ultimate Android Smartphone clearly has to be ahead of the class with outstanding features and longevity to boot. Hopefully this phone is the new Nexus device due out this holiday season. Most notably it would ship with Android Ice Cream Sandwich which will combine Honeycomb with the Gingerbread OS into what should be s stunning offering once released. Like all Nexus devices it will have a pure Android experience and the latest and greatest of what the OS has to offer.
The ultimate phone has to be simply amazing in every way, and for the purpose of this feature I am going to stick to items coming in the immediate future. So no hexa core or 3D video calling. Just the best that is reasonable to be released along with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the best that we can expect from the next Nexus device.
Hardware
In terms of hardware the SoC of choice is a 1.5 Ghz quad-core SoC such as the Nvidia Tegra 3, which should have more than enough power for the foreseeable future. The processor should be capable of running 1280×720 fluidly whether during 3D gameplay or full screen 1080P recording as well as playback.
In terms of space 2 GB of RAM. With that amount of memory the slight lag often associated with Android will be a thing of past, there should be no limits to what the Holographic UI can achieve. On board memory space would come in a 32 GB and a 64 GB versions with an accessible micro-SD card. Which will be easily enough space to store HD movies from the Android market, your own collection, and ones that you record.
Construction should be almost entirely of aluminum expect for the front display similar to the HTC Sensation. It should be thinner than the Samsung Galaxy S II around 8.5mm to offset the size of the large display and keep weight light but substantial. The in hand feel should be more HTC than Samsung. The battery included in the aluminum shell should be 3000 mAh allowing even the heaviest of users at the very least one full days of usage and much more to moderate users.
Display
The display can easily make or break a device no matter how powerful the other hardware may be. For the ultimate phone your are going to need a fair amount of screen real estate and with the expected removal of hardware buttons a 4.5″ Gorilla Glass display should be the sweet spot.
The best display rumored to arrive within the year is the Super AMOLED HD. While current devices have the ability to record in up to 1080p the displays do not have the resolution to playback in HD resolutions. The new display will have a 1280 X 720 resolution allowing for real 720p on your mobile device.
Cameras
A 12 megapixel rear camera will be the default shooter, however simply raising the megapixels will not be enough in this case. The sensor needs to be greatly enhanced and the quality should not just be great for a phone, but great in general. There should no longer be a need to carry another camera with this phone in your pocket. It will be capable of recording in 1080p without any of the lag or problems associated with movement that many of the current phones suffer from. It will feature an Xenon flash, HDR with panorama modes, and acontinuous recording shutter so zero shutter lag is present. It should be the fastest and most capable camera on any mobile device.
The front facing camera should be 5 megapixels and allow for true 720p HD video calling for use on the increased screen resolution. The cameras on this device should be more along the lines of the cameras no the newer Nokia devices.
Software
The OS will be a pure version Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Meaning it will have no UI overlays, an unlocked bootloader, and receive updates first just as any flagship Nexus device. Along with the latest and greatest software release the device needs to be secure and enterprise ready. With protection from malware and a secure enterprise ready software connection suite...more info at AndroidHeadlines
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