Make it easily repairable like the Fairphone and then I’ll be interested
Me when Valve releases a phone
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the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
vga@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
If it’s the size of an iphone 13 mini or smaller, I’ll buy it.
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 10 hours ago
You know, I would 100% buy a phone from them if it runs Linux
bobo1900@startrek.website 27 minutes ago
With the amount of work they are putting in compatibility layers technology, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could run The Witcher 3 on it out of the box.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Me too, even if I could have more bang for my buck elsewhere.
Give it a decent camera, battery life and good security as well as privacy and take my money already!
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Having a Linux phone that chroot compartments for Android apps is the dream.
jcr@jlai.lu 20 minutes ago
I was just checking that yesterday, and there was the opportunity to have something equivalent to a “steam phone” with https://liberux.net/#specs , but the indiegogo failed.
One that is actually sold is the Furiphone , which is under finalization of software update., and has chroot for Android apps with Waydroid. check the links ! 😊
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Steam Xperia Linux phone would be a dream. I think if a Steam phone did well then other companies like Asus would jump into Linux phone.
Then suddenly we get mainstream alternatives to Android.
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You mean the one with PlayStation integration? Fuck yeah.
hayvan@feddit.nl 5 hours ago
Not exactly that but Jolla might be interesting for you. I had the first edition of the device in 2014 and I loved it.
Thry finally released a second gen hardware last year I think.
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
BlackBerry had a separate walled/secured android instance a long time ago. I wish that more people bought the phone. Jolla is interesting, but I really want the banking apps to work.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Call it the Steam Iron.
frank@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
I hope for Steamie Boi
callouscomic@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I think it’d be Steam Sight, or Steam Sight Glass.
It fits the theme and is essentially a window to peer into steam pipes to assess how things are going. An easy view inside the system.
Also called View Port, Sight Window, and I think Sight Flow?
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 hours ago
Steamy Chocolate Bar.
Jakule17@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Pls with a jack and sd slot
s08nlql9@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
Ah yep. 1st gen will have those, but only in 2G/GSM network, no wifi
eta@feddit.org 10 hours ago
s08nlql9@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
not a pro memer yet
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Isn’t Steam Frame run in SteamOS made for ARM chip?
While there likely won’t be a steam phone, it technically exists as of now.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Not sure I follow… A steam frame isn’t a phone. It can’t make or receive phone calls
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
What the other comment said. Since Valve is already half way there with their Steam Frame version of SteamOS(which run on ARM architecture, where phone and tablet also use) and Linux phone iirc do exists, it’s only a matter on how much futher Valve wanna go. So as of now they “technically” already have half a steam phone.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 hours ago
It only lacks a modem tho.
It’s a few gens back top of the line snapping turtle (Snapdragon), 16 giggies of ram, a battery, two LCDs, a bunch of cameras, and it runs Linux (SteamOS of unknown openness).
Osan@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I think what they meant is that the technology exists since steam frame is an ARM based device it’s just a matter of running it on different hardware and adding firmware support for things like phone calls and touch screens.
nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
I want a cyberdeck with cellular connectivity with talk/text.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 hours ago
Yes please.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I kinda wanna hate that but, while pricy, it…it would be good, wouldn’t it? It’s Valve after all. It wouldn’t be astounding. But it would be stable, reliable, accessible…
All dreams as of now but…
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
But it would be stable, reliable, accessible…
And have a 50% chance to be abandoned/unsupported in 2 years. In the real world they have zero reasons to release a standalone phone, (huge) maybe they could make a tablet for remote play.
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 8 hours ago
mobile gaming is one the biggest segments of the gaming industry based on revenue. depending on how scummy their intentions are, a GabePhone could be a very good business move
rapchee@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
last year i plugged in my steam link just to see if it still works and it had an update
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
stable
SteamOS is by far the least stable experience I’ve ever had out of all consoles and handhelds I remember owning. Linux phone would be nice though.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 11 hours ago
Well, it would need to be open with open sauce drivers to run whatever OS you choose.
It would also have to be of higher spec.
Basically just take that Frame, cut the battery in half, change the cameras to 1" (wide & telephoto), swap the LCDs with one big ol’ OLED, and cram it in a nice alloy body. And RGB lighting everywhere (kidding).
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
Where!? When!?
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Nowhere. This is speculation.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
Not even speculation, just shitposting.
Valve has done a ton of work on expanding their level of access in the gaming sphere, from Proton to the new Fex, but they are a PC gaming company, period.
SteamDeck doesn’t run Android, it runs full Linux.
Other Linux phone variants are in such infancy I doubt Valve would want to take on such a project in it’s current state. Maybe 10 years down the line, if their hardware gambits pay off.
Even then, mobile devices is a whole different ball game of working with cellular service vendors to get support for you device. Currently Valve doesn’t have to work with any vendors other than traditional PC and game peripheral parts providers, they don’t have to cut deals with xFinity or other ISPs to get their products to connect to them. They are not having to make deals with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. Getting into the phone sphere is such a huge undertaking, and while it’s a fun thought, it’s such a far-off and unlikely move for Valve.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 11 hours ago
We’re in trouble if people are speculating on things posted in a shitpost section.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Not soon enough
CobaltMetropolis@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Valve should release a phone if they get into the mobile gaming industry of course steam isn’t based around that, but it would be nice if valve at least officially port their games to there…
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 49 minutes ago
No, but since the frame is arm based, a phone with clip on controller bits like the switch that could also play my steam games is absolutely something I would throw money at.