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I'm very curious about the WiPhone but I think I'd like to play around with one before committing to buying.
@abucci Oh wow! I'm bookmarking this! π This looks fantastic! I wonder how "production ready" it is -- Like _could_ I just buy one and use it as my "everyday" phone? π€
What I also immediately like about this is its based on the ESP32 chip, which a lot of languages and toolchains can target, like for example TinyGo -- I can just see myself coding up my own mobile phone software π
(from scratch!)
@abucci Oh wow! I'm bookmarking this! π This looks fantastic! I wonder how "production ready" it is -- Like _could_ I just buy one and use it as my "everyday" phone? π€
What I also immediately like about this is its based on the ESP32 chip, which a lot of languages and toolchains can target, like for example TinyGo -- I can just see myself coding up my own mobile phone software π
(from scratch!)
Hmmm
> WiPhone is a unique, minimal phone. It uses WIFI to make HD voice calls, for free. This means that there is no required service contract - you can make free calls as long as you have a WiFi connection.
I guess its really a "WiFi Phone" -- I should have guessed, it was in the name π€£
Hmmm
> WiPhone is a unique, minimal phone. It uses WIFI to make HD voice calls, for free. This means that there is no required service contract - you can make free calls as long as you have a WiFi connection.
I guess its really a "WiFi Phone" -- I should have guessed, it was in the name π€£
@prologic Right? The one thing that gives me pause is that making voice calls requires SIP/WiFi. If you want to call an ordinary phone number, you'll need a SIP provider that bridges SIP to the phone network, and those usually cost money (I don't know enough about that world to know if you can self-host your own; maybe you can). Nobody I know uses SIP and there's no way I'm going to be able to convince them to start using it, so for this to be an actually useful gadget and not just a toy I'd need to be able to make voice calls to ordinary phone numbers. On their blog they state they might develop an LTE add-on board, which is interesting to consider. I've been exploring SIP-to-telephone bridge providers too, so this might be one of those things I explore for a year and then finally jump on, idk.
I do like the LoRa add-on board option, though. I could see my wife and me using that a lot.
@abucci Yeah I _could_ see that kinda working too... I have a few LoRa devices here that I haven't found the time to play with, I _really_ should soonβ’ π
@abucci Yeah I _could_ see that kinda working too... I have a few LoRa devices here that I haven't found the time to play with, I _really_ should soonβ’ π