Forget Samsung and Apple. This is the future..

[Deleted member 24505]

this is a terrible idea because it will not sell. why do products like the iphone and ipad sell so well? because they require no Brains by the user to actually use. fail.

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[de.das.dude]

Great idea! however i doubt the technology is there yet for the technology.

I already got a phone built to last and worth keeping. its a nokia.

and last time check, all the stuff is indeed made in blocks and can be changed.

 

[Easy Rhino]

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exactly. you make products that people can use without thinking. that's why this idea won't sell. /fail

 

[Sasqui]

Interesting concept, but I don't think it'll fly.

Whole bunch of reasons you could be right and a whole lot you could be wrong.

Our manufacturing and society as a whole keeps going towards disposability, that's the sad truth. And it's true because it's easier.

Modularizing components is what PC's is all about, why not phones, or laptops for that matter?

 

[Frick]

Whole bunch of reasons you could be right and a whole lot you could be wrong.

Our manufacturing and society as a whole keeps going towards disposability, that's the sad truth. And it's true because it's easier.

Modularizing components is what PC's is all about, why not phones, or laptops for that matter?

Size is one thing. Making such tiny things modular in a secure way is quite different from say replacing a graphics card or a PSU. It is possible, and I would love something like that, but I don't think that people would be interested, because it would be "difficult". The less brain power needed the better it is. Also the entire industry, and the rest of the world, is as you say going more and more towards disposable stuff. Maybe in a bleak electro-wasteland future we have these things while we scavange the sewers for scrap copper and modems, but right now it doesn't really have a place in the industry (which is the World).

All speculation obviously. Maybe it'll be the next big thing. I dunno.

 

[NinkobEi]

If they perform like shit and are expensive no one will buy them. They have to perform better and be cheaper than the other phones. Something I dont see happening (Nexus 4 $199) + the new iphone has a monster of a processor

 

[Sasqui]

because it would be "difficult".

Yea, I'm not disagreeing. I think the difficulty would be on the manufacturing side. Think of all the standards incorporated into PC's. I could take 90%+ of the graphics card of desktop users on TPU and they'd work in my rig. That's pretty impressive... and probably take 95%+ keyboards and mice and monitors and do the same. It's awesome.

I still have the same desktop monitor from 2005, that was about 5 phones ago

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Yea, I'm not disagreeing. I think the difficulty would be on the manufacturing side. Think of all the standards incorporated into PC's. I could take 90%+ of the graphics card of desktop users on TPU and they'd work in my rig. That's pretty impressive... and probably take 95%+ keyboards and mice and monitors and do the same. It's awesome.

I still have the same desktop monitor from 2005, that was about 5 phones ago

Same monitor as mine, still love mine.


All I want is a fat SGS4 with a 3 or 4 day battery.

 

[suraswami]

Same monitor as mine, still love mine.


All I want is a fat SGS4 with a 3 or 4 day battery.

My Sanyo (made is japan) brick phone turned on even after 5 yrs of just collecting dust. I still have it, my first phone and best one.

 

[Sasqui]

All I want is a fat SGS4 with a 3 or 4 day battery.

I bought a Razr Maxx HD. With light surfing, have gotten well into 3rd day with battery to spare. Ironically, I can't change out the battery in that phone

 

[janeparker]

With due respect to senior members here i want to say that I am really surprised to see that some member are saying that people like products that they use without thinking. I how can we forget the case of our own computer. most of us have configured our computer according to our needs, not that what company have provided us. Though I agree that particularly this model may fail because of boring looks and sharp edges.

 

[Easy Rhino]

With due respect to senior members here i want to say that I am really surprised to see that some member are saying that people like products that they use without thinking. I how can we forget the case of our own computer. most of us have configured our computer according to our needs, not that what company have provided us. Though I agree that particularly this model may fail because of boring looks and sharp edges.

the majority of the populace like their tech, be it a phone or a pc, to operate with as little effort as possible. those of us on tpu obviously are a different breed in that we enjoy modding tech since we have a do it yourself attitude.

that being said, when it comes to phones, i like simple. i spend all day coding and working with servers and at the end of the day the last thing i want to do with mess around with a phone.

 

[Hood]

Too square and too big also too sharp for me sorry.

If this ever get's made, I'm sure there will be no shortage of silicon cases available. It should really come with a soft case as sharp as those corners are.

 

[itsakjt]

This idea will work. Yes it may not be for all the components but the CPU, GPU, RAM can be upgraded easily if this design is implemented. Imagine very very thin pins soldered under the chips which are now BGA. Just like done in the AMD CPUs.
Now even if someone wants to have a phone with a better CPU or more RAM, he/she just goes and buy a new phone because the CPU or RAM cannot be changed. This is ridiculous and is like changing your whole computer for upgrading to a better processor on a good motherboard or changing the whole rig for upgrading just the RAM. I believe this technology can be implemented if the audience want it and also the manufacturers. It would be great for us enthusiasts who like to customize their own device just like we do in computers.

 

[eidairaman1]

there should be multiple antenna on a phone so it can pickup cell, wifi, bluetooth, 3/4G/LTE, FM

 

[Mussels]

Oh, excuse me........ Next time I will post to YOUR standards.

no ones going to open up a thread with a vague title and click a vague link.

if it wasnt for that second post with images and details, this thread would have died a quiet death.

 

[Mussels]

on topic thoughts:


if these are placed inside a compatible case with curved edges, it will be nicer to use. you wont have lego in your pocket.


the eletrical wiring seems to complex to just up and slap around the phone, i dont see how a CPU and a BT module could just change to a different set of pins and still work.

modular CPU socket, wifi etc? yeah sure, but i dont see how they can swap with each other.

 

[itsakjt]

on topic thoughts:


if these are placed inside a compatible case with curved edges, it will be nicer to use. you wont have lego in your pocket.


the eletrical wiring seems to complex to just up and slap around the phone, i dont see how a CPU and a BT module could just change to a different set of pins and still work.

modular CPU socket, wifi etc? yeah sure, but i dont see how they can swap with each other.

Yeah man it is possible just like a PCI Express slot can adapt various devices like GPUs, Sound Cards, LAN cards, WiFi cards, SSDs and all.

 

[newconroer]

How can people complain about size, when phones went from being so small you lost them easily to the point where they are now larger than they were in 1995?!?
Watching people talk on Iphones is laughable because they either have this big slab of plastic against their ear, or they do the hip thing and go speaker mode and talk into it from the front of their face which looks just as retarded.
Then there's the awkward moment when you see hundreds of people all walking around like zombies with their head down looking at their phones, not watching where they are going. You have revelation that thousands of years ago the tools of our daily trade were all robust things. Hoes, rakes, shovels - if you dropped them, they didn't break. Now, our 'tools' and devices break(crash) before they even hit the ground.

Phones are like society, they've been globalized and sold this idea that convenience is the most important factor. Every feature has to be available in one place, one device.
You know, fast food drive-threws are about convenience and look what those do to society...

Phone - phone
Camera - camera
Gaming device - gaming device

If we quit supporting manufactures whom try to give us jack of all trade products that are masters of none, then we wouldn't need these Phoneblock type products to compensate.

 

[Jetster]

technology changes to fast it will never work. If this concept would work then you would still have the same motherboard you had 5 years ago

 

[Mussels]

Yeah man it is possible just like a PCI Express slot can adapt various devices like GPUs, Sound Cards, LAN cards, WiFi cards, SSDs and all.

but now we're physically moving the links.


what happens if you move the CPU down one block to fit more BT modules in cause you're weird - data wires might be able to auto sense and move, but power wires cant.

 

[itsakjt]

but now we're physically moving the links.


what happens if you move the CPU down one block to fit more BT modules in cause you're weird - data wires might be able to auto sense and move, but power wires cant.

Yeah for that I also don't know the tech. Maybe in the present tech, it is not possible but just customizing is possible.

 

[Mussels]

i believe modular components like a PC is possible, and could work. just not their idea of moving parts around wherever you want them on the board.

 

[Frick]

Bumpity bump.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...roject-ara-a-modular-phone-hardware-platform/

http://www.dscout.com/ara

Motorola has announced a free, open hardware platform for smartphones called "Project Ara." The goal is to create a modular smartphone that would allow users to swap hardware components at will. Motorola says it wants to "do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software: create a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem, lower the barriers to entry, increase the pace of innovation, and substantially compress development timelines."

Aaaand they teamed up with Phoneblocks.

 

[de.das.dude]

Bumpity bump.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...roject-ara-a-modular-phone-hardware-platform/

http://www.dscout.com/ara



Aaaand they teamed up with Phoneblocks.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/10/ara1blogpost.jpg

lol i see erockers avatar.