Nokia’s 2012 flagship, what should it have?
There’s been plenty of discussion recently on specifications of upcoming Nokia devices.
Realistically for 2012, what does it need to be a FLAGSHIP.
We might define that differently so here’s what I expect:
- The best of all other Nokias
- Effectively compete on specs with 2012 competition
- The best over all experience (specs on paper is good, but I don’t want it to be crap in real life)
- What specific things are you looking for in the software?
What is needed to make the Nokia flagship of 2012 stand out and be adored and lusted for?
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I thought I’d add this in case it might be asked again.
Yes, flagship needs to be one device:
Nokia needs to stop diluting all of their achievements into a million unmemorable devices and make something as groundbreaking again as the N95.
They have an arsenal of weapons at their disposal, they have an army that outnumbers, yet they choose not to go full force.
I am NOT saying however that there should only be one device. Once you have a flagship, THEN make specific models that target other areas.
But give the consumers a choice that if they want it all, they can pick the top. At this day and age, Nokia needs to realise that people are no longer choosing between Nokia X and Nokia Y. They need to pull up their socks and create a damn flagship. They said before in their new naming scheme of Nseries, Eseries, Xseries (to just numbers) that they shouldn’t tell us consumers how to use our phones. Quite right! Give us the top end phone that should I want it to be my camera phone, my gaming phone, my browsing phone, my messaging phone etc, I don’t need to bloody buy different phones.
Nokia can still make several great devices but they need ONE flagbearer. That is a flagship and it is something I believe, as a Nokia fan for so many years NOKIA WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND NOR DELIVER.
Prove me wrong, Nokia. Prove me wrong.
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Here are my thoughts:
1. No Symbian or Meego…Nokia has reached a point where they can no longer produce a flagship phone with these systems. It will be like killing the sales right from the get go…
2. Flagship phone should have WP with highly customized OS. The one that can be easily distinguished from even other cheaper Nokia WPs. This will have all the existing features from Symbian..all above mentioned features..like USB OTG, HDMI Out…and mainly skype..
3. Hardware: something that will leave all existing designs behind…bring a display that is superior to all other technologies that exist in the market (including retina)…
3. Hardware:
you must have recently dropped on your head…..EVERYONE WANTs TO SEE NOKIAs NEW SYMBIAN UI on a Dual core and bigger screen with upto date Hardware/Specs
I guess, you really need to learn a thing or two about business. We are talking about a flagship device…something that Nokia wants to sell to every one…not just you..
After Elop’s decision to go with WP, I don’t see it happening. There sure will be lots of Symbian phones to come in future….but not a flagship one…
You plan can be described as MS interest in making Nokia a subsidiary. The stupidest thing Nokia can do. But what can you do – Nokia’s management showed enough stupidity to start dealing with MS in the manner they do. Selling Nokia off is not too far from this.
Not really…Nokia can easily survive on its hardware strength…also with its own OS…but now considering the path that Elop has taken, Nokia desperately needs to succeed with WP…Going back Symbian now would be like filling for bankruptcy…
We are not the one who control Nokia..all we can hope is for Nokia to succeed and bring gr8 new phones…even if it is not symbian…
There will be no success with WP. What Nokia desperately needs are some brains, instead of lust for MS money.
And how do you plan on see that happening given that WP doesn’t, and won’t for a long time (and some even never given its philosophy) support many of the existing features of Symbian?
This post is called `2012 flagship`, not 2020 flagship… WP, as it is now, and as it will be by the end of the year, won’t support many of those amazing features – and even when it does, nobody stops the competition to include the same things in their devices.
Using WP, Nokia can only compete for a flagship status with design / build quality. In all other areas their hands are tied.
If Nokia could port Nokia Drive, Nokia Music to WP, they can also port all other features to WP…
this is the least that they should do this year. If they cant do it by end of this year, they shouldn’t worry about 2020 as they probably wouldn’t see that year (considering the competition catching up very fast)
Nokia Drive and Nokia Music are just applications, they have nothing to do with inherent OS features. Even if Nokia could do it, do you really think that Microsoft would let them cannibalize their WP in order to make it more Nokia-ish?
I actually think the Lumia 800 is close to being a perfect flagship device.
My wish list would be:
1.Windows Phone 7 preferably Apollo
2.4.3-4.5 inch screen
3. A camera better than the N8
4. A good battery
5. Some unique features from Swipe UI from the N9
Lumia 800 with Gyro, FFC and a great camera with Xeon flash would be a flagship device to me!
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one phone to rules them all.
I agree whit you that nokia neds a NEW flagship. Que tenga todo lo que tengan los demas Nokia y mejor.
Needs a SGII or 4S, something like that
4.3″ CBD AMOLED HD display, 64GB of internal memory (if WP) otherwise 32GB internal + microSD expansion, HDMI out (micro), 1850 mAh battery, large sensor 12MP camera with CZ optics, Xenon and LED flash, camera shutter button, front facing camera, USB-OTG, N95 like stereo speakers.
flagship communicator: 1) N950 sold for consumers or 2) E7 body + N9 camera + multitasking WP. Real qwerty is needed, touch only is not enough for work !
In my opinion, It is better to go for Meego. What I want from Nokia is something else. Not whate everyone offers.
NOKIA WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND NOR DELIVER.
+1..
I was about go give a full list of what I expect but then I realized I’d just be day dreaming.
Did you just ‘+1′ yourself? Because that’s like high five-ing yourself…
well what should the flagship be?
i think their should be an absolute nerd device –
nokia n x-00
with meego, n950 form factor, large sensor, xenon flash, good camera, dlna, usb otg (power supply!), 2gb ram, dualcore, all sensors possible (gyroscope etc..)IT CAN BE THICKER THAN OTHER DEVICES
a n10-00 a pimped n9: largerscreen, more processor power etc..
a n 8-01
the best camera and multimnedia phone on the planet
(but no high processor power needed – can run symbian or meego)
and a c 7-02 for people who like design.
and the n9 shouldn’t have any sucessor who isn’t as well groundbreaking as the n9 – it’s a question of of respect to this device!
I think that in all our daydreaming we forgot one very important thing – it must not, I repeat MUST NOT, sport a Pentile display!
That thing deserves only to remain a bad memory. Kill it! Kill it with fire!
I really really just want a Windows Phone device with an amazing camera. I don’t care about video recording just a great still camera. Also would love a xeon flash to go along with a a great sensor and optics.
What I really need on a cellphone now is:
Read PDF’s (impossible on N8);
Kindle App;
Santander Bank App to check my bank account;
Watch movies ( bigger screen and lots of different codecs).
To top it off, I’m from Brazil and we still don’t have Nokia Lumia here, and the N9 is not in any carrier – consequentely, very, very expensive.
It’s sad, but I guess I’ll have to get an ugly, but useful Samsung.
Or should I wait Nokia to release something? How long should I wait? Will Nokia make our dreams come true(I’m not asking too much)? That’s what I’m not sure anymore.
a 2012 windows apollo flagship from nokia for me would be.
1. no more than 4.3inch with 720p screen AMOLED
2. 12mp cam same or slightly better than n8 with xeon.
full HD recording 1080P.
3. dual core ie 1.2ghz or a single core cpu that will allow for HD rec processing and 1GB ram.
4. designs similar to lumia 800 but no more than 15mm thick at camera part.
opps forgot to add battery and accessories, infact DOUG u have said it all, exactly what u say
This http://mynokiablog.com/2010/11/12/my-dream-nokia-3-nokia-n9-01-meego-phone-concept-12mp-cbd-4-1-1280x720x32-64gb-dual-core-1ghz/
I’m not sure, what bigger screen does for battery life. Obviously it eats a lot of battery, but you can also fit bigger battery in it, so if theres appreciable battery life boost to be had, I’d like a 5″ phone with a stylus. A bit like Samsung Note, but with Symbian or Harmattan.
A camera behemoth with 5″ screen and N9 -like body.
-2500 mAh battery(have no idea, just took it out from the Note’s specs)
-A 1/1.7” sensor camera with f2.7 aperture or bigger even, as 5 incher could swallow more
-ST-Ericsson A9600 -> 2 core Cortex A15 and PowerVR series 6
-Stylus with pressure sensitivity
The much rumored next gen processors seem to be delayed from phones due to size-, space- and heat limitations, so a 5 inch phone might be able to circle those problems and get head start in the arms race in phone market. This would be an expensive niche product, but they could start slowly building a new platform in Nokia eco system and later when these processors become increasingly ordinary, they could use same processor in other phones too. This amount of processing power should be sufficient for many, many years in a mobile devices, in which time Nokia could be able to build attractive install base for developers.
“Nokia’s 2012 flagship, what should it have?”
1. Meego/Harmattan
2. Meego/Harmattan
3. Meego/Harmattan
+1
Full Meego and deserved specs for N9-01!