The modular smartphone dream feels like ancient history at this point. Google’s ambitious Project Ara never made it to market, and LG’s modular G5 experiment crashed so spectacularly that most manufacturers decided swappable phone components were a dead end. Yet somehow, the idea of customizing your device with interchangeable parts
It’s 2025, and somehow we’re still stuck choosing between a pocket-sized phone that cramps our thumbs and a massive screen that barely fits in a jeans pocket. But what if we didn’t have to choose anymore? What if you could decide the size of your phone depending on what kind
Designer Julius Tarng brings back to our attention a niche of handsets that seemed forgotten: the modular phones. Meet the Modai, a modular handset that aims at turning your smartphone into your best friend. This companion device is inspired by human behavious and designed to keep you attached to it
Ever since modu, modular phones were never given much credit, so it’s good to see that such initiatives exist. Enter the Combination Phone, a concept created by Wen-Tsung Lin & Wan-Rurng Hung. It’s got a steady front plate and modular components and it’s pictured below. This device allows the user
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