Harald, I am curious, what do you estimate the cost (as a percentage or dollar amount) that the GTA02 board "kit" would run compared to the expected $450 base price? I do prefer your idea about selling the GTA01Bv4 instead of upgrading...some people would just rather do it themselves...bragging rights? ;)
Thanks Kyle On 7/29/07, Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 10:12:47AM +0100, Cass, John P wrote: > > I have a question before I go ahead and order my Neo - there was an > > earlier discussion about the possibility of getting a GTA02 board in > > October so we can upgrade our Neos to 02 without having to buy a whole > > new phone (call it the Philosopher's Neo). > > The issue is a bit more difficult. As of now, the 'board kit' would > have to be: > > 1) the mainboard, including the stacked wifi PCB and the bluetooth FPC > 2) the translucent buttons (otherwise you won't see the new much- > requested LED's) > 3) adhesive rubber between LCM and PCB > 4) new plastic inset (speaker assembly) > 5) adhesive shielding tape for LCM-PCB cable > > Even then, the assembly steps are not exactly trivial, since you > * need to remove the LCM from the PCB. This is glued, and it is quite > hard to remove without damaging the LCM, especially the very fragile > FPC cable between LCM and PCB > * need to remove the current white plastic stereo speaker compartment > and replace it with the new mono speaker compartment (we had to find > space for the wifi somewhere...) > > Yes, you could keep the GPS antenna, the plastic case and the LCM. But > seriously, if you consider the amount of effort that we have to spend on > creating a detailed step-by-step guide with photographs on the assembly > process, plus the inevitable amount of customer support with people who > think they'd get it done but now can't manage (or actually broke one or > both of the devices now), I'm not really sure if it makes all that much > sense. > > In the end, all you keep is the LCM. Yes, it is an expensive LCM. But > in the overall picture, that 'mainboard kit' would only be > insignificantly cheaper than the full GTA02 device. Oh yes, the case. > Which costs close to nothing, and your old case might already have some > scratches at GTA02 release time ;) > > So you probably wouldn't save more than USD 50 (maximum) that way. And > for that, you have all the risk of some assembly problem? > > Thus, my personal conclusion: Isn't it much better to keep the old GTA01 > and sell it to somebody who can't afford a GTA02? > > So I don't think we'll have an official upgrade kit. > > We will start selling spare parts at some point, though. The schedule > is still somewhat unclear. Maybe there is a chance you can combine your > kit out of spare parts. But still, I don't think it makes much sense. > > Sorry, > -- > - Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://openmoko.org/ > > ============================================================================ > Software for the world's first truly open Free Software mobile phone > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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