

temperature sensor on a phone is useless for measuring ambient temperature) or not precise enough. And often enough the on board in a phone sensors aren't reliable (e.g. Sensors are not interchangeable, if you have requirements on precision/accuracy for your project then it dictates what you have to use. I tend to build things in small volumes, so any price savings from using a cheap phone or tablet is often meaningless in comparison to how long it will take me to get up to speed on a new platform. But hardware is less and less the limiting factor these days. I wholeheartedly agree with you that many hobbyist RPi projects could be done just as well on a phone: I noticed that quite some time ago. I would have preferred to use a Pi but I don't trust the reliability (industrial application), and I need guaranteed real-time behavior. Hell, I'm involved in a high-speed signal processing project where I use an Arduino M0 for the speed but I still needed to do some of the behavior in analog circuits because the Cortex M0 still wasn't fast enough to process everything digitally. Often, by the time you purchase multiple Arduino "shields" to do a task, you're well past the price of a Raspberry Pi that has all the needed I/O: networking, audio output, storage and more built in. I've recommended to many people contemplating complex Arduino projects that they move to the Pi instead. The lower cost of the phone would be eaten up in the first hour it took me longer than on the Pi. Could it be done on a phone? Yes, with additional hardware and more effort. I need the GPIO to run pumps and valves and additional I/O. I have a custom-built fluid handler built from a Rpi and a $20 3.5" touchscreen, a $6 Arduino relay board and some additional hardware.
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No more than a phone solves the 99 percentile use case better than a small PC does. Is the rpi (or the Asus Tinker Board) merely a consequence of what was possible at a particular price point some time back ?
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Which makes doing a hardware startup prototyping easier on the android platform than rpi. In addition, you can build custom hardware that interfaces with Android in a standard way (the AOA protocol).

Which has the pleasant side-effect that you can manage a ton of these devices using a central enterprise-grade management system. remember Android 6.0 has COSU mode to set your device in a single-purpose single-app mode ( ) just like the rpi3. You have access to battery, GPS, wifi, USB, acclerometer and a display out of the box (which you typically pay extra for on rpi). ) running Android 6.0 in a 1GB RAM package. Please visit the official ASUS website to view the latest list of supported models.What kind of projects does the Raspberry Pi shine in which a 35-50$ phone cant do ? Some of the features are only available on supported models or firmware later than 3.0.0.4.388.xxxxx. New features are consistently being added. Lyra/Lyra mini/Lyra Trio/Lyra Voice (needs to be at least 3.0.0.4.384 version) ….….Port forwarding (RT models)/ OpenNAT (ROG Models) ….….Customizable device icon and nickname ….….AiMesh node monitoring and customized settings We are aiming to provide the best WiFi and Internet-surfing experiences you have ever had with these comprehensive features. The ASUS Router app unlocks the power to manage your network in just a few taps whenever you want, wherever you go.
