When it comes to the headphones, I agree with you that they are crap, but I don’t expect to get brilliant headphones when I buy a phone or an mp3 player. I have always had to buy new headphones. It would probably be way too expensive if Apple would add the new headphones to the iPhone (well, that’s the only explanation I have).

I am not sure if this is fixed or not, but I think it’s hard to add new free ringtones and especially for text messages. I am still using the default ringtone

I know (almost) no one carries a spare battery except for may be power users, who fly non-stop international flights, business execs may be[just guessing]. So detachable battery is perhaps a bummer. The only advantage of a detachable battery is the longevity of the device. As we know rechargeable Li-ion batteries go kaput after a couple of years. Although the life of a cellphone is short [max 2-3 years], I tend to give my old cellphones to my mum or dad to use.
Considering that situation, if I cannot replace the battery, the device is as good as junk innit!

Flash Memory is not cheap for the higher storage amounts. But an extra memory storage feature always helps.

I also do get the point that music+phone+video =low battery. But still, the freedom of knowing that you don’t have to keep tracking two devices to not fall out from your pocket coz of one single device having it all is what convergence is all about. And if we are talking of Indian travel conditions -in the bus, train or metro, it is quite essential. Whacya say!!

Saif has quite rightly pointed out that my wishlist is silly
But it is for us silly wishlisters, why all these innovations are possible. Who’d have thought a touchscreen phone playing music and having a GPRS and a camera , a compass and PDA would be a reality? 5 years back during the Nokia 1100 with Snake days -that was silly!

We really donno what the future of Li-ion Battery [or any rechargeable power storage] or Flash memory holds for us!

What do you think?

but you know i ought to thank sujoy for this post, as it brought up a lot of worthy issues, and misconceptions that is fun and helpful to discuss.

i hardly know anyone who uses two batteries for their phones. so wht is the point in having a detachable battery? instead of buying another spare battery you always can get portable chargers for your ipod or iphone. they are very common and readily available now.

and for expandable storage, whats the point. nokia and sony’s i use either have m2 or micro sd. so i can not use them directly in either my car’s dash or my laptop without adapters. so it doesn’t help a lot to have that feature.

again, no offense, just my opinion sujoy. firstly cite a few examples of ipod specific apps. AFAIK, these apps just lacked microphone support earlier. even video camera is taken care of by 3GS.

next it makes a lot of sense to carry an itouch with you. my sister carries an ipod touch and a simple talk n text phone, n trust me its a very handy duo. your music device doesnt lose out on battery over radios(gps, gsm etc.)

now most noteworthy, about batteries and extra storage, you should look into some design and innvotion videos from apple. you see why they wanted to do away with removable batteries in iphone n macbooks is because, it saves on space as no space is lost in them. i’ll explain it in a post if you’ll want. but it’s remarkable n interesting to learn.