mesa@piefed.social to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days agoCan I build a BETTER smartphone from scratch?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkCan I build a BETTER smartphone from scratch?www.youtube.commesa@piefed.social to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/27/an-open-source-smartphone-using-a-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5/ https://github.com/SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT
minus-squareTheMightyCat@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·22 days agoReally cool project, wished the video was a bit more technical, but its nice that the schematic is open. Which really shows one of the things i am trying to prevent in my design, the bulk. Honestly its very well done that a 11W max 5W idle chip even fits in a mobile form factor, but that results in alot of bulk. No idea if i can even do it, this person seems far more experienced hardware wise then me, but im still giving it a try.
minus-squaremesa@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 days agoGood luck. Personally I dont mind if I had a phone that was chunky as long as it fits into one pocket.
minus-squareNednarb44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoSame, I didn’t care about the tiny phone trend, and there is definitely a limit (like you said, I still want it to fit in my pocket). I’d happy trade some thin-ness for more open hardware and reparability
Really cool project, wished the video was a bit more technical, but its nice that the schematic is open.
Which really shows one of the things i am trying to prevent in my design, the bulk.
Honestly its very well done that a 11W max 5W idle chip even fits in a mobile form factor, but that results in alot of bulk.
No idea if i can even do it, this person seems far more experienced hardware wise then me, but im still giving it a try.
Good luck. Personally I dont mind if I had a phone that was chunky as long as it fits into one pocket.
Same, I didn’t care about the tiny phone trend, and there is definitely a limit (like you said, I still want it to fit in my pocket). I’d happy trade some thin-ness for more open hardware and reparability
Hell yeah