i'm pretty bored with smartphones these days. too much for what they offer. i'm thinking of going back to the flip phone days because smartphones are getting to be next to useless to me now that the novelty of being able to answer trivia on the go has long worn off.

I agree that we need some battery innovation. Not just larger batteries, but new technology for batteries that enable faster charging, more capacity, decreased (or no) battery decay, etc.

As long as Smartphones don't have anything actually smart about them I don't use them. My Cellphone is 12 years old and still running like on it's first day. Since I only need a phone for, well, telephone someone or send anyone a text message that's also all I need

twin screens and wireless charging are good enough for me

I just want one that works and has a decent battery. For all my "fancy" Samsung smart phone does the crashing and inability to basic things often with a three hour battery life (in use) or 9 hour (not in use) makes it as much a hassle as a valued asset for my work.

Actually the new phones coming out with the Snapdragon 810 early next year should match the PS3 in power.  Uncharted graphics could very well be coming, albeit last gen Uncharted of course.

But does it really matter?  The majority play simple freemium games. If your going to buy amazing looking games that's what a PSVita or 3DS is for, if anything this means Sony or Nintendo will be able to have a graphically better handheld.

Oh it does matter.  Bioshock was just ported to the iPhone and BF4 may come along as well.  With a Dualshock 4 you can play GTA and dozens of other great AAA quality games.

By no means am I saying that Phones will eliminate or EVER catch up to the performance of a modern console; but they are close to almost completily pushing gaming handhelds out of the market, and they are making consoles less of a neccessity.  If you are the type of guy that just plays AAA games once a week or so, you may not need a console to get your fix within a few years from now.

Now admitedly phones are about to hit the same technology walls that Desktops hit 2 years ago, but still I think very soon we can expect flagship phones to always be perpetually in-between last and current gen consoles.  Once that happens I guaruntee COD and some of the other major franchises will begin releasing their games on mobile if enough of a market develops for them to.

I went from a Galaxy S3 to a Note4 recently. Pretty similar phone for sure, but the battery life on the Note4 is AMAZING. I can go pretty much 2 entire days of use with no recharge. But seriously most noticeable thing for me was changing providers. I am not sure if it is just where I live but I had Sprint with the S3 (and several older phones) and there service was simply terrible. I switched to Verizon and it is night and day. No waiting on anything, completely full data and phone service everywhere even places you wouldn't expect to be able to make calls. That being said the service does cost a pretty good deal more than Sprint for the same options.

?EDIT- Also I ordered the Note4 off a website without ever handling it based on the listed specs for it.  Had I known it was so huge I would have chosen something else.  It is almost impossible to use 1 handed and it falls out of hip pockets and gets in the way of anything involving movement.  You pretty much need to wear cargo pockets to carry it around.  But performance wise it is def good.

Have the same $10 cell phone I got in 2011. It just makes calls and beat up to hell. With that said. Nope. I have a tablet for all that app crap and it bores me so my tablet is dusty. I make phone calls. All I need all I care about.