{
 "slug": "makerphone-2-0",
 "name": "MAKERphone 2.0",
 "maker": "CircuitMess",
 "category": "kits",
 "categoryLabel": "DIY & play",
 "status": "crowdfunding",
 "statusLabel": "Crowdfunding",
 "description": "A kit for building and programming a modular phone.",
 "goodFor": "Follow a build-and-program modular phone kit.",
 "youNeed": "Final modem, network and hardware specifications.",
 "tradeoff": "Current campaign details do not establish cellular compatibility.",
 "tags": [
  "Phone kit",
  "Modular expansion",
  "Programmable"
 ],
 "price": null,
 "priceShort": null,
 "priceFrom": null,
 "checked": null,
 "url": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/makerphone-2-0/",
 "shortUrl": "https://gadgets.sh/makerphone-2-0",
 "markdown": "https://gadgets.sh/devices/makerphone-2-0.md",
 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/makerphone-2-0.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/makerphone-2-0.webp",
 "shareCard": "https://gadgets.sh/og/makerphone-2-0.jpg",
 "shops": [
  {
   "merchant": "CircuitMess",
   "label": "Back it at circuitmess.com",
   "kind": "crowdfunding",
   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=makerphone-2-0&utm_content=api",
   "note": "A campaign, not a shop. Funding it is not the same as buying it."
  }
 ],
 "specs": [
  {
   "group": "Project and assembly",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Device",
     "value": "Announced modular DIY mobile phone",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Assembly",
     "value": "Maker advertises assembly without soldering",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Cellular",
     "value": "4G calling advertised; modem, bands and carrier support not specified",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Processor",
     "value": "Advertised as upgraded with more RAM than original MAKERphone; model and capacities undisclosed",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Announced expansion options",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Connection",
     "value": "Dedicated plug-in module slot",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Media modules",
     "value": "Camera and 2 W speaker modules advertised",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Control and sensing",
     "value": "IR remote, LED flashlight, temperature/humidity sensor and prototyping-board modules advertised",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Optional wearable",
     "value": "Makerband advertised with Bluetooth notifications, watch faces and mini-games",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "group": "Programming and availability",
   "rows": [
    {
     "label": "Languages",
     "value": "VibeBoy, MicroPython and Arduino C++ listed",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Custom projects",
     "value": "Apps, games, custom interfaces and phone menus",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    },
    {
     "label": "Sales route",
     "value": "Maker page directs buyers to Kickstarter; fulfillment and included reward contents need confirmation",
     "source": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "docs": [
  {
   "label": "Makerphone 2.0 maker overview",
   "url": "https://circuitmess.com/products/makerphone-2-0"
  },
  {
   "label": "Official campaign destination",
   "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/albertgajsak/makerphone-20-an-educational-diy-mobile-phone"
  }
 ],
 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "unknown",
  "opennessLabel": "Not yet known",
  "summary": "Currently only a live Kickstarter campaign; CircuitMess says schematics/source will be published but no repo, schematic, or BOM exists yet to verify.",
  "files": [],
  "repos": [],
  "parts": [
   {
    "part": "ESP32-S3 (per press coverage: 4MB flash / 4MB PSRAM variant)",
    "role": "MCU",
    "datasheet": "https://www.espressif.com/sites/default/files/documentation/esp32-s3_datasheet_en.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "notes": "Campaign launched 2026-09-10 and is still funding (per WebSearch results dated 2026-09-22). CircuitMess's history (Chatter/Clockstar/ByteBoi/Artemis all eventually got schematic PDFs + a firmware repo) suggests this will land in the 'schematics' tier once shipped, but nothing citable exists yet — marked unknown rather than guessed.",
  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "esp32-s3"
 ]
}