Pebble Might Be Coming Back - as a Small Android Phone

Remember when Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky released an impassioned plea for someone, anyone, to make a small Android phone that would compete with the iPhone Mini? He's taking matters into his own hands. From a report: Now that Apple has stopped making new small phones, Migicovsky's Small Android Phone petition has evolved into a "community-based project" -- where that community includes a team working to design and produce the phone that Migicovsky wants. The petition got 38,700 signatures, and "almost all of that came from literally one article from The Verge," one team member revealed in a design call. The Small Android Phone team -- it's not a company, yet -- has been doing a lot of planning right under our noses. In a small Discord, they've quietly revealed their efforts to source a display, choose a chip, and design the body of the phone. They've even discussed how they might pay for it all. Diehard small phone enthusiasts are invited to give feedback at every step of the process as the team attempts to bend the phone market to their will.

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