[Replicant] Crowdfunding a Replicant Smartphone

[Kurtis Hanna]

I've tried to pay attention to most discussions in the Replicant
universe for a while and I haven't really heard much chatter about
building a brand new phone that can run Replicant.

The current work suggests to me that the endgame is to have a relatively
bug free Replicant 6.0, with a mainline kernel, on an LG Optimus Black
that uses U-boot instead of a proprietary bootloader. Bonus points if we
can get 3d graphics acceleration with mesa/llvmpipe and easy to use Wifi
via OTG cable.

If this were to all work, I don't think building a new phone would be
necessary, because this Optimus Black phone would be dope! That said, I
could see such a phone becoming a prototype or proof of concept for
entrepreneurs that would like to take the gamble of making a brand new
phone that is all free software.

Bunnie Huang wrote the book on the subject of hardware sourcing in
China. Could anyone go to Shenzhen and get some quotes for how much it'd
cost to manufacture some Replicant phones?

Here's some research and how-to guides on what to do when you get there:
https://boingboing.net/2016/02/04/bunnie-huangs-essential-gu.html
http://www.wired.co.uk/video/shenzhen-episode-1

In Solidarity,
Kurtis

Allan Mwenda:
> I made a forum post on this topic here
> http://redmine.replicant.us/boards/27/topics/13950
> Wanted to discuss if at all it is possible to do this?
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