Project Ara smartphones will allow module hot-swapping
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- Anonymous
- wfE
- 30 Sep 2014
What will happen during a drop test?
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- AnonD-200220
- KIA
- 30 Sep 2014
Lol now this is over innovative. Well something to look forward to days will go by smoothly.
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- misato
- 7Dj
- 30 Sep 2014
Nice.. Can't wait for this 1......
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- vinz
- 9Ki
- 30 Sep 2014
NotePro, 30 Sep 2014Display swap is essential otherwise this will remain a half... moreYou can swap it but not when power is on..
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- AnonD-29741
- Jy4
- 30 Sep 2014
Project ARA - comeback of bulky phones! In technical aspects this is crap. It is better to sell idk phone and buy new one. It will be more rugged and smaller/ or with bigger battery. Only things people need to change are memory and camera and soc. And we have this possibility already. Why buy cheap phone and replace all modules for better? Who would provide driver support for 3-years old modules? Google, manufacturer?
If u wanna better display, u need better graphic chip, which is usually integrated in processor. So u get new phone with old battery and camera. Additionally If every module will be separate, phone will be crazy thick to fit separate module slots but battery will be still mediocre.
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- rx2
- 30 Sep 2014
Arif, 30 Sep 2014The screen can be replaced, but it's just not hot-swappable... moreThen its a great to have mobile, finally, I can buy this sometime in third half of 2015
- NotePro
- rx2
- 30 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 30 Sep 2014What if you just want to upgrade your processor? That should be possible imo..so long the processor module has consistent interface.
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- Al
- XNt
- 30 Sep 2014
Finally something different in the mobile world Whoo Hoo
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- Anonymous
- 9xH
- 30 Sep 2014
i think the article means about can't swap processor and display is for hot swap, which means it could be swapped if the phone is turned off
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- Arif
- nxd
- 30 Sep 2014
NotePro, 30 Sep 2014Display swap is essential otherwise this will remain a half... moreThe screen can be replaced, but it's just not hot-swappable; the screen cannot be replaced whilst the device is still powered on.
The device needs to be shut down, then the screen can be removed (even if you have to go through removing other components too).
All the best. :)
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- v$A
- 30 Sep 2014
Display swap is essential otherwise this will remain a half hearted attempt. Most of the people damage their displays frequently than any other parts.
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- Anonymous
- ix1
- 30 Sep 2014
diazene , 30 Sep 2014That's stupid, if by memory you mean ram, how can you swap ... moreobviously it is storage memory...
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- eit18een
- Hkt
- 30 Sep 2014
Waiting for this to happen, hopefully by ces2016
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- AnonD-305201
- G${
- 30 Sep 2014
diazene , 30 Sep 2014That's stupid, if by memory you mean ram, how can you swap ... moreDo you think Google will offer such a feature without an implementation plan? They are much smarter than we think :)
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- L003
- Y}K
- 30 Sep 2014
its amazing,i think googl should be advertise his future plan on social web,news,...its beyond the line of thinks
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- Anonymous
- 7X3
- 30 Sep 2014
What if you just want to upgrade your processor?
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- ceK
- 30 Sep 2014
diazene , 30 Sep 2014That's stupid, if by memory you mean ram, how can you swap ... morehahaha obviously it can't be RAM
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- Hesht
- Mm7
- 30 Sep 2014
Anonymous, 30 Sep 2014That's not what Ram is, but storage, and you can already do... moreHe's right to question their use of the term "Memory" here, as Memory refers to a device's RAM, while the article clearly means "Storage". It's a very important distinction that tech blogs and news sites really should be aware of.
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- Anonymous
- Mfx
- 30 Sep 2014
diazene , 30 Sep 2014That's stupid, if by memory you mean ram, how can you swap ... moreThat's not what Ram is, but storage, and you can already do this with removable storage mediums today. The information just stays on the module it was saved on. Much like memory cards or hard drives in every other device out today.
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- FREEZE GAME
- ucT
- 30 Sep 2014
ohhh snap!
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