For a while there two things seemed to be just around the corner when it came to mobile devices: modularity and smart glasses. Both were big around 2011-2012 and both failed miserably, most people blaming Google for that. Now modularity is back, albeit as a concept, like the one below,
I have the feeling there’s so much lost potential in the area of modular phones, as if these projects come to a point, show potential and then get canned. Project Ara keeps getting delayed, we haven’t heard of ZTE’s Eco Mobius in a while and the LG G5 doesn’t have
Modularity is sadly fading off into irrelevancy, with Project Ara sounding more and more like fantasy and not many companies exploring such projects. Today we’ve come across the Xcel 1M concept phone, a modular device, that’s as simple as it is doable. Created by Isaiah Bragg, the device has 3
The past few weeks have made us feel like the best days of the modu handsets. It’s all about modularity now, so after Phonebloks became viral Motorola went ahead and unveiled the Ara project. Now, yet another modular project wins a prestigious award, the Red Dot Design Award for 2013.
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