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You can use any SoC as the starting point for an open source smartphone. I don't think this is appropriate, though, given the inability to break out high-bandwi

by wyager 10y ago

You can use any SoC as the starting point for an open source smartphone. I don't think this is appropriate, though, given the inability to break out high-bandwidth busses from the board, e.g. for a video display or LTE networking.

lucb1e 10y ago
3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency, and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway. Owning a phone that came out like 3 months before 4g got built into everything (from high-end to cheap stuff), I can say I've never missed it. I'd rather they spend money on improving 3g reception, which is pretty good but could still be a lot better.
- wyager 10y ago
  > 3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency ???? LTE is orders of magnitude faster. > and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway. Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it.
  - lucb1e 10y ago
    > LTE is orders of magnitude faster. Yeah but that doesn't make 3g slow. Like I said, 3g is plenty fast, meaning it's fast enough for mobile browsing and even watching videos (though videos over mobile data is just stealing money out of your own wallet, but that's a separate issue). That 4g/LTE is faster doesn't make 3g any slower. The only slightly noticeable advantage of LTE is latency or downloading large files (which you wouldn't do over a metered connection if you had a choice). > Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it. Looking at coverage maps of the Netherlands, I guess I'm outdated. There's little difference between 3g and 4g anymore. I remember not long ago when 3g was nearly everywhere (so close to 100% coverage) and then they started putting down 4g everywhere. 3g advancement stopped altogether. Right now it looks like they just upgraded the 3g spots to 3g+4g and forgot about advancing the network at all.

by wyager 10y ago

lucb1e 10y ago

3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency, and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway. Owning a phone that came out like 3 months before 4g got built into everything (from high-end to cheap stuff), I can say I've never missed it. I'd rather they spend money on improving 3g reception, which is pretty good but could still be a lot better.

wyager 10y ago
> 3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency ???? LTE is orders of magnitude faster. > and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway. Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it.
- lucb1e 10y ago
  > LTE is orders of magnitude faster. Yeah but that doesn't make 3g slow. Like I said, 3g is plenty fast, meaning it's fast enough for mobile browsing and even watching videos (though videos over mobile data is just stealing money out of your own wallet, but that's a separate issue). That 4g/LTE is faster doesn't make 3g any slower. The only slightly noticeable advantage of LTE is latency or downloading large files (which you wouldn't do over a metered connection if you had a choice). > Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it. Looking at coverage maps of the Netherlands, I guess I'm outdated. There's little difference between 3g and 4g anymore. I remember not long ago when 3g was nearly everywhere (so close to 100% coverage) and then they started putting down 4g everywhere. 3g advancement stopped altogether. Right now it looks like they just upgraded the 3g spots to 3g+4g and forgot about advancing the network at all.