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Good luck using a smartphone made by humans. It isn't physically possible to do.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Good luck using a smartphone made by humans. It isn't physically possible to do.
- cr0sh 10y agoI get what you're saying. So maybe not the sleek and stylish ones - but you can build your own smartphone, if you're willing to forego it being stylish. A Raspi Zero W, plus a 3G (or 4G if you want to spend the money) module, plus a few other sensors and a screen - and a 3D printed case, etc - are virtually all you need. Again, though - not most people's idea of a smartphone (I've given thought about building such a thing, though).
- Arizhel 10y agoNo, you really cannot build a smartphone. I'd really like to see you make an ARM CPU by hand, just using a silicon wafer. Or solder a modern BGA package reliably without a reflow oven. >and a 3D printed case That's not allowed. The requirement was for something "hand made". 3D printing is robotic, so you can't do that. You have to make the case by hand from a block of plastic with unpowered hand tools.
- detaro 10y agoDoes it really make that much of a difference that the final assembly is done by humans instead of machines? The parts you propose using are all clearly not hand made, and in many cases can't really be. It could be interesting from a product design/flexibility perspective, but that's a different axis of concern IMHO.