We live in a smartphone-dominated world clouded with privacy concerns unlike ever before. With every new smartphone, our privacy is compromised for the sake of safety, and we easily accept it and move on as usual. But do we really have to live with the microphones on the phone listening to us at all times,
If you go to china and go to a factory they will show you the menu where you can choose the components from, you just give them the 3d cad file of the desired form factor.
And prices are the one I linked.
You have to customize android, I know, and spend on marketing, but that’s it
While I agree with that, they don’t have the luxury of scale of mass production, so it’s not possible for them (yet hopefully)
I know prices may be higher but check this: https://www.techwalls.com/production-costs-of-smartphones
If you go to china and go to a factory they will show you the menu where you can choose the components from, you just give them the 3d cad file of the desired form factor. And prices are the one I linked. You have to customize android, I know, and spend on marketing, but that’s it
Hmm fair enough, maybe the more special features are the main reason it is so pricey, like the physical modem switches? Just a guess.
Probably yes, but iirc the pine phone has them too and it’s 150€