Google's ambitious Project Ara has been canned
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- Nechan
- 61B
- 02 Sep 2016
With cheap price of Chinese Smartphone and Samsung Mid Range, it doesn't really matter if you change smartphone every year. If you really want a phone that last longer buy the flagship (2-3 years, even iphone can last more). I don't think the part of ara phone wil last longer, and the price of the part will be pricey too. So not cost effective for users thought.
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- Alien
- ndn
- 02 Sep 2016
That's Foogle folks! They see a project that actually have potential and they need to buy it so they can later on cancel it.
Also, there was a guy saying that they did this for budget reasons. Are you effing kidding me? They have trillions and they actually could buy countries if they want. So go find a better excuse.
They did this cos they want you to buy their shtline nexus phones without expandable memory. They want you to put your data on their cloud crap so they know everything.
Other than having the best updates, the nexus phones are simply mediocre and not worth checking out..
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- Eske Rahn
- 3ii
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016Poor eSke rAhn. Hope he is not taking this news too badly. He he :-)
Yeah, I was not too happy about it - as you could see from my previous post, had you read before posting. ;-p
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- DolphinStripper
- sBU
- 02 Sep 2016
This will help poor people like me.. so they have to cancel it...
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- Shazzy B
- 0FX
- 02 Sep 2016
As much as I am mad, I'm not surprised. Google aren't being smart this year, what with all the YouTube controversy costing them money hand over fist, among other things. Doing this to a project that's been alive for 3 years and possibly heavily funded means they gotta save costs somewhere. It annoys me, but doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
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- Anonymous
- PA7
- 02 Sep 2016
Google good at software only, innovation in hardware even intel can beat Motorola. Bring back ARA to motorola!!!
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- AnonD-190634
- st8
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016Yep, smartphones are no longer high-tech devices, but fashi... moreEverything is starting to suck in 2016. But just tech! But the GTX 10-Series were good.
Btw. PWEASE make a phone with hot swappable battery :( come on!!! Hiw hard can it be? I do DIY electronics and it really shouldn't be that hard!
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- mohd5rose
- PUi
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016actually we only need the battery separately from the phone... moreAgreed.
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016actually we only need the battery separately from the phone... moreThat's the most important, combined with decent third-party extended batteries. Or better yet, bigger batteries by default.
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- Anonymous
- JGw
- 02 Sep 2016
Poor eSke rAhn. Hope he is not taking this news too badly.
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- Anonymous
- XMF
- 02 Sep 2016
actually we only need the battery separately from the phone, how hard can it be to made???
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- Simon
- NU0
- 02 Sep 2016
If they made a true modular phone, that would be same perfection as with PCs, where people don't feel the need to buy one for 5-10 years, they just replace some parts once in a while when needed, which is why the PC market is said to not be doing so great. That and Intel's unfortunate monopoly and lack of reasonable progress in CPUs. All hopes in AMDs Zen now.
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016I am so shocked that this project got canned. /s Phones are... moreYep, smartphones are no longer high-tech devices, but fashion accesories. It's such a shame. That's why it was so needed. People and manufacturers have lost any common sense. It's 2016, smartphones are not a big deal, they are just an everyday tool so it doesn't matter how they look like - everyone has one and no one will notice. Grow up already!
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016So were you going to buy it if it was released having mind ... moreWell that's not what was promised at first.
But still, even if you can't replace them, it's more important to have a choice and assemble exactly what you want. So it could have been made reasonable enough.
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- AnonD-448401
- YPe
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016moto z play already using it and may be iPhone 7 as well. moto z play modularity is different one so i think he is saying about body parts that can be switched like that of lg g5 not back cover of that of moto Z play
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- Anonymous
- 0BG
- 02 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2016Modular design will save the planet, benefit the consumers ... moreWell you just named the reason why it failed and why it will never (be allowed to) exist.
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- Life is disposable
- Sf{
- 02 Sep 2016
Anything beneficial for consumers is unbeneficial for manufacturers.
OEM's want us to change our cars, phones, TV's every 2-3 years. If you insist on using them, you see silly problems. We don't see durable products any more. Everything (virtually everything) is unreliable to force end user to throw money periodically.
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- Anonymous
- NB8
- 02 Sep 2016
I am so shocked that this project got canned. /s Phones are no longer the technological forefront. The companies at this point are just greedy for profit so experiments like the era have no room.
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- AnonD-557576
- nx}
- 02 Sep 2016
Well, that is why smartphones s*ck so hard nowadays.