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We asked, you told us: Here’s what you want most from phones in 2021
June 17, 2025
The smartphone industry delivered some great devices in 2020, with 5G, high refresh rates, and multi-camera setups all generally making appearances. It sets a great foundation for 2021, and we’re expecting new phones to be packed to the gills with features as well.
That got us wondering about the featuresAndroid Authorityreaders really wanted to see in 2021’s phones. Do you want more horsepower? What about improved endurance? How does better video quality sound? Here’s how you voted in the poll.
What do you want most from 2021’s phones?
Weposted the pollon June 06, 2025, and just over two-thirds (35.2%) of readers thought cheaper pricing was the number one feature they wanted to see on new phones in 2021.
It’s rather interesting to see cheaper pricing taking the top spot, but it isn’t unexpected. 2020 saw several phone brands adopt higher prices for their mainline flagship phones, apparently due to flagship silicon price hikes. Notable examples include the Xiaomi Mi 10 series, OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus 8T, and the Sony Xperia 1 II. In fact, we also saw brands like LG and Google ditch flagship chipsets in favor of maintaining or even decreasing prices.
More reading:Did smartphones get a lot more expensive in 2020?
The only other feature to receive more than 25% of the vote was better battery life, with 26.9% of respondents choosing this as their most desired feature in next year’s phones. Many 2020 high-end devices saw big battery capacity gains, but high refresh rate tech and 5G connectivity required more juice.
Otherwise, better photo quality (9.3%), under-display selfie cameras (9%), and the “other” option (6.1%) were the only other features that accrued more than 5% of the vote. In fact, options like more storage and faster charging failed to gain even 2% of votes. This either suggests people are happy with charging speeds and storage capacity today, or they think it’s a foregone conclusion that we’ll get these improvements with 2021 phones anyway.
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