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Making a computer out of old smartphones

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I’m trying to make a use of my old smart phones by making the almost seamlessly work together so I can make a fully functional computer. I have some thoughts as to how but I need another couple of opinions to help figure out the intricacies of my project. Will i need extra materials or is this not currently possible?

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Smartphones are already fully functional computers.

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You are done before you started.

Was there something more you wanted to do?

It depends on what you want to make,exactly.

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I suspect that you want to make something very like a desktop PC, for which you will need a monitor and a keyboard at least, and preferably a printer and webcam too. To connect all these you will need some USB or comparable ports. I do not know how you should connect the computers from the phones and these ports.

Seems to be more trouble than its worth

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Considering that you can buy a computer today for only a couple hundred $, it doesn’t seem worth the time and expense to retrofit a cell phone to act like a desktop or a laptop computer.

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