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by dsp_person 280 days ago
What about all these raspberry pi hats with cell modems? Are they missing anything like usable IMEI numbers or proprietary stuff? What's stopping an RPi compute module 3G/4G/5G DIY linux phone?
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XorNot 280 days ago
The battery life would suck? It's not about whether you can build a phone, it's about whether you can build a decent phone.
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cosmic_cheese 280 days ago
Battery life is probably awful, mainly.
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