iPhone Killer: Modular Phone By Google Project Ara To start Shipment Soon!!!

By Ultron -
Google has been working on what can be called the iPhone killer and is getting ready to start shipment of this behemoth of a monstrosity.


It is a modular phone with compartments that let you add as many modules as possible apparently turning it in to a new smartphone in doing so. 

Project goals

Google says the device is designed to be utilized by "6 billion people"; including 1 billion current smartphone users, 5 billion feature phone users, and 1 billion future users not currently connected. Google intends to sell a starter kit where the bill of materials is US$50 and includes a frame, display, battery, low-end CPU and WiFi.

Google wants Project Ara to lower the entry barrier for phone hardware manufacturers so there could be "hundreds of thousands of developers" instead of the current handful of big manufacturers. This would be similar to how the Google Play Store is structured. Lowering the barrier for entry allows many more people to develop modules. Anyone will be able to build a module without requiring a license or paying a fee.





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