Well if you need cameras and GPS, then 6+ year old phones/tablets are obviously the cheapest way to do this in just about any country.

But a new pi is just a bad deal for anything right now.

Yeah, people mostly just buy things to satisfy their wants. the PI sells because its the more reliable, low-friction option for a lot of use cases,even if an old phone is technically stronger and cheaper

Are you gonna open-source this so others can also benefit?

I also keep using old android phone but the battery dies every few months if you keep plug-in power cable.

Why get an expensive Pi when you can get a cheap 1L PC / tini-mini-micro or SFF pc? Especially if you don't need GPIO pins?

My blog article about this: https://louwrentius.com/the-raspberry-pi-5-is-no-match-for-a...

Really? That’s the takeaway?

Sure, CPU wise an old phone can do the same job, but not the GPIO.

But hey, thanks AI delusion , even a fucking raspberry pi is now a purchase I gotta think 3 times about before pulling the trigger.

What about GPIO support and Raspberry Pi OS updates?

...or a new phone!

You can get a cheap Tracfone for like $20, never pay for the subscription, and run termux on it.

kernel wont get updates, no IO, no ports.

Need to fuck about pretty much per phone model,rather than install Debian, unattended-upgrades and forget about device for 2 years

Way more trouble than it is worth.

* Lithium batteries are a problem

* No ethernet

* No prebuilt images like say Talos

* Can't readily attach an SSD