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Google Project Ara - Modular Smartphone Prototype for $50

submitted by Zawash

1 decade 4 months ago

This video shows a functional prototype of a Project Ara phone -- still a work in progress -- including the endoskeleton frame, the screen, electrical components and custom 3D-printed module enclosures.

Read more in the very interesting article at Time Techland.

From the article:
(..) The first expression of the modular concept Ara’s creators are focusing on is a smartphone with a target price of $50 that’s so basic it comes with only Wi-Fi, not a cellular connection. Unlike the bargain-basement “feature phones” such a handset would replace, this wouldn’t be a technological anachronism. As its owner’s needs evolved and budget permitted, new modules would make it better and better and better.

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*related=http://videosift.com/video/Phonebloks

Phonebloks has been added as a related post - related requested by Zawash.

The thumbnail image for this video has been updated - thumbnail added by eric3579.

Moving this video to Zawash's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

This looks like something component chip makers will love and phone manufacturers will hate.

New phone versions nowadays come with 1-2 genuine improvements that people want, if that. If this takes off and people can just update the components as they come out, this will make a huge dent in their sales.

Suppose it comes down to execution and how many partners they can get on board. The issue with Google is they run a stupendous number of development projects but rarely fully commit to any idea. Some stall, some are half-heartedly supported, some are dropped or sold like Motorola.

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