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inflatableDodo
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Google employees are listening to Google Home conv...
>Before I go further: do you own a smartphone?
Someone really needs to make a decent modular smartphone with a detachable radio.
meruru
on July 11, 2019
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The Librem 5 has a kill switch for the radio:
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
inflatableDodo
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Oooh, a Debian derivative smartphone. I been wanting one of these to reappear in the wild ever since having a play with a Nokia N900.
jakeogh
on July 12, 2019
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Does the radio have DMA?
jakeogh
on July 12, 2019
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nope! awesome.
ilikepi
on July 10, 2019
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It's not quite what you're asking for, but Apple does still sell the iPod Touch, and they recently revved it. One could pair that with a mobile hotspot with a power button...
inflatableDodo
on July 11, 2019
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I have been considering a battery powered raspberry pi with a usb hotspot and a virtual phone number.
jolmg
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I guess it makes sense to detach the radio if you're not using your phone to receive calls...
marmaduke
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Do you mean the part where you can pull the Sim card out of the phone and reinsert it when you need to make a call?
askvictor
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Pull out the SIM card? I guess once eSIMs catch on, this won't be an option.
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Someone really needs to make a decent modular smartphone with a detachable radio.