ZeroPhone is a DIY Smartphone Built From a Raspberry Pi Zero CENTRiC A1...

ZeroPhone is a DIY Smartphone Built From a Raspberry Pi Zero CENTRiC A1... xda-developers Dec 6, 2017 9:30 PM • by Adam Conway ZeroPhone is a DIY Smartphone Built From a Raspberry Pi Zero The Raspberry Pi Zero is a $5 computer designed by the nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation, and it's one of the most developer-friendly compute chips of its kind. Google's even endorsed it — the search giant's recently announced AIY visual kit lets you turn a plain old Raspberry Pi Zero into an artificially intelligent platform that can perform image recognition. But one of the most impressive projects yet might just be the ZeroPhone, a do-it-yourself smartphone. It's the brainchild of 22-year-old Arsenijs Pičugins, who hails from Riga, Latvia, and it's admittedly not the most attractive thing in the world — TechRadar, who interviewed Pičugins, described it as a  "PCB Sandwich". But Pičugins aims to keep the price below $100, and the ZeroPhone's specs are pretty impressive for what you get. Source: ZeroPhone The hobbyist phone, which runs Raspbian Lite and ships with an open source UI development kit, rocks a 1.3-inch, 128 x 64 monochrome OLED screen with a Broadcom BCM2835 application processor clocked at 1GHz and 512MB DDR2 RAM. It has WiFi capabilities and 2G mobile data support (Pičugins says it'll get a 3G modem down the line), and it charges via micro USB. It can output video via HDMI and audio via a 3.5mm headphone jack, and send and receive commands from any application written in Python. It's not for the faint of heart, though. Pičugins says the ZeroPhone's moderately difficult to assemble, and that it's best attempted by people who a little familiar with soldering. But if that doesn't intimidate you, it's incredibly versatile — the ZeroPhone supports add-ons via the Raspberry Pi Zero's GPIO expansion headers, and can do just about anything with a little elbow grease (Pičugins gave the example of being able to reprogram a laptop motherboard's BIOS  by desoldering it and connecting it to the ZeroPhone). Source: ZeroPhone The ZeroPhone's entering its first crowdfunding phase this week, and Pičugins hopes to offer an array of cases as backer rewards. If you're interested in getting in on the ground floor, check out the interview at the source link. Raspberry Pi Zero: Project ZeroPhone Android Advices Nov 24, 2017 2:17 PM • by Teja Chedalla CENTRiC A1 Smartphone Launched with 5.5″ Full HD Display & Quick Charge 3.0 Support Earlier this year, the Indian smartphone brand CENTRiC had launched four new budget smartphones – CENTRiC L1, CENTRiC P1, CENTRiC P1 Plus and CENTRiC G1. All these devices are priced under Rs. 10,000 and came with 4G VoLTE support. Now, the company is all set to launch a new smartphone called Centric A1. It is priced at Rs. 10,999 and offers unibody metal design. The smartphone will be available in Metallic Earl Grey, White & Peach Gold, Gold & Peach Gold color options. Unlike many other smartphones in the budget segment, the CENTRiC A1 packs uncompromised specifications. It sports a 5.5-inch In-cell display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and includes Dragontrail Glass protection on the top. Under the hood, the CENTRiC A1 is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) Octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 505 GPU. It includes 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded additionally up to 256GB via a MicroSD card. On the rear of the device is a 13MP camera with PDAF, 5P lens, and dual LED flash. There is an 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash and 90-degree Field-of-View for wider selfies. The device supports dual SIM dual standby using the hybrid SIM slot. It is backed by a 3,000mAh non-removable that is rated to give up to 15 hours of talk time and lasts up to 210 hours in standby mode. The CENTRiC A1 also supports Quick Charge 3.0 that can give 4 hours of talk time with just 10 minutes of charging. The fingerprint sensor is placed on the rear of the device. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, A-GPS, FM Radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, and USB Type-C port. It runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box, and there is no information about the Android 8.0 Oreo update. It also includes a bunch of sensors including Gyroscope, E-Compass, G-Sensor, Light sensor, Proximity sensor, and Hall sensor. The CENTRiC A1 measures 152 x 76 x 7.8 mm and weighs 160 grams. Beneath the display are the three capacitive navigation button for back, home, and multitasking (left to right). Let us know, would you be interested in using a smartphone from a relatively new brand. Share your opinion with us by commenting down below. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2017 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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