> using our very powerful smartphones, locally, no server subscription needed. > connect it to a USB battery in a box I think these choices would put this ide

> using our very powerful smartphones, locally, no server subscription needed. > connect it to a USB battery in a box I think these choices would put this idea at a serious disadvantage to other competitors in this space. The reason others are using purpose-built hardware is because it solves problems that repurposed consumer hardware in a box will experience. Municipalities don't care what your hardware or software stack is. They want to know what problem you're solving for them. If you tell them that you can count traffic to do traffic studies, they're going to tell you that they already bought something 10 years ago that does that. Why would they buy your solution? If a municipality wants something cheap and offline to count traffic, they can just buy a tube counter today, or use the one they probably already have in their storage room. Take a look at something like: https://diamondtraffic.com/ https://diamondtraffic.com/