Essential Phone, available now
I admire the gumption of making a new phone.<p>But controlled obsolescence kills me. The real feature that improves in phones the past few years for me is the software and apps, <i>not the hardware</i>.<p>My wishlist:<p>- Give me a lighter, snappier OS. Not something clunkier and slower and uses more ram, gpu/cpu (aka battery life).<p>- Actually support updates to the things for longer than 2-3 years.<p>- (Not related to this phone) Use stock android, unless you're <i>removing</i> bloat. Why? Because inevitably there's going to be apps. What I want is a nice flat surface that includes wifi, bluetooth, and nice API's and permissions for those apps to plug into.<p>- The biggest feature you can give me on a phone? Battery life, Replaceable battery, Data/Cell reception, Speaker/Microphone quality.<p>- SIM card that's easy to get out.<p>- Actually, Dual SIM's.<p>- Support for carriers globally.<p>- And physical keyboards. Something for SSH'ing with.