Originally Posted by Trzyzet (Post 1554516)

I don't know why people are crying due to snapdragon 835. Normally in this price you should receive SoC for medium range phones almost without GPU. 835 is maybe 2 years old but it is a flagship SoC, which is better than actual medium range SoC from this year.

I think 835 is a lot better choice than actual equivalent of 821.

Also, We should remember about work and effort to make a slider mechanism in these days. I'm sure that was over 80% of development costs.

Originally Posted by shaihkritzer (Post 1554512)

now let's give Chen some ideas on next phones :)

since current one is Pro, I guess there should be a not-pro, then Mini version, in size of Sony xz1 compact or so. also maybe some Plus version like 6 inch 16:9 with top hardware.

also would be good to compete with blackberry at portrait qwerty market, since not everyone enjoys all locked-up, unrootable blackberries. so it would be make analogs for Priv and Keyone/two for sure. portrait slider may come fancy with modern fashion 'slide down for front cam' and make two-way slider like nokia N95/96.

also it would be fine to have some classics reborn too, like sonyeric M600 rocker-buttons qwerty and something in clamshell design like N92/93.

Originally Posted by nh1402 (Post 1554528)

I do have a few questions before buying it.

1. what type of storage is it, emmc, ufs 2(.1?)
2. what type of ram lpddr4 or lpddr4x?
3. does the phone support widevine drm L1
4. if it does when you unlock the bootloader, does that L1 support go away, if it does if you relock it does it come back?

I am most likely going to buy it either way, just wondering about more details.

Originally Posted by xman (Post 1554514)

I haven't seem the weight any where.

Originally Posted by HtheB (Post 1554532)

https://www.technobuffalo.com/fxtec-pro1-review/

Another nice article

Originally Posted by Astaoth (Post 1554536)

About the possible next, if F(x)tec can create a smartphone like the Nokia E6 (portrait keyboard, camera with no focus, worldwide network, very strong and big battery life), I'll gladely take it either :D

Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1554544)

No focus is a no brainer but why?
You like blurry pictures for some reason?

Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1554544)

No focus is a no brainer but why?
You like blurry pictures for some reason?

Originally Posted by wicket (Post 1554483)

AKA MSM8998. Indeed, not bad at all. :) Definitely a big +1 over the Cosmo Communicator's dead-end MediaTek SoC.

I'm really impressed with how the device looks and what Chen has achieved so far. With basic SoC support already available in real Linux, now for the real question. How much are Fx Technology willing to help with mainlining their device? If this device can run real Linux, without libhybris adaptations, it would be the perfect target for Maemo Leste and I would buy it in an instant.

Originally Posted by chenliangchen (Post 1554553)

MSM8998 might seem dated with shiny new 855 being around. But that was the best we could get (and afford) when R&D starts.

Despite being a 2017 SoC, it's still have one of the top tier performance, which will easily out perform anything so far in 6 series, even the 710 on benchmark. We know we are weaker than SD 845 and 855, but it should be better than probably the rest of all SoCs. And it's 10nm structure has a very good reputation on power control.

Back to topic, I will PM you separately about how we could contribute or work together on mainlining the SoC. It would certainly be a good direction not relying on Hybris. :)

Originally Posted by chenliangchen (Post 1554553)

MSM8998 might seem dated with shiny new 855 being around. But that was the best we could get (and afford) when R&D starts.

Despite being a 2017 SoC, it's still have one of the top tier performance, which will easily out perform anything so far in 6 series, even the 710 on benchmark. We know we are weaker than SD 845 and 855, but it should be better than probably the rest of all SoCs. And it's 10nm structure has a very good reputation on power control.

Back to topic, I will PM you separately about how we could contribute or work together on mainlining the SoC. It would certainly be a good direction not relying on Hybris. :)

Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1554554)

Now just have to add that new screen make it production ready. Hope for the best.

Originally Posted by Fellfrosch (Post 1554558)

The part with the new screen I have missed, can somebody help me out?

Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1554560)

No, the first presentation just said they guys behind it was planning to switch to another screen supplier. Not sure if it will be good or bad, true or false.
Chen has not officially commented that as far as I know.

Originally Posted by Fellfrosch (Post 1554561)

Thanx Dave! Did they say was planning or are planning? A short statement of chen would be nice indeed.

Originally Posted by Fellfrosch (Post 1554561)

Thanx Dave! Did they say was planning or are planning? A short statement of chen would be nice indeed.

Originally Posted by chenliangchen (Post 1554553)

Back to topic, I will PM you separately about how we could contribute or work together on mainlining the SoC. It would certainly be a good direction not relying on Hybris. :)

Originally Posted by justmemory (Post 1554566)

If I may ask where are you at MWC...?

Originally Posted by mosen (Post 1554567)

This thread advances so fast.