Arduino phone.

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 18.06.2015 um 11:30 schrieb Josh Branning <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com>:

> This is about the freest phone I can find:
> 
> http://web.media.mit.edu/~mellis/cellphone/

see www.gta04.org for another one.

> 
> Someone should manufacture and sell them complete, make sure they're still flashable and keep the source code free (I'd probably buy one if the price was right). Otherwise they cost
> ~$120, and a day soldering surface mount components.
> 
> Of course, I would be happier with something more powerful (ala Replicant), but I really am more concerned about liberty.

well, the GTA04 is more expensive but also lightyears more powerful. Runs replicant 4.2 smoothly for example.

> 
> ... It’s a shame so many hardware devices contain blobs, I bet there is a huge untapped market for freedom loving devices.

The GTA04 works without any BLOB (unless you want to use WiFi or 3D GPU).

> We really need more hardware engineers on-side.

Well, we need more people who are interested to sponsor small scale manufacturing. It is the low production batch size what makes such
devices expensive. Nothing else.

BR,
Nikolaus