never buying hardware that could support alternate OSs, but doesn't
next phone will be the dumbest one i can find
so tired of half baked software and pointless pseudo updates
what's the point of advertising "four versions"?
is the hardware of the samsung s6 so fucking slow compared to a similarly priced current phone from samsung, that it can't run the latest android? Or is it because they need us to buy new hardware as often as possible?
why can a fifteen year old computer, with their *uncountab
Frankly, what we need is a pocket-sized version of the "IBM-compatible" platform back in the days. A skeleton bus + meat modules + skin ruggedness design. With an open spec for the spine and meat bits. (Skin is trivial.) And all the usuals available from several manufacturers. SoC, keyboard, screen, storage, battery, external connectors, antennas, sensors, camera.
But what it needs is a unique killer feature that can only be enabled by that, and is attractive to even Google humAnoidroids complete iTards who can
Frankly, what we need is a pocket-sized version of the "IBM-compatible" platform back in the days. A skeleton bus {...}
The problem is that "pocket-sized" requires miniaturisation which in turn require ultra high integration, whereas standardized bus and modular architecture need to be spread out. It's like wanting the Raspberry Pi SBC *itselff* being modular (e.g.: swapping ram modules, onboard USB hub and network) as opposed to be able to talk to external modules.
With phones: A lot have tried, very little have succeeded:
- Fairphone managed to pull it of, and even there, the modules are very custom and not industry standard as you would dream. (Because they mostly focus on repairability, of which the modular architecture is just a happy collateral output). - Moto Z is just glorified back-cover with extra pogo-pins. It's useful (can talk to tons of diverse external hardware), but it's not what most proponent of "Modular" did want. - All the others never got any way (project Ara, PuzzlePhone, PhoneBlocks: all went nowhere).
useless bullshit (Score:3)
aka "marketing".
never buying hardware that could support alternate OSs, but doesn't
next phone will be the dumbest one i can find
so tired of half baked software and pointless pseudo updates
what's the point of advertising "four versions"?
is the hardware of the samsung s6 so fucking slow compared to a similarly priced current phone from samsung, that it can't run the latest android? Or is it because they need us to buy new hardware as often as possible?
why can a fifteen year old computer, with their *uncountab
Re: useless bullshit (Score:2)
Frankly, what we need is a pocket-sized version of the "IBM-compatible" platform back in the days.
A skeleton bus + meat modules + skin ruggedness design. With an open spec for the spine and meat bits. (Skin is trivial.)
And all the usuals available from several manufacturers.
SoC, keyboard, screen, storage, battery, external connectors, antennas, sensors, camera.
But what it needs is a unique killer feature that can only be enabled by that, and is attractive to even Google humAnoidroids complete iTards who can
Size constrains. (Score:2)
Frankly, what we need is a pocket-sized version of the "IBM-compatible" platform back in the days.
A skeleton bus {...}
The problem is that "pocket-sized" requires miniaturisation which in turn require ultra high integration,
whereas standardized bus and modular architecture need to be spread out.
It's like wanting the Raspberry Pi SBC *itselff* being modular (e.g.: swapping ram modules, onboard USB hub and network) as opposed to be able to talk to external modules.
With phones:
A lot have tried, very little have succeeded:
- Fairphone managed to pull it of, and even there, the modules are very custom and not industry standard as you would dream. (Because they mostly focus on repairability, of which the modular architecture is just a happy collateral output).
- Moto Z is just glorified back-cover with extra pogo-pins. It's useful (can talk to tons of diverse external hardware), but it's not what most proponent of "Modular" did want.
- All the others never got any way (project Ara, PuzzlePhone, PhoneBlocks: all went nowhere).