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Others already mentioned the camera, GPS, multiband radio (RF). There are also much more difficult issues of heat dissipation and power consumption. Finally,
by nimrody 17y ago
Others already mentioned the camera, GPS, multiband radio (RF).
There are also much more difficult issues of heat dissipation and power consumption.
Finally, you have to pay for tons of patents used in every phone. I guess Google does not have a good cross licensing contracts with Qualcomm/Nokia/others since it probably does not own any essential patent in this area.
You also pay for tons of interoperability testing Google has to run.
- aditya 17y agoWow, no wonder there aren't any startups making phones... the closest is openmoko which was part of a much larger entity.