PiPhone - A Raspberry Pi based Smartphone 

Imagine going to school with that in like middle school or something. "What's that?" "My parents took away my phone so I fucking made my own."

You know what would make this even better? A nice beeping countdown timer.

Still has an audio jack. BETTER THAN I PHONE! XD

This is still one of my favorite things anyone has made with a rpi

I wounder what security at an airport would do if you tried to carry this onto a plane.

i'm pretty sure if you were to use it in a subway, people will just freakout thinking its some sort of remote detonator.

Mate you just gave your friend's number to the whole internet 😶 Anyhow, from an objective position of practicality, what you have there is absolutely ridiculous that anyone would bother to build such a thing. Of course, it's also frikkin awesome. And you did it because you could. I love this. It's brill.

I wanted to make a phone out of my pi , but couldn't really figure out how to do it. I'm so glad that someone has actually made it though.

What you have done is actually very inspiring for an average person.

A hipsters dream right there. That man is going to make millions.

walk into an airport with that and get tackled by security no joke that looks like a bomb

Now slap Android on it, and you have the Nexus π.

Looks like something Tony stark would make if he was on the run from the government

It's a "smartphone" because of its ingenuity, uniqueness, & that's pretty smart to me. Forget standard definitions, could you build this? =Smart. Don't get critical of something that is 1 of a kind.

How long is its battery life? I mean I wondered how long its battery sustain after charging one time.

Dave,this is a super fine project. Some viewers don't get it. Thank you for your clever creation. I may try it as it looks kind of involved with so many components...... Others want to go to Walmart to buy a clone!!. Wake up guys.

Very Impressive! Add some more software and you have a Pi Smartphone...an Open Source smartphone, now there is an idea...

Do a drop test

Heh, I'd rather keep my current phone. Also, NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR NUMBER ON THE INTERNET UNLESS YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CALLS!

Wihh the raspberry pi zero out and the alternative latte panda I'm supprised no one has made a thinner version

Are you going to do a step by step tutorial on how you built this machine!

I really want something like this :D Id love run a os like Arch, so i can run programs that i want / need instead of apps. Some basic gui to make calls from. Perfect :D

A PiPhone - my raspberry Dream! Great work! Thanks for video!

Hi Dave, just found your video when looking for info on GMS / voip gateways. Very cool!!!, as its a PI you could also, I guess put asterisk on the pi and actually use it as a voip / gsm gateway with a wifi dongle also to access the internet for the voip pipe. excellent. cheers Pete

Pretty awesome for doing something simply because it could be done! That is the true definition of an IT hobbyist :)

You should probably blur your phone number

So amazing... brought tears to my eyes ... loved it!

That's a neat project.hope to see what else you come up with.

walk on the streest in paris with it, i dare you!. Show them around there en upload some counter-strike C4 sound in it!

"I'm just waitin till my blackberry dies.. Cause I'll replace it with a Raspberry Pi!"

This is really cool Dave! Fantastic!

This is brilliant, thanks for posting.

Well I don't think it's going to catch on as the next big must have device but it's a brilliantly clever bit of work. I'm half tempted to try and make one to use as a new geek badge of honour.

could you reduce the thickness by removing the composite video out, ethernet, and usb ports and instead have a usb wifi module soldered directly to the board?

I think, the same result is achieved can be inserted in the Pi USB Modem 3G and send a voice stream in Pi and do not need a DC-DC.

Modify the Pi a bit like remove the Composite, on board audio, ethernet, and have one usb port, and use the micro usb-a port as a charging port, and remove the gpio port to further compact it but not to much where there is no airflow to keep it cool, make the screen internal for the pi, make the GSM module internal for the pi, and then add a internal memory flash for a raspberrypi GSM operating system and there you go, you have a raspberrypi phone nice a compact, now you'll just have to get a custom case made that has a detachable back for the battery

Its truly only a smart phone if It can play angry birds.

Any plans to make a Pi Zero version?

What a great project, good job!

It's a bit bulky and has no case but I love it coz u made it, Davey

I would think that an arduino would be more than sufficient for a phone... But this is hella awesome!

from front it looks like bomb :P

This is a cool way to bring back the bricks. Cool video

Should make one of those THICC 80s phone case, that'd be tight af.

My iPhone looks just like that.

A phone, but not a smartphone.

That's beautiful. I want one over a new iPhone. That's just so cool!

Wow, well done. Super impressed.

Prank call time .. Muhahahah

Try to make Android boot on it.

I liked the power button, that was kool!

Wow this is amazing the concept has many opportunities

p-iPhone. The name is perfect.

IS THERE A HEADPHONE JACK? I WANT A PiPHONE X

Now that there are kits out there that can give you a touch screen via HDMI, have you considered updating this? I thought about doing this a while back when i first stumbled onto your project, but noticed that the screen as a primary display device wasn't very practical. Now that it is, it would be interesting to see if a practical smartphone would be possible with pi, which would give us our classic desktop environment, and if we lugged a pocket sized wireless usb keyboard along, we could have a simple netbook replacement computer that doubles as a phone. We could develop and debug apps on the machine as we test them, and this could all be done with completely free software (and thus we also have access to countless existing free softwares), and giving us better control over apps for security (which seems to be a problem for the android and iphone phones right now where a flashlight app gives away GPS locations). Mix it with "data plan controls" and you could make it so only phone calls and texts use the tower, and the rest relies on wifi (also possibly through nub) so that data usage can be turned on and off to control phone bills better. What do you think?

this is amazing. Would you ever make a tutorial for this?

SNAKE? SNAKE!? SNAAAAAKKKKEEEEEEEEEE????!!!!!!!!

Still better than IPhone

you can make it smaller. if you desolder unneeded parts on the Pi

Dave Hunt, you sir have talent

how did you make the operating system

Am i the only idiot who was expecting to see an actual pie?

I'm pretty sure the pi zero would be a better board to do this with. It would at the very least allow for much more space. There is a android build for raspberry pi, and it does work with the pi zero w which would allow for so much more capablities. The one issue is the pi zero w would actually need to be overclocked, which is easy to actually do without causing too much of a temp issue, the issue is when you slap a screen on it would. I have done this to run my 2 doom servers, which 1 of them eats up more resources then my quake, assault cube server, mumble, irc, mysql, and apache combined. Also I recommend not using apache with the pi zero, there are more light weight options.

That's very nice! Good job!

Thumbs up if you considered calling his number...

Still better than the iPhone 5S

So can you imagine taking this on a commercial airline flight? I had a small amateur radio transceiver leaving England, and the TSA equivalent said it must be a cell phone, and I said nothing. I could have brought a shortwave, or commercial station up on it if there were further questions. 😄

That‘s the coolest thing I saw for months 👍

The year is 2072, a discussion emerges between two friends: Friend 1: Hey dude! look, I got the new iPhone C-OSX 23! isn't it awesome? Friend 2: Can't believe I'm friends with you. I TOLD you it'd be better to build your own phone instead of that Pre-Built garbage. You'd save so much money and it'd be way more powerful. Remember what happened in the PC-Console wars during the dawn of the century? Microsoft and Sony were completely destroyed after people realized the terrible deal they were getting Friend 1: What's a Microsoft?

I called dat number :P

About time some one can relate to me thank u bro. I been looking how to build something similar to your deal

You should totally start a kickstarter campaign man!!

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Still a better love story than twilight Still better hardware than an iPhone

It would be nice if the PiPhone could do a little more than what other telephones could do. Like giving the exact location of the call, the duration and the names of the used masts of the telephone operator. Then the Raspberry could record all conversations, or make the call himself, with prerecorded messages and filled in information.

dude that is epic! you should design it to be like the pipboy in fallout

Better than an Iphone

anyone wonder how much better it might be if you used a pi zero instead? at least in terms of size and power usage. no Ethernet jack or USB hub/jacks to make it extra thick.

Mr Hunt that is simply fantastic. I love it

This guy is a fucking genius. I can never understand how to build one of these so I respect his brain.

This is really cool, thanks for the video! Ive made several projects using raspberry pi, their the best!

You should make a case for this thing or just 3d print one..

Very impressive work! Would it be possible to build a raspberry pi based gadget that uses 4G LTE connection?

That's nice, I would 3D print a case for it.

This is the most awesome thing ever

ETA PRIME has multiple videos on how to install android onto the pi 3 and apps,this works as a phone with the SIM900 GSM/GPRS,but is cheaper and less bulky

Amazing work, could this be done with the pi zero w 2?

I had an idea for a phone like that but plans wernt planed as properly

Awesome man. seriously.

+Dave Hunt That is impressive my dear sir

Achmed would love this

I actually have a rasberry pi around my house somewhere... I just had to stop using it because the software got corrupted or something on it. I need to get a new sd card and give it a go

Amazing home made phone

Worlds first smartphone with LAN socket! Awesome

Reminds me of these old Nokia phones for some reason. Good work though!

Build your own cell phone for under $200, kinda huge, but i'm happy it exists.

nice.. just like maroon five.. nice build sir..

I'm going to have to learn how to build something like this with the cost of phones these days I can't afford a new phone. They have far exceeded my financial capabilities.

3:15 "It does get a bit warm" LMFAO

Good job man