Motorola and 3D Systems team up to build the Ara modular handset
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- Anonymous
- Ibx
- 25 Nov 2013
Sounds neat, but I'd rather the software and camera to NOT have anything in common with moto. If all manner of different manufacturers take part and prices become competitively low, this will be a sweet deal. If not, then it'll fall in a hole.
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- brojeswar damai
- Mf5
- 25 Nov 2013
i wish if i were some where bt nt in my city. I cnt c any dealear of motorola in kolkata (india). any 1 who can suggest me abt this
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- nik
- wdM
- 25 Nov 2013
Anonymous, 24 Nov 2013Upgradable phone = less iPhone and Samsung Galaxy centa-cor... moreyou think phone makers dont know that. they can still make a lot of money with this kind of concept.
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- AnonD-178262
- vpc
- 25 Nov 2013
madman, 23 Nov 2013small fall and " f**k! where is part of my phone ?!&qu... moreWell if you ask me... It's alot better than...
small fall and " f**k! My screen is broken already ?!"
"anyone knows where can I send my phone to get the screen replaced ?!?"
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- AnonD-178262
- vpc
- 25 Nov 2013
AnonD-208243, 23 Nov 2013i wonder if it would give the option for UI too because alt... moreWell... UI is ROM dependent... It's not modular phone related or should I say hardware related :)
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- AnonD-62795
- 3GZ
- 24 Nov 2013
This is a superb idea and I can really see this taking off so long as other companies get on board.
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- Anonymous
- P@1
- 24 Nov 2013
feifei, 24 Nov 2013I love this innovation! how many years of thinking to see a... moreUpgradable phone = less iPhone and Samsung Galaxy centa-core sold
less brand new phone sold = less profits for manufacturers
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- Cenas
- mVA
- 24 Nov 2013
AnonD-81610, 24 Nov 2013I don't know...
I'm very sceptic about these things.
If I... moreWell, phones aren't really made for dropping.
But even if this does, at least a lot of energy would be dissipated by the "breaking apart" that you say it would happen.
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- AnonD-81610
- 3pw
- 24 Nov 2013
I don't know...
I'm very sceptic about these things.
If I compare this phoneblock to a more older and mature product that would need this even more (notebooks), I would say that modular notebooks wouldn't be a hit because they need to be rock solid.
That's why some phone companies went for the aluminium UNIBODY design and all these Gorilla Glass improvments (granted you can have a Gorilla glass display on a phoneblock).
Phones still need to be solid and shouldn't break into pieces when dropped, which this phone definitely would.
That's my 2c.
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- MGE
- ajT
- 24 Nov 2013
Remember when sombody drops a phone and the backcover and battery snap off ? I wonder how meny pieces you have to pick up when you drop a modular phone :))))
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 24 Nov 2013
Anonymous, 24 Nov 2013Nothing random about it. As his comment was about all Andr... moreRare-earths needed to make components come from china. About 90% global supply held by china. so...
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- AnonD-209290
- 2SU
- 24 Nov 2013
The Phoneblok is complete
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- feifei
- ibH
- 24 Nov 2013
I love this innovation! how many years of thinking to see a customizable handphone like pc, finally it comes now!
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- Tarek Eldeeb
- ftj
- 24 Nov 2013
Just as u go to the computer shop to mix and assemble a PC, you can do so to build your next phone :)
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- AnonD-209094
- v0q
- 24 Nov 2013
AnonD-209157, 24 Nov 2013With more phones like these the main focus is to just make... moreDon't forget drivers. Motorola will control the OS, you will have to use their hardware and their drivers, they aint gonna give Sharp or LG root permissions to install binary drivers for displays or whatever. It will be a very proprietary system. Not at all exciting.
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- AnonD-209157
- v0q
- 24 Nov 2013
With more phones like these
the main focus is to just make parts
the main corporations like samsung or motorola will only provide frames with their basic parts or components for these phones
the manufacturers of displays, processors, storages and etc. will just advertise us on what parts in their view is the best
leading the next smartphone craze, components and consumer customization
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- Trooper
- nI5
- 24 Nov 2013
Anonymous, 24 Nov 2013Nothing random about it. As his comment was about all Andr... moreIt you read the link you provided, it only mentions one model of Motorola handset, namely the Moto X, and it also states "Motorola is producing 100,000 Moto X smartphones per week at the company's Fort Worth, Texas, plant. According to Motorola, it is the only smartphone to be assembled in the United States." One model (not all Motorola phone models), and it is 'assembled' not manufactured in the United States. So you're wrong too.
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- Anonymous
- GT6
- 24 Nov 2013
Trooper, 23 Nov 2013Who's bias ?.
At least aim your comment at the correct ... moreNothing random about it. As his comment was about all Android phones being made in Chinese sweatshops and your inability to catch the relevance. This article is about Motorola hardware, not all Android phones.
Get it?
Also, what reference is there supporting the claim Motorola phones are made in Chinese sweatshops? In fact, Motorola has the only smartphone mfg plant in the USA (a claim that the only other major US based smartphone brand, Apple, can't make) and with that knowledge, the comment shows as being even more biased as well as uninformed:
http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/motorola-touts-made-in-usa-smartphone-plant/d/d-id/1111493?
So if you want to jump into the middle with your own comment, "But iPhones don't run Android" (duh!), feel free. But don't complain about being caught in the blowback because you didn't catch the irony or don't know all the facts. Facts which makes it clear to me there's bias in the comment against Motorola (which has yet to be defended).
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- MisterCats
- RHT
- 23 Nov 2013
phoneaddict, 23 Nov 2013Thank you "English Teacher" for correcting my gra... moreTurns out no one actually cares. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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- AnonD-186471
- 2@d
- 23 Nov 2013
Technlgy has evolved and is ever evolving...bt will have a true significance when its avlbl for all.
ever increasing RAMs, COREs, ..and ever increasing prices..
i just hope we r moving in the right direction.