Comment by ๐Ÿš€ baloof

Re: "Dumphone - w/MCU hello. I wanted to ask if anyone wasโ€ฆ"

In: s/DumbPhones

@fab i had for this reason used kaios, but i would not recommend it.

Not having whatsapp or a good map is kind of a bummer.

if i were to buy another dumbphone it'd be the cat s22, but i rather make my own.

๐Ÿš€ baloof [OP]

2025-07-13 ยท 10 months ago

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๐Ÿš€ baloof [OP] ยท 2025-07-13 at 20:47:

i found another treasure:

https://forum.lvgl.io/t/open-source-example-of-lvgl-on-square-screen/17753/11

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๐Ÿš€ baloof:

Dumphone - w/MCU hello. I wanted to ask if anyone was interested in building their own dumbphone...? And thought maybe this is a good place to ask, and maybe we could a community around that. I myself would focus only on these things: - Calling - Texting - Music And probably the hardest: - Navigation I don't think linux or anything is needed for that, and would only make it more complicated, just a low end MCU. Maybe that could make it better in other qualities like battery and...

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