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I'm assuming this device will have the screen slide out instead of just the keyboard like the mod. So I was wondering if you thought about slapping a second (thin) battery behind the screen or would that cost too much?
 

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Originally Posted by nh1402 View Post
I'm assuming this device will have the screen slide out instead of just the keyboard like the mod. So I was wondering if you thought about slapping a second (thin) battery behind the screen or would that cost too much?
Wouldn't that upset the balance of the device?
 

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Wouldn't that upset the balance of the device?
I don't think so, the keyboard, battery, SoC etc. is on the bottom half, it's just the screen (maybe speaker(s) too) adding a thin battery behind the display shouldn't affect it.
 

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I don't think, that a second battery under the screen makes much sense. In my opinion one device one battery. But I think the battery should be changeable.

There is only one reason i could imagine a second battery makes sense: When the second battery is just for caching to make the main battery hot swapable.
 

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I agree with Fellfrosch, but this is just my uneducated point of view. I have no skills in engineering and designing electronic devices.
 

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A second battery will be only useful for hot swap, it was used in some rugged phones with logistics etc.

For general users I don't think it's necessary as long as the battery is removable. As adding a secondary battery will lead complexity and add unnecessary thickness.
 

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well what I wouldn't classify as unecessary thickness would be to have dual front facing stereo speakers, not sure where one would place them (outer edge of keyboard side, or on the display side), I would like them either way
 

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Like the idea of chenPhone showing up one day ready to ship. No heads up, no notifications.

Regarding screens. Depends of the purpose of this project. But obviously a more advance screen solution is preferred, unless it makes the device too expensive.
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I'll drop my bit here. As it was said before I don't think that bezelless screen is any better. It will probably add to the price as well as being slightly more fragile (just a guess). But what I would love to see is a device available for anyone. There is so many people out there wanting to have device like this. I'm still using n900 as my second device. And just by accident (playing a computer game) I came across a guy who uses SF mobile. And there is so many more out there. I was so looking forward to neo900, but now it looks like it will never happen. What I'm trying to say is that there is a huge market out there plus on top of that there is a ton of people tired of using android and iOS just eager to try something else. I reckon with right campaign this project has a potential to became a hit. It's definitely a move in the right direction.

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Another interesting thing was that Qualcomm introduced a new tier of SoC's, the 700 series, being better than mid-range but lower than the flagship level.

Could mean we could go with a SoC from this series, or it could mean the mid-range 600 series could drop in price and use that instead.
 

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