Hi all , I stumbled across this (french) article about the Fairphone 3 : link I seems that FrAndroid was at a conference were Fairphone was a partner, about circular economy, and they asked Bas Van Habel a couple of questions about the FP3 For the non-french speaker, what is says : The Fairphon…

I thought that, too. But then I came across this article: [image] NXP/Freescale's 64-bit i.MX 8 chips are finally coming - Liliputing NXP/Freescale's 64-bit i.MX 8 chips are finally coming Est. reading time: 1 minute NXP is positioning the i.MX 8…

[image] Patrick1: A compromise could also be like different other phones in the market offer a combined sim/sd card slot. That combined SIM/SD card slot is a bad habit of some phone manufacturers. What if the user wants to use two SIM cards and a SD card simultaneously? In my opinion, this sh…

[image] Stefan: The i.MX 8M sounds good. (I’m not an expert in this at all, so that’s just from a layman’s perspective. :wink:) Well, depends on when it’s really coming and how much it will cost. I’m not up-to-date on the etnaviv from, but I’d guess we could get the G7000(-lite) running with…

[image] TobiasF: Also, you can’t save much money there. You can save space. In such small cases like smartphones, such slots make up a lot. By the way, I’d like to add another requirement: very robust (IOW: industrial grade) connectors. I just have problems w/ my toshiba notebook where all U…

[image] metux: I doubt anybody seriously replaces usb connectors in smartphones I think you would be surprised to see what this community is up to :wink:

@metux been there, done that! :wink: [image] A never-ending repair story (USB connector FP1) Fairphone 2 Hey everybody, those who know me or have read my posts know that I almost always defend Fairphone because I love their mission and love being involved in the movement.…

[image] metux: Smartphones usually have only one - and if the usb slot its broken, you can the throw it away (I doubt anybody seriously replaces usb connectors in smartphones) Depending on whether it’s still under guarantee, you could just order a new bottom module for the FP2 for €20. Don’t …

[image] RSpliet: Depending on whether it’s still under guarantee, you could just order a new bottom module for the FP2 for €20. Ah, didn’t know that the usb connector is on an extra module. That’s a great thing :slight_smile: By the way: wh not just develop a new baseboard w/ some better SoC…

[image] metux: By the way: wh not just develop a new baseboard w/ some better SoC ? That would include writing new drivers for all the components and the SoC is not really the weak point of the FP2. The week point rather seem to be Google’s dumb upgrade restrictions . If they make a new main …

[image] Stefan: Nice detail: The i.MX microcontrollers are now produced by the Dutch company NXP Semiconductors… Just a side note: The iMX is originally by Freescale (US) and came to NXP when they bought Freescale. Some months ago Qualcomm decided to buy NXP and if no miracle happens the iMX …

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Stefan June 19, 2017, 7:07am 107

@metux been there, done that!

And I’m not the only one.