Don't let it own you.
Tired Of Playing In Someone Else's Walled Garden?
Stop living in someone else's world! The WiPhone is a stripped down phone that gets out of your way.
Want To Actually Control Your Own Hardware?
The WiPhone is designed for hacking hardware and software.
For tinkering and DIY, smartphone hardware is a black box and developing apps is much too complicated.
The WiPhone is a minimal WiFi Phone.
It makes calls and sends text messages. That's it, really.
The WiPhone uses standard VoIP for calling.
VoIP service is available from multiple providers or you can run your own independent network.
The WiPhone is extremely simple and has no cell radio on purpose: no physical or internet based tracking, no apps, minimal GUI. The WiPhone makes calls and sends text messages using a VoIP data connection (over WiFi). If you require mobile connectivity we recommend using a hotspot. This limits tracking while still providing a mobile connection.
The WiPhone can work separately from normal phone system (without a government regulated phone number), but if you need to make or receive calls on the public phone network you will need a phone number. This can be arranged through most commercial VoIP providers, or you can run your own private network using something like Asterisk. If you want to run your own private communication network and don't require a public number the server cost can easily be under $10 per month and adding additional accounts is effectively free.
The WiPhone is designed to be a tool that gets out of your way. The open source OS is simple and easily modified, and the back of the phone can be replaced with custom circuit boards.
Starting a new hardware project usually involves building a lot of stuff that's been done thousands of times before. With the WiPhone, you only need to implement the interesting parts, it brings all the other stuff: screen, buttons, nice portable case, battery/power supply/charging, all in a familiar form factor that's easy to carry and use in public.
This is a great cross over between what people know (phones) and what people really want to do (hack).
Nathan Seidle
SPARKFUN FOUNDER
The WiPhone is a really rather neatly put together project.
Alasdair Allan
HACKSTER.IO
If you want a phone that respects your right to repair, this is the project to look at.
Brian Benchoff
HACKADAY.COM
So excited by this project I tried to make one myself.
Random Guy
YOUTUBE COMMENTS
LoRa-enabled WiPhones can send offline text messages without any service. Useful if you have an off grid cabin, like hiking with friends, have a sailboat, want to be prepared for a disaster, or simply like the idea of communicating without relying on a third party.
Offline messaging works by making a wireless connection directly between phones using a special low power radio. See the blog post and product page for details on how it works, range, and other details.
Open Source firmware means you can dig into a real phone operating system to learn how it works or customize it just how you like. Direct access to the drivers means you can control the hardware even at the lowest levels and build project impossible on locked down smartphones.
There are thousands of Arduino examples out there for almost anything you can imagine. Most of these can run directly on the WiPhone with little or no modification.
Set up a VoIP server and run your own private communications network. Connect anywhere in the world over WiFi and route calls and texts through a server you control.
Polycarbonate frame. Clear or gray front face.
Anodized aluminum frame. Clear or gray front face.
The WiPhone is a hackable, modular mobile phone which makes HD voice calls for free over WiFi.
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