Phone buy once is enough: Welcome to the era of modular devices

Consumers will make when buying cell phones in all aspects of trade-offs, such as this phone has a high pixel camera, but the battery capacity is very low, it is an eternal problem. 

　　Consumers definitely want to buy into a meet their needs in all aspects of the phone, and it will soon be a reality. In the near future, you can assemble a line with your required specifications smartphone. Even better, when you buy the phone you can also change the configuration. Your device will not be upgrading every year. 

　　Welcome to the era of modular

　　Does that make you excited? 

　　Rangan Srikhanta is One Education Australia CEO, the main business is the sale of a variety of modular devices. They are currently developing XO-Infinity, which is for the One Laptop Per Child project and developed a modular notebook / tablet hybrid PC. The attractiveness of this computer is obvious: just buy a piece of equipment, you can use it forever. You can upgrade each component according to your needs, you do not have to buy a new equipment and bear the high costs.

　　Modular projects have already been born many years. Motorola has introduced the Atrix is one of a, although a cell phone but can also be used as a laptop computer use, but in fact both are not done properly. 

　　Today, more powerful CPU performance, higher integration, Wi-Fi chips, the processor and GPU are integrated on a tiny circuit board. USB-C can be inserted with the positive and negative features, the volume is much smaller, and backwards compatibility. As more and more functionality to the browser and the cloud, you do not need so much hardware. 

　　Google's Project Ara is the science and technology of the most striking modular project which will split into a complete mobile phone battery, processor, camera, screen and other hot-swappable modules. Want the phone is equipped with an X-ray machine? Go put it. 

　　This is not only to make it easier for users to upgrade, maintenance will be easier. One Education as well as to Google, the cost will be lower: in the part fails, the company does not have to replace the entire device. 

　　XO-Infinity has five modules: the core framework of the device, battery, camera, screen, as well as computing and networking chips. It runs Linux, Android or Windows, specific system depends on the user to insert the modules. 

　　One Education is looking for other possible modules to develop, but Srikhanta said that currently no plans to set up a shop selling third-party modules. Instead, Srikhanta hope to establish a gray market, the gray market in which people can trade their own modules.

　　Alireza Tahmasebzadeh Blocks Wearables is one of the co-founder, says his idea generated from the development of a modular device with him and another founder of the traditional smart watches are not the same idea. Tahmasebzadeh want to watch added contactless payment and gesture control; and another co-founder Serge Didenko wants to join a heart rate monitor and galvanic skin response. So they decided to develop a modular strap watch, so that we can meet their needs. 

　　There are no internal Samsung Galaxy S6 exchange components; similarly Apple Watch or new macbook did not. Today, high-end equipment can be customized to provide the ability to very low, so these products on a competitive basis to become a look and feel. 

　　Of course, those thinner, prettier one device that will not be eliminated. XO-Infinity Project Ara and such equipment is not really for the average consumer and manufacturing. And the most powerful effects of these products will be reflected in the developing countries, the first Project Ara device will initially be launched in Puerto Rico, and its cost as low as $ 50. Competition between these places are no longer the latest Galaxy phones and latest iPhone who sold more, but who cheaper.