Re:Apple's 7nm A12 chip could be the best feature in the 201...
by wwweston on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:18PM
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Seems to take about 4-5 years from release for the depreciation&upgrade curves to bring an iPhone under $100. At that point, the main thing keeping them from being what you're asking for is:
1) No one has been particularly dedicated to developing an open-source OS for these things, despite the fact that used phones are steadily becoming some of the most common devices in the world, to the point where we have to treat them like waste.
2) Apple's treatment of ports of any kind as a blemish.
Solve these problems, and you have the board in a slick package. :)
I'm less than half kidding. #2 is obviously solvable, as there are lightning dongles/docks for just about everything on your list. #1 gets harder over time with security measures but it has to be possible, it's a question of resources.
1) No one has been particularly dedicated to developing an open-source OS for these things, despite the fact that used phones are steadily becoming some of the most common devices in the world, to the point where we have to treat them like waste. 2) Apple's treatment of ports of any kind as a blemish.
Solve these problems, and you have the board in a slick package. :)
I'm less than half kidding. #2 is obviously solvable, as there are lightning dongles/docks for just about everything on your list. #1 gets harder over time with security measures but it has to be possible, it's a question of resources.