I was wondering whether the receiver chipset was maybe too bulky to include in phones; but I don't actually think so?
Check out this LoRa cover for the PinePhone:
https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pinephone-pro-pindio-lora-add-on-case/
If you disregard the size of the dedicated antenna, the actual chipset doesn't seem unmanageably big? For a 15KM-range P2P radio/network protocol? I can see that being worth it?
This is *fascinating* to me. I really wonder what the catch is with LoRa; surely there must be one?
yosh (is out of office)
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2025-08-10 15:33:50 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…27cm
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