In an odd quirk of fate, a month after writing about upgradeable smartphones, an innovative fellow called Dave Hakkens has launched new modular smartphone concept called Phonebloks.
The idea of phone comes with different attachable joints. You can replace, upgrade, or switch out any of these bloks at any time. If you want (or need) a new screen, just plug it in. If you want a larger battery, just buy a larger battery blok. If your CPU or GPU are getting a bit long in the tooth, just buy a new one. There are other interesting use-cases, too. If you don’t need a lot of local storage, you might opt for a small storage blok, which in turn lets you use a larger battery blok. Instead of a big and fast CPU, you might instead want to use that blok space for a larger and better camera.
There are technical issues, of course. Some bloks, such as the battery and camera, would be easy enough to produce. Other modules, though, might need to be placed within a certain distance of the CPU (for timing reasons), and there might be a lot of driver and hardware co-dependencies (X modem can only be used with Y baseband which can only be used with Z SoC). There’s also the inherent weakness of a modular design — there isn’t much stopping the bloks from being snapped off, or being dislodged enough that they cause unpredictable errors. There are probably security issues, too, if someone can walk off with your storage blok
for more information goto official website http://www.phonebloks.com/
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