cjaackie 12 hours ago

underrated comment, probably the way to go with an older chip and under 1k volumes.

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  • Rzor 11 hours ago

    And not even that hard to find: "alibaba MSM8916 LTE" on Google and lo and behold: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/TIANJIE-Qualcomm-MSM8...

    $5.92 each for 500-2999 orders. What a time to be alive.

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    • greenavocado 9 hours ago

      How much work is it to rip one of these open and reprogram?

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      • WorldPeas 9 hours ago

        probably 2 screws at most or some glue/snaps, then put a jtag brush over the contacts, do some sort of unit test and you have a unit. Could take a few hours with a motorized screwdriver and a simple specialized CLI program for programming/testing

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tonyhart7 11 hours ago

"What about disassembling 1k dongles?"

deadass this literally what they do in china, they just disassemble e-waste that don't get used and resell that oversees

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  • SpicyUme 7 hours ago

    A relative bought several products from Chinese company for a small product development. When he found the most suited device he asked if they'd sell without the enclosure, and maybe 1-2 other boards. They told him at 1000 pcs the best option was to buy them and toss the enclosure.

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