Very much still in progress (As you might be able to see :) ). My goal is to make a Nokia phone as if it is made in 2025 (or 202X kinda running out of time there and im not even sure how long it will take me) With USB-C, 4G (5G is not planned for reasons), 1TB+ of expandable Storage. I have already sent my first SMS/Call (a call without a mic or speaker to be precise…)

Phones just do too much these days. And I don’t get the feeling they respect my time nor privacy. They are also pretty boring as they all look the same. On top of that the current landscape of “dumb phones” consist of expensive phones you could hang in a art gallery, ugly phones with big ass buttons for seniors or inefficient un-optimized phones running android. I wanna change that.

  • pewpew@feddit.itEnglish
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    7 days ago

    That’s sick! I wanted to make a “smartphone” with a Raspberry Pi pico with a 3.5" touchscreen IPS HAT but I ended up overengineering the software and dropped the idea

    • Bjarne@feddit.orgOP
      9·
      7 days ago

      Thanks, yeah i have actually thought about doing the same. Having Linux and all its drivers plus the actual operating system sounds great as an starting point.

      For this project i have setup multiple reachable goals i would already be happy with achieving so even if im not able to reach the top im fine with it.

      First goal is just sending SMS last one is implementing the Signal protocol… (I don’t even know how feasible that is, but that will be something for future me :) )