Ask HN: What would you include if you could make your own phone?
I’m working on a new crowdfunded smartphone project called Z1 Phone, a rugged, modular, repairable phone shaped by users.
What features would you include in your ideal phone?
What features would you include in your ideal phone?
- Easy to remove battery and yet still waterproof like the Motorola two way radios.
- Multiple size battery options. Extra-mega-big option for extended month long trail excursions.
- Physical waterproof qwerty keyboard with enough space between keys for big fingers.
- Ability to run Arm Linux without requiring any added kernel modules. Full approval of all code by Linus T.
- No bloatware, no spyware, physical buttons to disable camera, microphone, Bluetooth, Wifi, LTE. JTAG debugging fully disabled and USB hardened against physical and code attacks. 2G disabled by default.
- High impact rated to withstand being dropped from the top of an air traffic control tower, driven over by a cement truck, shot by a 45-70.
- Meshnet modules
Probably not very realistic but I can dream.
- Full approval of all code by Linus T.
- High impact rated to withstand being dropped from the top of an air traffic control tower, driven over by a cement truck, shot by a 45-70.
but the rest is very much doable
Even if Linus does not approve it I want to be on the email thread.
batteries removable by hand no tools or solvents required.
no battery power on plug operation.
modular construction, hardware components that are never going to be used for the benefit of the user, removable with no friction.