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jamesriley94
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It is a good idea...
His voice doesn't sound particularly enthusiastic about the whole thing though does it.
His voice doesn't sound particularly enthusiastic about the whole thing though does it.
Mgutierrez33
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Eh, I went to the website and my facebook will be spreading the word on it. Never know if this can come to pass or not unless as many people hear about it as possible and they get the proper financial backing.
WillSK
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Made a noob error and hadn't realised this had been posted already. The concept looks great but i've been discussing this with some friends and the main issue isn't how good the idea is, it's how willing other companies are to jump on it. E.g. Apple are going to make far more money selling you a new iphone every year than an A7 "speedblok" for your blok phone.
In the phone market "made to last" is not something manufacturers want. Even if it would be technologically possible, many manufacturers would be against the idea because then instead of buying a new £300 smartphone, you can buy a much cheaper upgrade.Or at least that's how I see it.
WillSK
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completely agree! My mate used a good point in that it has been possible for a while now to relatively cheaply make lightbulbs that will last 10s if not 100s of years. No company is jumping on this however because it would be a huge loss of revenue for them
Feronix
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About the manufacturers:
ASRock, MSI, Corsair, etc are all companies that produce PC components but not (really) sell any fully built PC. DIYers like us use those components to build computers so that you don't have to buy one from Dell or HP.
What makes people think that HTC and Samsung will provide lose parts for phones? This might just be a completely different market. Slightly smaller than the pre-built market as well, just like with PCs.
Panasonic, Nikon or Canon don't make smartphones, but I'm pretty sure they can figure out a way to make a proper camera module for a phone. Qualcomm and Intel don't make complete phones anyway, they just sell OEM CPUs. For all those brands it's not the loss in sales that everyone is talking about, but instead it's a gain in sales, product ranges and most likely profit.
All that said, I think that actually making this phone might be a lot more hassle and expensive than it needs to be. I seriously doubt that it's really going to happen the way it was shown in the video. Everything would have to be compatible, people would need to download their own drivers and install their own software.
As with PCs, the motherboard (main part) is going to get outdated over time and you still won't be able to put in that new faster CPU. What do you do? You get rid of the motherboard and buy a newer one.
The idea is just brilliant. We just need a way of properly executing it while remaining cheap and actually possible.
ASRock, MSI, Corsair, etc are all companies that produce PC components but not (really) sell any fully built PC. DIYers like us use those components to build computers so that you don't have to buy one from Dell or HP.
What makes people think that HTC and Samsung will provide lose parts for phones? This might just be a completely different market. Slightly smaller than the pre-built market as well, just like with PCs.
Panasonic, Nikon or Canon don't make smartphones, but I'm pretty sure they can figure out a way to make a proper camera module for a phone. Qualcomm and Intel don't make complete phones anyway, they just sell OEM CPUs. For all those brands it's not the loss in sales that everyone is talking about, but instead it's a gain in sales, product ranges and most likely profit.
All that said, I think that actually making this phone might be a lot more hassle and expensive than it needs to be. I seriously doubt that it's really going to happen the way it was shown in the video. Everything would have to be compatible, people would need to download their own drivers and install their own software.
As with PCs, the motherboard (main part) is going to get outdated over time and you still won't be able to put in that new faster CPU. What do you do? You get rid of the motherboard and buy a newer one.
The idea is just brilliant. We just need a way of properly executing it while remaining cheap and actually possible.
Goldskis45
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Yes, yes, yes and YES! My favorite thing I have seen in the last few years on phones.
fintekonivel
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Yes! Pc thinking to the phone world please.
AndyBC
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Will never happen and will never work
Can't be implemented in the way shown in the video and is not feasible
Too many problems to overcome...
Nice concept, not realistic though.
Phones can never really be designed to be 'modular'... Even if the time and money was spent ot create something similar it still would have many limitations and costs it blows my minds... plus in the time to create such a thing (atleast 2-3 years) the mobile market could look completely different to how it is today.
Can't be implemented in the way shown in the video and is not feasible
Too many problems to overcome...
Nice concept, not realistic though.
Phones can never really be designed to be 'modular'... Even if the time and money was spent ot create something similar it still would have many limitations and costs it blows my minds... plus in the time to create such a thing (atleast 2-3 years) the mobile market could look completely different to how it is today.
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