Comment on "I built my own Phone... because innovation is sad rn"

• DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  they used the USB-C to route it internally to the q10 keyboard you see in the screencapture. But to still be able to charge they reused the Qi Charging pad, wired it back in so you can still wireless charge the device.

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  • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ah yeah, would have been nice, but I get it. I imagine consumer phones will go more that direction too. All while I’m here contemplating going back to a flip phone anyway lol

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    • slate@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Smart phones were a mistake

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      • AlexLost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not for those in charge. They are working exactly as intended and making us all mindless zombies with brain rot and an inability to determine real from fantasy. Not all of us mind you, just “the masses”.

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• AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  He used the USB port on the samsung phone to connect an old blackberry keyboard, via a custom made PCB.

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    via a custom made PCB

    and populated the surface mounted components in the most hilarious and oversized stencil ever conceived :D

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