Motorola announces Ara, a new modular phone concept
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- Bluemango26
- vaP
- 29 Oct 2013
this idea is not really from moto. Its from phoneblocks
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- AnonD-198817
- 3Yi
- 29 Oct 2013
AnonD-176704, 29 Oct 2013Nooo, its a genius phone!I agree...
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- Anonym
- g51
- 29 Oct 2013
Amazing idea, but I just wonder what happens when the phone eventually meets concrete? I'm guessing it will be the same as a Lego... (not a pretty sight)
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- AnonD-147474
- w0%
- 29 Oct 2013
google purchased Motorola for a reason. Here it is
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- Lol
- vjX
- 29 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 29 Oct 2013Very good point. What will pricing per module be? Especiall... moreYou do know that manufacturers such as samsung and apple sell their phones for around 3-4 times the cost of producing?
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- Galaxy Nexus
- kLX
- 29 Oct 2013
Man this is some Star Trek shit for real!! I want one!!
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- Dr D
- 9BV
- 29 Oct 2013
Exceptional design idea - deserves to be a success!
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- AnonD-58835
- KjW
- 29 Oct 2013
Blocks concepts is superb idea. You could upgrade just what you need, instead of upgrading the whole device. But according to the pictures, blocks MUST be INSIDE the device, NOT visible from outside. There must be an external cover. Idea is amazing, but mobile phone sales will fall a lot as customer will renew just parts, not the whole phone......
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- AnonD-176704
- IV5
- 29 Oct 2013
AnonD-60404, 29 Oct 2013Finally a SMART smartphone Nooo, its a genius phone!
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- augdawg
- DQ$
- 29 Oct 2013
AnonD-115286, 29 Oct 2013Great idea! But IMO, instead leaving the back looks "b... moreIt should be optional though, as some people (myself included) might think that the uneven blocky nature of the back actually looks cool.
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- AnonD-115286
- CZY
- 29 Oct 2013
Great idea! But IMO, instead leaving the back looks "blocky", allow user to have a back cover to cover everything up.
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- AnonD-201148
- X}n
- 29 Oct 2013
wow....wait..why is that cat at the corner..
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- Anonymous
- 4QS
- 29 Oct 2013
AnonD-198159, 29 Oct 2013Yeah, and there gonna be new "endoskeleton" versi... moreRight....To me that is the biggest draw back.......
More so then pricing, size, and vulnerability.
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- Anonymous
- 4QS
- 29 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 29 Oct 2013now if the price for each modules is 100 dollars each and y... moreVery good point. What will pricing per module be? Especially for a good one? OEM's make and buy things in massive quantity. By thousands an millions...Costing and selling realyl cheap in that sense....But per single piece? Yikes. Could get ugly..
So good draw backs brought up.
-Dropping...Yikes
-Price?
-Compatibility?
-Out-dating?
-Size?...Though as we have seen most "first to market" things start off thicker and advance/thin out.
-How well will pieces hold together?
Just for a few....One thing I like about the idea is that each and every phone seems to be so specific about all parts only fitting and working in said phone....So detailed absolutely specific...It's unreal...
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- Johhny
- 0F1
- 29 Oct 2013
FINALLY something with a different design approach my god!!!!
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- Anonymous
- 4QS
- 29 Oct 2013
Anonymous, 29 Oct 2013Who is going to copy this idea? This is a concept IDEA. Not an actual announcement...And not even Motorola's idea....So any phone company that makes one is "in your view" copying.....
Try to have a more logical realistic outlook.
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- Anonymous
- 4QS
- 29 Oct 2013
Nick, 29 Oct 2013would be really funny when you drop your phone in public an... moreHaha. The part you don't think about
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- AnonD-77434
- fq6
- 29 Oct 2013
Great idea moto and very elegant design...crazy and new
Hoping we see Nokia Lumia in the future with the same idea :)
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- nagarajan
- t1$
- 29 Oct 2013
Nice idea for future smartphone.
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- tkhumush
- nTR
- 29 Oct 2013
TBH, would look amazing with windows phone. and sense WP is driver based, they can easily develop drivers for new hardware, amazing :D