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Why they cannot use something like Snapdragon? I am contemplating buying a new phone, but it seems like most of the new ones have call recording disabled, so a
by varispeed 6y ago
Why they cannot use something like Snapdragon? I am contemplating buying a new phone, but it seems like most of the new ones have call recording disabled, so a phone with an open API and privacy conscious is something I could pay for, but it seems like this one is lacking in the hardware department. If I bought it that would certainly be a downgrade from my current old Samsung phone (which is running old OS and call recording works fine).
- swiley 6y agoThere aren't open source graphics drivers for most Qualcomm SoCs.
- 3np 6y ago> Snapdragon > Open Because these two are incompatible. The new SoC for 2021 is a big step up over the RK3328, though!
- drago-1 6y agoI've seen this explanation coming up quite often in discussions around Qualcomm or other similarly sized players: you have to be ordering (very) large numbers to be able to get their attention. Documentation is provided under NDAs I hear, and if you'd let's say, decide to buy a small(er) number of boards off the grey market (from one of their direct customers), you'd still have the problem of lack of support (firmware/code, docs, etc).
- varispeed 6y agoThat makes sense. I hope the development of Risc V will be akin to what Arm is to Intel now in near future. I am thinking I am probably still going to buy Pine phone just to support the developers even if I won't be using it.