The Adam Smith Institute once added up all the govt spending demands made in a single news program and it came to like 10% of GDP.
Similarly the comments here: if only it could do all this and
* On/off button round the back
* More LTE bands
* An open bootloader (note to normies this is like saying "have a quantum multiplexer")
* Different screen ratio
* Different keyboard layouts
* Eink screen
* Bigger battery
* Be easier to use for someone with long fingernails (hello Nosferatu <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49751114">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49751114)
* Be lighter
* Be smaller
* Have a website without javascript (really)
* Be cheaper (this one is satire) (no it's not)
Sure guys, why can't someone just build you your personal phone at the same price as the iPhone whose development costs are amortized over seval billions consumers :-/
Making one isn't "that" hard once you factor in China's production capabilities. The problem isn't even making it, the hardware part. ( Ignoring IP for a second )
Once you have all that, it is how do you sell it, and sell enough unit to even have a ROI. And that is ignoring UI / software.
I don't think people on HN understand, hardware business is brutal.
dash2 · · focus · HN ↗
Similarly the comments here: if only it could do all this and
* On/off button round the back
* More LTE bands
* An open bootloader (note to normies this is like saying "have a quantum multiplexer")
* Different screen ratio
* Different keyboard layouts
* Eink screen
* Bigger battery
* Be easier to use for someone with long fingernails (hello Nosferatu <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49751114">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49751114)
* Be lighter
* Be smaller
* Have a website without javascript (really)
* Be cheaper (this one is satire) (no it's not)
Sure guys, why can't someone just build you your personal phone at the same price as the iPhone whose development costs are amortized over seval billions consumers :-/
ksec · · focus · HN ↗
Once you have all that, it is how do you sell it, and sell enough unit to even have a ROI. And that is ignoring UI / software.
I don't think people on HN understand, hardware business is brutal.