[HN Gopher] iPhone 7 boots postmarketOS
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       iPhone 7 boots postmarketOS
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2020-04-18 21:47 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (tuxphones.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (tuxphones.com)
        
       | renewiltord wrote:
       | This is really cool! I hope they get the GPU running. I would
       | _love_ to run Ubuntu Touch or something on an iPhone. I wonder
       | how much of the responsiveness of iOS is due to the hardware.
        
       | Elv13 wrote:
       | The iPhone 3G and original iPhone both had Android ports. Back
       | then the (internal) hardware was mostly off the shelf, so it was
       | easier. Still, this is neat.
        
         | Paianni wrote:
         | They predated the SoC era, as did all the late Symbian
         | handsets.
        
           | monocasa wrote:
           | "SoC era"?
        
             | skunkworker wrote:
             | Before Apple bought PA Semi and started working on their
             | own A series of System on a Chip (SoC) processors. They
             | were using ARM reference designs before.
        
               | jandrese wrote:
               | Also before the boot was totally locked down in encrypted
               | black boxes.
        
             | jtl999 wrote:
             | I assume they are referring to the time before Apple used
             | custom system-on-chip designs
        
       | boucher wrote:
       | I hope the right to repair movement catches on.
        
       | duskwuff wrote:
       | Is it really a "smartphone" yet if it can't make phone calls or
       | use the cell modem?
       | 
       | https://projectsandcastle.org/status
        
         | sjsone wrote:
         | Is it really a "smartphone" yet if it cant't make phone calls
         | or use the cell modem if your battery is empty ? lol
        
         | WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
         | I mean, it's a great technical achievement... we'll see when it
         | hits full support.
        
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