Fairphone 2 hardware extensions

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Hi !
This look super interesting !
But, just to be sure, the 3D printed case is going to replace the “original one” ?
Anyway, it’s great to have someone like you for this kind of stuff :smiley:

Elispsu

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Awesome news! The other half keyboard looked great.

I would really like a different less protective case in a nicer material to slim the phone down a bit.

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It will drain whatever it can, it is to be used for short periods of time

Good point! Will do some tests when I have the first proto and maybe include some lightguard in that direction.

Yes.

Was plannig to do some tests on a case that does not extend in front of the screen, but don’t put your hopes up too much. The phone is just big.

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Thanks for that. I’m happy with a big phone, but I don’t really drop phones and wouldn’t normally use a case so anything to make it a little bit smaller would be great.

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Uh-oh. Not sure. I think it would be better to limit it, but maybe that’s just my personal preference … Yes, normally in this setup, you want the light coming from “behind” the lens.

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Hi @Dvl why not introduce yourself here? :slight_smile:

I have a question: Can you earn a living with the phone extensions you are making, or do you need to work somewhere else too to survive?

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I have for a long time, but now I am doing a lot of non-phone projects. Very busy with building my skill-set and getting payed projects.

But I prefer building completely useless crazy stuff for an awesome community. Think of something crazy to make, build two prototypes, throw it out there, get positive response, build a lot of them, next project. Way more rewarding, just not in a financial way. Lets see how it all pans out!

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Wireless charging would be at the top of my priority list.

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As far as I know uses wireless charging more energy then normal charging.
Therefore it conflicts with my FAIRphone. @Jerry How do you think about this?

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Yup, consider 30-40% loss total in conversions. Practical yes, efficient not so much.

Also, complex and expensive circuitry. I will not make it.

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I like the idea of a solar panel in the back, if it don’t increase too much the already big dimensions of the phone

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Wouldn’t know, hadn’t heard about this before. Makes sense though, that it’s not efficient.

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Was thinking of this too, but then I thought of my WakaWaka power light and I realized that it only works well enough if you really put it in direct sunlight, which is something you wouldn’t want to expose your phone to on a hot summer day.

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Wireless charging is also discussed here.

My top priority would be a keyboard similar to TOHKBD. Is Fairphone 2’s backside connector very different from Jolla’s one? Would it be much work to make a Fairphone 2 hardware keyboard?

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Please discuss all Solar related stuff here.

Solar is stupid idea on a phone, if you want to know why, go here. Which is also the place to discuss it :wink:

USB host vs I2C. Different story al together, but generally USB is easier. Lets see how some simple projects pan out, then we’ll talk complex stuff like keyboards :wink:

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I actually like I2C for the fact that you can have multiple system with one port :smiley:
Is there an easy way to do it with USB ?

Also, my top priority would be NFC ! :smiley:

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1 extra chip, no problemo.

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12 posts were merged into an existing topic: Potential for a LED back cover on the Fairphone 2

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@dvl, I don’t know how good you are but Always Innovating’s Smart Book has always intrigued me.

You could view this as the ultimate FP2 case :laughing:

It would extend the FP2 into a Fair Tablet/Netbook/Laptop (take your pick).

How I would see it with the FP2:

  • Take off the back cover. This will help the second step and also allow the extension port to be used.
  • Slide the phone in the back of the panel, with the FP2 screen visible from the outside. That way, you can have the main (e.g. 10") screen to work on and the FP2 as small screen for notifications when the big panel is shut down or not visible (face down on a table or folded against keyboard).
  • The panel would just be like an external screen with a good amount of extra battery power :wink:
  • The FP2 would automatically detect it’s attached to the panel and create a second screen with higher resolution.
  • Of course, a detachable or rotateable keyboard should be included (with even more battery power in it :smiley: ).

To top this off, it would be awesome if someone could also duplicate Always Innovating’s Hot Multi-OS switching. That way, when the FP2 is inserted into the panel, it would switch to, e.g., a Debian Gnome desktop and back to Android when it’s taken out of the panel. Of course, sharing the the data among all the OS’s so if you make a change in your contact information in one OS, it would automatically be picked up in the other one as well.

Ambitious ? Definitely. But I’m willing to put some money down for this. That Asus EeePC was a quite convenient machine to take with you. Being able to combine this with a phone seems a very convenient step to me.

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You can assume I am extremely epic :stuck_out_tongue:

Concept looks cool (like any convertible tablet that exists already but combined with padphone), but that website does not inspire confidence in the slightest. Generally speaking, if a company calls itself innovating, you can assume that innovating is the last thing they do.

I think it is cheaper for you to glue a usb monitor with powerbank to the back of your phone than to fund development :wink: