I built my own Phone... because innovation is sad rn

a year ago by ladfrombrad 🇬🇧 to c/android

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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I decided to mangle a Samsung Flip into a custom made Blackberry all the while, not going bald somehow.

Lad has tenacity I'll give them that.

DaGeek247 20 points a year ago

I think my favorite quote from the video is "You don't have to make a product that fits everyone for it to be a good product".

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ladfrombrad 5 points a year ago path: 0 19169277 19172776, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Olgratin_Magmatoe 11 points a year ago

Very neat. Though I wish this kind of thing would be possible to do with open source components.

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Turret3857 9 points a year ago

No but how feasible would it be to do it with like a pi5, a 3d printer, a USB modem, and a lot of pain?

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Blue_Morpho 19 points a year ago

You could do it but it would be enormous. Pi5 draws 10 watts when not idle.

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atomicbocks 5 points a year ago path: 0 19164635 19167700, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
limerod 3 points a year ago path: 0 19164635 19180904, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Strayce 9 points a year ago

I miss 2000's era Nokia. They had their flagship phones that turned a profit but also just did some truly weird shit purely to see if it caught on.

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mesamunefire 8 points a year ago

This is awesome. I would pay for something like this...

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Blisterexe 8 points a year ago

very good video, although tbh I'd rather have a slab phone.

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tigerjerusalem 7 points a year ago

Reminds me of the ancient Motorola Cube. I had one and loved the little thing.

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Ilandar 2 points a year ago

What a cool design!

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mrfriki 6 points a year ago

It’s a pity that the industry doesn’t take more risks.

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Ulrich 5 points a year ago

They used to but they never paid off. LG was a huge pioneer in the hardware space and look where that got them.

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pandakhan 5 points a year ago

I agree with the sentiment here; I wish more companies took design risks.

I would LOVE to get my hands on a Huawei Pura X, but I doubt it will be available outside China, software concerns aside.

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Evotech 4 points a year ago

He made a phone using only a 3D printer and a phone And a blackberry

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01189998819991197253 4 points a year ago

That is insanely cool.

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mesamunefire 3 points a year ago path: 0 19167615, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Psythik 2 points a year ago

Would be neat if they could figure out a way to move the cameras to the other side the next time they make a phone.

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