Forget Samsung and Apple. This is the future..

[andrewsmc]

Future of mobile phones. Forget Apple, Samsung, HT...

 

[Frick]

Stuff that should be in the original post (don't know why people don't do proper original posts):

http://www.phonebloks.com/

It is a phone that is supposed to be fully customizable.

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

 

[Fourstaff]

A lot of things can be integrated to base block, but overall I think this is a neat idea worthy of further development

Edit: I forgot the reason why I like it: Legophones!

 

[andrewsmc]

(don't know why people don't do proper original posts):

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

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Besides the technical problems, it has huge design problems like...what's going to happen when you drop it or those sharp corners tear a hole in your pocket? It looks heavy and cumbersome. I also doubt the technical design--a processor is going to need a lot of contacts to the rest of the device and how, exactly, is that base board going to work to make it connect to everything like it needs to?

There is demand for modular cellphones, this just isn't it.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Good luck trying to get iPhone users to switch. My cuz went from the iPhone 4s to the latest Samsung Galaxy and because she didn't know how to use it thought it was broken and returned it for the iPhone 5.

Some people dislike change.

 

[MightyMission]

I think it's a great idea.
Progressive and not a whole heap different to a modern pc, exept hopefully the cpu slots have a longer life span!

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

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

 

[Fourstaff]

Some people are disklike change.

All we need to do is to get them stuck on this platform

Monumental task for iDevice users, but I think we can tempt the Android bandwagon easy enough.

 

[Nordic]

For those saying it is too square, get the optional round one. If this thing was as modular as it says it was it im sure you could customize it far more than what blocks you put in.

I agree with ford, a modular cell phone is great but this isn't it.

 

[Frick]

Wasn't there talks about something similiar but for desktop computers, years ago?

 

[NinkobEi]

I only have two questions: will it give the same performance as an iphone? and will it be cheaper?

 

[copenhagen69]

Very cool idea there

 

[shovenose]

As long as it runs Windows Phone

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Maybe it could use what ever os you like.

I think this is a good idea. Phones now are suffering from being too thin with shitty batteries, they make them thinner but battery technology is behind the phone technology. I don't really understand how a phone been 8mm or 15mm thick matters really.

 

[Frick]

Maybe it could use what ever os you like.

I think this is a good idea. Phones now are suffering from being too thin with shitty batteries, they make them thinner but battery technology is behind the phone technology. I don't really understand how a phone been 8mm or 15mm thick matters really.

Aye, I would gladly take a bulkier phone if it meant bigger battery, plus proper optics. With that said I don't think battery life is that atrocious now. Yes I charged my Nokia 1200 once a month, but most people use their phones a lot these days. It's constant use, be it wifi or a mobile connection, and the screen are large and colorful, and we are playing demanding games and so on and so on.. Given all that, it's decent (at best).

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Aye, I would gladly take a bulkier phone if it meant bigger battery, plus proper optics. With that said I don't think battery life is that atrocious now. Yes I charged my Nokia 1200 once a month, but most people use their phones a lot these days. It's constant use, be it wifi or a mobile connection, and the screen are large and colorful, and we are playing demanding games and so on and so on.. Given all that, it's decent (at best).

you spend 600 quid on a galaxy s4 and get 1 day out of the battery if you actually use it, not good enough imo. I like smartphones but i don't like the crappy battery life. nowadays, to get anything out of the battery more than 1 day, you have to turn everything off when you are not using it.

 

[Fourstaff]

you spend 600 quid on a galaxy s4 and get 1 day out of the battery if you actually use it, not good enough imo. I like smartphones but i don't like the crappy battery life. nowadays, to get anything out of the battery more than 1 day, you have to turn everything off when you are not using it.

That is how phones are optimised nowadays, with different manufacturers having different targets. The battery life/power balance/size is heavily skewed towards power as much as possible, with battery life target at 1 day and the rest to size. I don't blame the way they set it up, to me its ideal.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

That is how phones are optimised nowadays, with different manufacturers having different targets. The battery life/power balance/size is heavily skewed towards power as much as possible, with battery life target at 1 day and the rest to size. I don't blame the way they set it up, to me its ideal.

Not to me, it's only because of fashion that phones got so stupidly thin and fragile. The bigger screens are much more prone to breaking. Also i looked at a strip down of the HTC one, and the guy said its virtually impossible to replace the screen without damaging the rest of it. I would happily take a fat galaxy s4 with a nice 3 or 4 day battery life, nowadays my friends dont go anywere without a charger, and are always coming and plugging their phones in.

 

[remixedcat]

Phones that are too thin aren't as comfy to hold in your hand in bed either... I'd rather have a thicker phone with awesome battery life.

This idea presented in the video is awesome and I hope the further perfect it and make it take off.

 

[buildzoid]

You know if the speakers camer WiFi and add-ons ran of a usb like system and the processor block included ram and gpu it could be very feasible and if they had it surrounded by a nice rounded cover it would perfect in just about every way.

I also agree that phones these days are way too thin. I want bulkier with better sound optics and battery and more storage since I use mine as a flashstick when transdering files over 16gb in size. I could care less about pixels per inch my one x is 1280x720 but I have yet see a phone that would make me want it for its screen resolution.
I think I might be the only person to say this but I hate aluminium bodies. plastic FTW!

 

[The Von Matrices]

For the people taking issue with the squared off components, couldn't you just use round corner blocks and solve the problem?

This is definitely a concept envisioned by an artist and not an engineer. There are many electrical connectivity issues as the previous posts have pointed out, and it wouldn't sell because it would be bulkier and heavier than a phone without interchangeable, customizable components.

I would happily take a fat galaxy s4 with a nice 3 or 4 day battery life, nowadays my friends dont go anywere without a charger, and are always coming and plugging their phones in.

But you can do that already. I bought a 16WH battery for my S3 and now I can get two or three days of usage out of it per charge, and it is thicker so it is more comfortable in the hand. The lack of ability to upgrade the battery is the sole reason I will never buy a unibody phone.

 

[torgoth]

Yeah I dont get the appeal of thin phones, feel like I'll lose it, I still like the bold 9000 (you should keep one in your hands to get me xD) but it has poor battery too, I dont get it why there are no innovations in the battery "department" what's taking them so long -.-

 

[Easy Rhino]

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 effort by the user to actually use. fail.

 

[janeparker]

Nice Idea only for a technically knowledge-full person, still require a lot of improvements.