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Originally Posted by chenliangchen View Post
Yes revive N950/Lauta is my plan this year.

The cost of making a decent keyboard phone is so high and I'm doing it step by step:

- Sliding part is the most difficult and expensive part of the hardware. A good moulding costs very very high. But I can re-use the Moto Mods sliding part and make minor modification to the toolings I can greatly reduce the cost.

- Hopefully with this tablet's collaboration with Jolla I will have a better understanding regarding time and cost for OS adaptation.

- The next most difficult bit is Qualcomm SoC solution, they are soooo expensive. I'm looking for a more cost-effective solution to that at the moment. I'm not targeting at MSM8997 or those flagship chipsets - they add unnecessary cost to the customer and it's a waste of CPU power. I'm looking more towards mid-tier like 625/626 which gives a better balance between power consumption and performance. But even though it's still very expensive to get a decent solution.

Once the Keyboard Mod starts shipping and the tablet starts manufacturing I will look more into the cost, it's still very challenge but I'm confident. My aim is to have a 64GB+4GB Qualcomm 625 solution QWERTY slider with a removable battery, we will see how it goes in a few weeks.
Chen I like your ideas.
I have a Moto Z Play and with the large display I find it easier to type.
With the larger displays I never see any phones with the slide out keyboard. So I am wondering how many people would purchase the slide out keyboard as a Moto Mod?

With my N9 I would use a Blue Tooth keyboard, and same with the Moto Z Play if I need or want a larger keyboard.

To the moderators: Sorry I just realized I was in the wrong discussion for commenting about a slide out keyboard.
 

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