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Your Phone is an Entire Computer (medhir.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

The only difference is UI. I operate my phone in my hand with my thumb, not on my lap or on a desk from a keyboard.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    And the hardware. Your phone requires much harder power optimization in order to have a usable battery life. Same for size and heat dissipation.

    Also politics related to the radio connection. Public cellular is tied to identity. It is structurally hostile to user-controlled, fully open, deeply optimized devices because the radio stack is certification-heavy, operator-governed, and privacy-hostile.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    For the first point, that sort of engineering is more necessary for a smaller form factor, but can absolutely be done for other computer hardware. Applying these lessons to laptops yields some amazing laptopsz for example.

    As for the second point, that's just one component in the system. You can attach a cellular modem to a PC. They just don't tend to be built in directly.

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