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1. Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:07:52 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

   Wow. A phone that feels like a true work of love and care.

   At a hefty price.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6GqiSipy8

   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:07:50 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz I made some research about this not long ago. Phones are not really complex devices from a block-diagram perspective. They just need to integrate the 4G/5G or whatever module in the best way possible, also those are hard to find in spare parts.
     Any raspberry pi can drive a simple 4G module via UART with very simple software... But of course we need to lower our expectations from a smartphone.
     Expectations that have always been an illusion, imho.

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:07:51 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     basically, like a RasPi but DIY phone. That could be neat! :blobcatsip:

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:07:52 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     which makes me think

     I hope the Pinephone platform matures to a point where everyone can put the motherboard into whatever case they want and, tada, custom phone

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:18:25 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

     @ekaitz_zarraga tbh the industry trend in all fields is to make everything into SoCs/SiPs, so… hmm I wonder why wouldn’t you try to go that way with the modem

   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:18:25 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz they already are, that's what I was talking about. A 4G modem is a really complex SoC.

   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:21:06 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz they'll come in the future. They probably will be very complex and proprietary.

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 23:21:07 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

     @ekaitz_zarraga I mean, why keep it in a separate die/chip from the CPU