{"id":2189,"date":"2025-09-06T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/2189\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:01:06","slug":"youtuber-builds-custom-android-phone-and-its-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/2189\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber builds custom Android phone and it’s spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s an interesting take when someone says that modern smartphones are boring<\/a>. It’s a divisive statement, with many people falling on either side of the argument. Sure, it’d be nice if a company came out with something a little more unique, but the reality is that most consumers won’t buy it.<\/p>\n

So if you want something truly different, we’re in an era where you have to build it yourself \u2014 and that’s exactly what Marcin Plaza did<\/a> (via Android Authority<\/a>). The great part about this adventure is that it’s all documented, with the YouTuber sharing the journey of taking a broken Galaxy Z Flip, slapping on a BlackBerry keypad, and also adding an interesting twist to the look.<\/p>\n

Something truly unique<\/p>\n

Those that love to tinker will surely get a kick out of this project, as it shows all the complexities that come with building something new. Plaza’s idea takes a broken Galaxy Z Flip phone, utilizes the outer screen, and merges it with a BlackBerry keyboard. This idea isn’t simple by any means, and there’s a lot of trial and error.<\/p>\n

Luckily, 3D printers are a thing, and there are also companies out there that build custom PCBs, which makes this type of project possible. Now this is oversimplifying the process by quite a bit, so I’d highly recommend watching the entire video on YouTube. But what makes this project interesting is the new hinge mechanism that provides a unique look and is also used to reveal the keyboard.<\/p>\n

While it looks quite strange, the sound it makes is quite satisfying, and I can only imagine how good it must feel too. In the end, the project looks just as wild as you’d expect. It has a unique look that I think many people can appreciate. Of course, the design isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but you have to give it to Plaza for doing something different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s an interesting take when someone says that modern smartphones are boring. It’s a divisive statement, with many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}