QUOTE(GameFr3ak @ Feb 14 2011, 03:00 AM)
Battery drainage, dual cored...

single core is already feasible for me and I see dual-core phones as gimmicks. Similar situation when 3GS users switched to Ip4 when 3GS is already enough/better for some people ( I saw threads on WTS IP4, Reason : downgrade to 3Gs).
It's a non ending race if you wanna keep up. For sure a lot of $ will be wasted in between every transition.
Ppl will often say "look at pentium 4 and dual core, when dual core was introduced, ppl said the same thing about such power is not needed. What about now?". It's actually like comparing a mango with a tangerine... a total different shit.....
ALL that power on a 4.3 - 5' device. Try playing FF7 on the phone and PC. The experience will definitely not as good as PC due to the size of the screen.
A straight forward analogy will be like driving a Ferrari on 100m track vs driving a Fairlady 350Z on a 10KM track @ full speed..
Conclusion, though not as powerful but good enough for all of our usual usage.......
Sorry, inb4 TL:DR
Couldn't be more agree to what you are saying, but keep in mind that technologies evolved rapidly, you wouldn't know when will a phone needed the power of dual core.
But software and hardware usually don't evolved together, one will always lack behind another one.
Well, just wait and see when will a phone seriously need the power of dual core. In my expectation, At least in this year, we wouldn't need it for our usual usage.