Danny Gallagher is a writer and reporter based in Dallas. His work has appeared in The Dallas Observer, D Magazine, CNET, Cracked, The Onion AV Club and Retro Gamer magazine. He's also written material for games published by Jackbox Games and the first ever Halloween episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. His website is dannygallagher.
Building just one smartphone from scratch would be a huge undertaking, even if the world is full of them. Now imagine trying to build one that’s 100 times its normal size with nearly all the same forms and functions.into a responsive touchscreen. He commissioned a manufacturer to fabricate a piece of touch foil the size of the screen, which he fixed in place with an optically clear glue UV epoxy.
The next challenge was finding a way to fit oversized versions of the phone’s components in a frame: the speakers, three-lens camera array, the volume and power buttons and the special function button. He built a frame out of aluminum with a cross shaped support in the middle. The cameras especially weren't cheap, as Perkins opted to use both ato mimic the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s telephoto lens.
The only major component they couldn't recreate was the operating system, since Apple's iOS is closed-source. But using Android had two major perks: therecreated the feel of an iPhone home screen using a themed skin, and they could install Flappy Bird — something actual iPhone owners haven't been able to do in
The phone may be big but it appears to be just as functional as a handheld iPhone. Maini and a group of friends took the phone into the real world to test it out, and apparently it can make tap-to-pay purchases, send emails and make video calls. Functional or not, it's brave to bring a $70,000 phone onto the streets of London without a case.
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