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Furilabs Linux Phone

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223 points nikodunk | 4 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.882s | source
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pmontra ◴[14 Oct 24 17:32 UTC] No.41839755[source]▶
> Phone: 171mm x 82mm x 12mm : 280g

280 grams is a lot even for today's phones. 12 mm is half a inch. Very thick.

The other dimensions are 6.7 x 3.2 inches.

Ok, this might be a phone for people that want to prove a point but it's too cumbersome. How about starting with something reasonable and fit it with only what fits within those bounds? An example: 160 x 80 x 9 and 200 g. That would be a big phone but not bigger than many phones on sale.

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porphyra ◴[14 Oct 24 17:35 UTC] No.41839787[source]▶
It takes lots of engineering effort to make things svelte. That makes it incredibly hard for "indie" phone makers to come up with something competitive in this regard. Likewise with price --- Android phones with similar specs can be found for only $200.
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1. wmf ◴[14 Oct 24 17:46 UTC] No.41839907[source]▶
Why bother when you could pay HMD (aka "Nokia"), Foxconn, ASUS, etc to make a dramatically better phone with your logo and your OS on it?
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2. HumblyTossed ◴[14 Oct 24 17:49 UTC] No.41839940[source]▶
Can you actually do this with the numbers Furilabs probably expects to hit? Surely there's a minimum number to order before the companies you mentioned will even take you serious.
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3. wmf ◴[14 Oct 24 17:57 UTC] No.41840038[source]▶
The Linux phones all fail anyway so if you don't have the volume just don't bother.
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4. psd1 ◴[17 Oct 24 02:38 UTC] No.41865927{3}[source]▶
Are you suffering from burnout?

There's an undercurrent of despair in your comment. Don't do it to yourself, you only get one brain. Help us available. DM me if you want.