> That is true you can cobble shit on a breadboard. And it's highly non-portable and extremely anti-usable. I've already done basically this level of stuff for

> That is true you can cobble shit on a breadboard. And it's highly non-portable and extremely anti-usable. I've already done basically this level of stuff for my own custom bluetooth mechanical keyboard projects (a keyboard is larger overall, for obvious reasons, but the space beneath it where you can fit electronics is quite limited) and I've made a few resin cases for other electronic hobby projects. The software side of the Flipper is much more time investment but still something I could do if I was fully motivated and had no other obligations getting in the way. Or I would just cheat and specifically use the same STM32WB55 microcontroller and re-use the existing Flipper's firmware directly. Designing a case and a PCB for something of the Flipper's complexity is really not that hard. A day or two each. Honestly, I find the Flipper's case to be pretty poorly designed for actual usability, it's mostly just directly exposing hardware externally in as small of a space they could get away with, it's a complete pocket brick otherwise. It's a striking visual design with the angles but actually kind of terrible at slipping in and out of your pocket and is awkward and clumsy to use one handed or subtly. Cell phones (at least up until very recently) carried similar radios, IR blaster, SD slots and ports in much better and smaller form factors, and are so normalized in public use that it might have flown under the radar both in consumer's eyes and regulator attention if it wasn't actually so visually distinctive.