What do you mean, when…we are there.

I agree 100% tho!

I have the skillset. I wish I had the time.

This one is more like a very advanced raspberry pi. It is a powerful computer in your pocket with network jacks, wifi, Bluetooth and HDMI. It can be used for network analysis, penetration testing, software development. What it will actually be used for: plugging into your TV to stream movies.

It is basically an SDR kit that is really easy to use and really well marketed. So script kids can go arround messing with radio controlled things with bad (or no) security.

The dumb thing is, a lot of the videos that went viral about the Zero were fake BS like “watch me steal this car with a flipper zero” or similar.

Sure you can utilize it in pen testing, but you can also utilize a hammer. Doesn’t mean either are designed for illicit purposes.

Depends on where, they're legal in most countries despite their rep. Apparently the UK hates them though. They're legal in Canada again however.

Credit-Card Size

Oooooh

Product Size 84.0 x 54.0 x 19.7 mm

How thick are your fuckin' credit cards?!?

You know several of these exist right? Like the uconsole

And we all know how easy it is to buy an ARM board, install Linux and add all the ethernet ports one desires.

We do?

It was a bit like that with the Zero as well. All those tools existed as separate packages, and some were bundled, but the complete feature set and the form factor made it the best wireless signal analysis tool on the market.

It's not a form factor, it's an entire package. Modular hardware, expansion, OS, software ecosystem...etc.

What you're saying is akin to "I have old laptops, so why would I buy a Framework?"

For it's functionality.

An RPi doesn't have any of this by default as an SoC, especially the updated wireless modules. This also allows expansion as needed for cheap modules to be connected, so the benefit of upgrades is possible. Sounds like a big win.

One difference is that Flipper have a track record of actually building and shipping a successful product.

I've followed a lot of similar projects on kickstarter, etc. and a lot of them fail before finally shipping something. There are so many hard parts: international shipping, customs clearance, supply chains, lead times, legal compliance, etc.

I hope that Mecha Comet works out, it looks really cool. But, I'm definitely not going to pre-order.

As for how it's different, it looks like they're intended for different uses. The Comet looks like it's intended to be a handheld device you can use for gaming and maybe on-the-go stuff like texting, email, maybe watching media, etc. It has a 40-pin breakout board but you have to remove the keyboard to use it.

The Flipper One looks more like a portable debugging server. Despite its small size it has 2 ethernet ports and a full size HDMI port. It seems like if you're holding it in your hand and looking at its tiny screen for any length of time you're probably not using it the way they expect.