Feature Suggestions
Welcome to the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box! Please vote for a feature suggestion or submit your own!
We’ve created this site as a tool to help Microsoft understand how customers use Windows Phone and we welcome your feedback.
Standard Disclaimer – our lawyers made us put this here ;-) Please note that the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box is moderated and is a voluntary participation-based project, and if your submission is not a product feature suggestion it may be removed. Please do not send any novel or patentable ideas, copyrighted materials, samples or demos which you do not want to grant a license to Microsoft. See the “Terms of Use” link below for more information. Please limit your suggestions to 25 words or less.
CAST YOUR VOTES! – community feedback is active and growing … thanks! As a result, we are going to increase the number of votes you have available on your favorite suggestions from 10 to 20. Keep those suggestions and votes coming!
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3,851 votes
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Remove/disable use of capacitive buttons
These buttons are the worst part of my windows phone experience. They are always being triggered accidently when hands or fingers get anywhere near them.
891 votes -
give the windows hardware button the blue-yellow-red-green colors
change the white color windows hardware button to blue yellow red and green colors, this will make all of the windows phone devices look shiny, as a windows phone user i would like to see this improvement on future windows devices (WP8)
475 votes -
Longer Battery Life
Phones current battery life only last from 2 to 4 hrs. People use there phones,alot. This would be a great improvement
349 votes -
HDMI port or Composite tv out
Provide TV-out connectivity via 3.5mm jack to composite or mini HDMI. ideally provide TV appropriate UI similar to Nokia Big Screen.
287 votes -
more capacity then 16GB
I want more capacity 32GB or better 64GB.
8GB or 16GB is not enought
222 votes -
Dual sim support
It would be nice to manage multiple SIM modules on hardware with appropriate capabilities.
169 votes -
164 votes
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More phones with physical keyboard
Better phone options with QWERTY keyboard, like BlackberryBold. We want to recommend WP to executives who type a lot of email and prefer physical keyboard.
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106 votes
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Support Windows Phone device but without phone support (but otherwise the same as a Windows Phone)
Windows Phone software should support hardware that does not support calling functionality. i.e. it has everything else, but the phone...
96 votes -
Customizable hardware button
Customizable hardware button user can assign individual function to. Should work even if phone is locked or sleeping. Good for switching into silent mode etc.
76 votes -
Support NFC Payments
NFC payments support
73 votes -
Please allow users to disable haptic feedback on the main buttons on Windows 8 phone
I love my new Nokia 820 except the enforced haptic feedback on the buttons.
Please allow owners the option to switch it off. I have only had it one day but it's giving me RSI even though I have never suffered from it before.
I'm at the point or returning the phone. A pity.
Many thanks
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Support a hardware keyboard on WP8
Windows Phone 8 devices finally bring a lot of Office power. They may have excellent on-screen keyboards, but split-screen edits of Office documents are not ideal, and do not do the device justice.
An NFC-only keyboard exists for Android, while Bluetooth or USB(otg) keyboards can be used with Android, Apple or Symbian^3 devices. Microsoft has always created excellent keyboards, and the Surface RT supports a keyboard dock. This is why complete lack of keyboard options on WP8 is bizarre.
Please support a Windows 8 phone with a slider keyboard like the Nokia E7, support a wireless charging NFC keyboard for…
71 votes -
5 inch 1080p Display support
Hi Microsoft, the Windows Mobile 8 display support was bit disappointing, please do look into this link http://www.mobilespect.com/lg-presents-5-inch-1080-display-prototype-with-advanced-ips.html here LG has come up with a 5 inch 1080p display, maybe this display size can turn out to become a standard display size for bigger screen Mobiles, do consider 1080pdisplay now else android and iOS get this on board and may leave us behind in display size again.
69 votes -
Support for AdHoc Wifi connections
Ability to AdHoc Wifi networks.
It allow to share Internet connections, control devices and robots, share files, etc...61 votes -
Build a high end WP8 device like the GS2 or iP4
Work with Nokia to build a unique WP8 device which compares to the GS2.Should be iterative over the years. Enough of the normal phones
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Create a WP8 device that turns into a full featured Windows 8 computer while in “desktop mode”.
Windows 8 can be booted from a thumb drive. My recommendation is to include a full Windows 8 ARM build in a premium WP8 device. The phone could be used like the thumb drive to boot Windows 8 via a USB connection to a PC. In addition to being just a storage device for Windows 8, the phones hardware could be used to run Windows 8 when the phone is placed into the proper docking station. The docking station could consist of HDMI port (to connect to the monitor or TV), 2 USB ports, and a power connection. When docked…
49 votes -
Add ANT+ receiver
There are so many nice areas of application for that feature like:
heart rate monitors
speed sensors
cadence sensors
foot pods
power meters
activity monitors
calorimeters
body mass index measuring devices
blood pressure monitors
blood glucose meters
pulse oximeters
positions tracking
short range homing beacons (Disc Golf, GeoCaching)[6]
weight measuring devicesa
control of music playersa
temperature sensorsa49 votes
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