Burger, 6 months ago

I assume all MediaTek SoCs are crummy. Not sure if that’s changed in recent years, though.

Ragemidi, 6 months ago

@Burger from what I've been hearing the Dimensionity chips are giving Qualcomm a run for their money.

Burger, 6 months ago

Oh that’s nice to hear. Competition is always good. Is there a custom ROM scene for phones that use this SoC? Or is it still pretty lacking?

RA2lover, 6 months ago

Article mentions it uses hall effect thumbsticks. Does anyone know a reachable manufacturer for those?

I’m considering eventually producing hardware using them as a small-ish scale commercial endeavor, but so far the most i’ve been able to find are distributors on alibaba reselling them for $1 each as solder-in replacements for playstation/xbox/switch pro controller thumbstick modules, without information on their patent status - and that looks a tad strange considering gulitech seems to have patents in china covering them and doesn’t sell those specific modules despite using a marginally-similar-looking version in their own controllers (only making available joycon thumbstick replacements at a significantly higher price). As of now, without further assurance, these would be too risky to use.

diff, 6 months ago

my experience says “probably not” but it looks like it’d be enjoyable for when you’re out and about. the price is low too.