Symetium: The no-compromise Smartphone PC

[Canadian pig]

Symetium is a phone that focuses on functionality and design. it comes with a dock that lets you plug in the phone into a hdmi cable to use it as a full dsktop Operating System.
 
Specs: Snapdragon 820cpu, 6GB of ram, 64/128/256 GB of storage, 5 inch oled 1080p screen, 24mp rear camers and a 5mp front camera, 4000mah battery, dual front facing speakers, bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11.a/b/g/n/ac wifi and usb type c. it runs a heavily skind version of android 6.0 marshmallow called Sysmetium.
 
Their is a Indiegogo  campaign to raise 1.25 MIllion USD with 4,965 raised as of writing this.
 
I am really amazed for this phone. once I herd of it I didn't know the specks of this, but I am amazed about this phone. The look of the Android skin is really stylish with the transparent theme.  But allowing you to dock it and turn it into a desktop computer is amazing, but it has been shown off by Canonical with their Ubuntu phone and Microsoft's lumia phones, but this is not made by a big company. Its made by 4 people in Gothenburg, Sweden and that is amazing to me. I will absolutely pick up this phone if it ever gets a retail release because it looks too good to be true.
 

INDIEGOGO:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/symetium-the-no-compromise-smartphone-pc/#/story
 
THEIR WEBSITE: http://symetium.com
 
 

[PlayStation 2]

6gb of ram

i know android aint the best on memory management but damn

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Coming in at a low low price of $1000.

[TheSLSAMG]

Now you see, what they should have done was fit it with an Intel Atom Z3735F and had an Android/Windows dual-boot. Then it's a true no-compromises machine.

[Nup]

Now you see, what they should have done was fit it with an Intel Atom Z3735F and had an Android/Windows dual-boot. Then it's a true no-compromises machine.

 

That would have been awesome! 

[VerticalDiscussions]

K ill have to do this to get that one then:

 

[Nineshadow]

Coming in at a low low price of $1000.

It is low in comparison to the new IPhones.

[Arty]

It is low in comparison to the new IPhones.

and for the specs

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

It is low in comparison to the new IPhones.

Yeah, but it would still be expensive. Expensive phones can only sell because they're from a reputable brand. People who buy IPhones often buy them because they're IPhones, not because they care about specs or speed. A phone like this is only interesting to tech enthusiasts and sad to say but this phone isn't gonna succeed due to lack of brand recognition, unless they can sell if for 600$ then this product is doomed to fail. Also who needs specs like that in a phone?

[VerticalDiscussions]

Oh wait they said no compromises but! and its a big but! it wont have one of these :

 

 

Phones should already have cooling systems , and yet Amited that huge dreaming company may have gotten homeruned because nowan wants a cooling case -....-

[WereCat]

It will turn into Desktop... with Android? No thanks.

I think they can't succeed. MS is coming out with new Lumias that will have Continuum and you won't need that awful micro HDMI port for it.

Also cheap sub $200 models should support it.

[Ex14]

I think they can't succeed. MS is coming out with new Lumias that will have Continuum and you won't need that awful micro HDMI port for it.

Also cheap sub $200 models should support it.

Actually....no.... not for this current batch of Lumias (at least) http://www.nokiapoweruser.com/microsoft-lists-recommended-specs-for-windows-10-mobile-value-phone-premium-phone-value-phablet/

asnd not to mention alot of these crowdfunded stuff either end up failing to show up, or failing to deliever.

[Misanthrope]

Reminds me of waaaay back in the days when we had some interest in the Nokia N900 which featured a full Linux install:

 

[Sauron]

Coming in at a low low price of $1000.

 

would you buy this or an iphone for 1000$?

[Alurit]

I don't see how it is no-compromise when it can't run x86 based software

[TopWargamer]

I wanna know the validity of this phone. It uses the Snapdragon 820, which isn't even out yet. It makes no sense for Snapdragon to launch the 820 on a device that's not well known. Plus on the Snapdragon page it doesn't list this phone as one of their devices. There's not even an 820 option.

https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/devices/all?type=Smartphone

 

The phone is too damn expensive either way, but for a $1000 phone it certainly beats out other $1000 phones, such as the iPhone 6S Plus, although most people subsidize phones anyways.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Well just remember the 6s starts at $649 which is $350 less. I'd obviously go with this for it's specs but a phone is pretty much one of the easiest things to waste money one. A phone in two years will be 2 times as powerful as most phones today. It's never logical to spend over $450-500 on a phone or most tech items for that matter. Most stuff doesn't last very long and you're better off getting something that's mid-tier and upgrading more frequently.

would you buy this or an iphone for 1000$?

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

What I think would be the perfect phone to come out (this year) would be this:

• Snapdragon 808
• 3GB's of RAM
• 32-64GB's of Internal Storage
• Swap-able Sim Cards
• Upgrade-able storage (Micro SD)
• 5 inch 1080p IPS Screen
• Stereo Front Facing Speakers
• Any Half Decent Sony Camera
• 3000+ MaH battery.

Boom, pretty much the perfect phone.

[kajar9]

What I think would be the perfect phone to come out (this year) would be this:

• Snapdragon 808
• 3GB's of RAM
• 32-64GB's of Internal Storage
• Swap-able Sim Cards
• Upgrade-able storage (Micro SD)
• 5 inch 1080p IPS Screen
• Stereo Front Facing Speakers
• Any Half Decent Sony Camera
• 3000+ MaH battery.

Boom, pretty much the perfect phone.

removable battery?

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

removable battery?

Forgot that I think that kinda goes hand in hand with swapable sim and upgradeable storage.

[PlayStation 2]

Now you see, what they should have done was fit it with an Intel Atom Z3735F and had an Android/Windows dual-boot. Then it's a true no-compromises machine.

i would be the asshole who sells everything to buy that

[Suika]

Now you see, what they should have done was fit it with an Intel Atom Z3735F and had an Android/Windows dual-boot. Then it's a true no-compromises machine.

Microsoft and Google wouldn't allow it. It'd be neat, and it's been tried before (ASUS had a dual-boot transformer tablet), but the owners of the operating systems don't like the idea.

[VerticalDiscussions]

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The saddest thing im seeing from theyr IndieGogo contribution petition is that after 9 hours it only got 7,096$ and probably will only drop the upcoming days , how do they expect to reach the 1,25 million mark without heavier advertising -.-! Guess this could one of those lost dream that IndieGogo supports ....., ill be surprised that if after 10 days theyd reach 50,000$ but of course id like something like this to exist

[burnttoastnice]

Yeah, but it would still be expensive. Expensive phones can only sell because they're from a reputable brand. People who buy IPhones often buy them because they're IPhones, not because they care about specs or speed. A phone like this is only interesting to tech enthusiasts and sad to say but this phone isn't gonna succeed due to lack of brand recognition, unless they can sell if for 600$ then this product is doomed to fail. Also who needs specs like that in a phone?

 

Me. I absolutely devour RAM. The amount of RAM that current android phones have (3GB, 4GB etc) isn't enough for my usage. I'm the kind of person who'll have 99 tabs open in the browser, while doing youtube and whatsapp in multi-window mode. And don't forget to throw in the music player and separate equaliser application. I've had my S5 and even other high-end newer phones force-closing applications on me >_>. I have reason to believe that higher mobile resolutions are the cause of this. My puny S4 mini (1.5GB RAM model, which I found out was actually 2GB with 500MB hardware-reserved ) never force-closed applications as often as my S5 does, under the exact same usage scenario. My S5 even has much less apps & background services on it in comparision to my S4 mini.

 

Phones should already have cooling systems , and yet Amited that huge dreaming company may have gotten homeruned because nowan wants a cooling case -....-

 

I remember sony including a heat pipe in one of their new xperia phones. Finding link...

...Found. http://www.slashgear.com/sony-xperia-z5-using-dual-heat-pipes-to-curb-thermal-woes-07402240/

 

 

 

I don't see how it is no-compromise when it can't run x86 based software

 

I've been running experiements at my college (letting various people try out different operating systems, such as Elementary Linux) and I've come to the conclusion that casual PC users don't care about the system itself as long as it can browse the internet, play music and edit office documents. Android, and even iOS in some cases, ticks all those boxes, with Android getting the edge for its multi-window capabilities. Of course, power users will miss the x86 platform. ARM is getting much more powerful in its capabilities, and can offer decent performance while operating at much lower temperatures without a cooler needed. I only wish Intel would invest some R&D into a mobile x86 chip that offers comparable performance to a low-end laptop, i3 maybe, while offering temperatures as excellent as ARM processors.

[Prysin]

i predict this will either end ina kickstarter hoax (grab monez and run) or a market failure (too expensive for the end user)