Phonebloks - the future of phones? - Page 9
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Blazinghand
United States25546 Posts
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vidium
Romania222 Posts
Secondly none of the big phone companies will do something like this. Look at Apple for example, you cant even change the batteries on their laptops by yourself as opposed to other brands. Another example from Apple is their phones, they make small upgrades and charge you $700+ each time, easy money. | ||
Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On December 10 2013 02:52 Helios.Star wrote: Just stumbled on this article and I immediately thought of this thread. Motorola's modular phone prototype almost ready Very exciting news. People say it isn't gonna happen but all it takes is one company being successful with it. | ||
docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On December 10 2013 06:09 Pokebunny wrote: Very exciting news. People say it isn't gonna happen but all it takes is one company being successful with it. That's really cool. I'll pick one up if it ever comes to market, this could be the next big idea. | ||
Acrofales
Spain17184 Posts
On December 10 2013 03:24 Blazinghand wrote: Given that this kind of business model works fine for desktop computers I could see it being fine also for a phone design. I always figured that portable electronics (laptops, tablets, phones) would never really be as modular as a desktop due to size constraints, but hopefully I was wrong. Phone producers can't even agree on a standardized plug for the power chord... I don't think any standards like ATX are going to hold up for phones. | ||
NIJ
1012 Posts
On December 12 2013 00:32 Acrofales wrote: Phone producers can't even agree on a standardized plug for the power chord... I don't think any standards like ATX are going to hold up for phones. Everyone minus one bratty company uses a micro USB... That's quite standardized. | ||
Kanaz
Denmark658 Posts
Probably still a bit futuristic, but in office enviroments we already start to see just a screen, and then you run all the power through a huge mainframe server. Then you can pretty much design your own computer, and no need to update individual stuff etc. | ||
T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On December 12 2013 01:25 Kanaz wrote: With the introduction of LTE and LTE-A we'll see some interresting stuff with cloud computing based phone / computers. Probably still a bit futuristic, but in office enviroments we already start to see just a screen, and then you run all the power through a huge mainframe server. Then you can pretty much design your own computer, and no need to update individual stuff etc. Even now, there are limits on bandwidth. There's not enough bandwidth to make it possible. Then there's the problem of latency. | ||
OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
techcrunch.com Whether is ever becomes mainstream who knows, but it's kind of cool to see it coming together. | ||
StatixEx
United Kingdom779 Posts
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