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This will be more expensive and less profitable for manufacturers, which is why it's not going to happen.
Voted no to balance the scale out.
But my real opinion is: this just isn't gonna work.
Prices will sky-rocket as a result, and making a phone with top-end hardware will be maybe even twice as expensive.. (manufacturing cost that is, not end price for the consumer, even though that most likely will be much higher too)
And the guy who made this really has no clue about hardware..
First off, the phone will be severely limited in speed if you go with a separate board that connects the parts like that.
And several of the parts he is showing on the phone are integrated into each other in real phones to save space and battery usage.
The phone he is suggesting is simply a physical impossibility, at least in the sense that it is able to compete with normal smartphones.
This idea just doesn't work.
want a phone that lasts? stay away from smart phones...i keep my 'brick' phones for up to 5 years and they are way more durable.
That's not necessarily true. Smartphones last if you pick a good one.
Mine is ~3 years old and it does everything I want it to(which is calling, SMS:ing, using it as mobile Wi-Fi, listening to music and occasionally using it to read/write something when I don't have my tablet with me). It not buttery smooth like the newer high-end phones, but it's mostly lag-free and has a fantastic interface for SMS messaging and calling. And even after almost 2 years(I've owned it for 2 years, the model is 3 years old) it can still hold a charge for 2 days with mild usage.
The important part here is that I picked a phone that will last, a Nexus phone. My Nexus S is really damn old by today's standards, yet I don't see much of a need to upgrade for at least another two years or so.
But my real opinion is: this just isn't gonna work.
Prices will sky-rocket as a result, and making a phone with top-end hardware will be maybe even twice as expensive.. (manufacturing cost that is, not end price for the consumer, even though that most likely will be much higher too)
And the guy who made this really has no clue about hardware..
First off, the phone will be severely limited in speed if you go with a separate board that connects the parts like that.
And several of the parts he is showing on the phone are integrated into each other in real phones to save space and battery usage.
The phone he is suggesting is simply a physical impossibility, at least in the sense that it is able to compete with normal smartphones.
This idea just doesn't work.
Bioalchemist wrote:
want a phone that lasts? stay away from smart phones...i keep my 'brick' phones for up to 5 years and they are way more durable.
That's not necessarily true. Smartphones last if you pick a good one.
Mine is ~3 years old and it does everything I want it to(which is calling, SMS:ing, using it as mobile Wi-Fi, listening to music and occasionally using it to read/write something when I don't have my tablet with me). It not buttery smooth like the newer high-end phones, but it's mostly lag-free and has a fantastic interface for SMS messaging and calling. And even after almost 2 years(I've owned it for 2 years, the model is 3 years old) it can still hold a charge for 2 days with mild usage.
The important part here is that I picked a phone that will last, a Nexus phone. My Nexus S is really damn old by today's standards, yet I don't see much of a need to upgrade for at least another two years or so.
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Interesting concept. I am not a phonemaster, but pollution wise it is a heavily improvement :P
Though I am wondering if the customisation is actually a good idea, will it work just as good if the blocks would have a standard position?
Though I am wondering if the customisation is actually a good idea, will it work just as good if the blocks would have a standard position?
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Meiyjhe wrote:
Interesting concept. I am not a phonemaster, but pollution wise it is a heavily improvement :P
Though I am wondering if the customisation is actually a good idea, will it work just as good if the blocks would have a standard position?
No, there wouldn't be any real difference..
As I said in the comment just above yours: this is impossible, at least in the sense that it would be able to compete with normal smartphones.
Because having a modular circuit-board that connects everything will force sacrifices in speed, size, cost AND weight.
It will result in a subpar phone that will be unable to compete with normal phones.
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I had this idea for computers where you could just change a chip instead of the whole motherboard, for example. this is a very good step.
No, there wouldn't be any real difference..
As I said in the comment just above yours: this is impossible, at least in the sense that it would be able to compete with normal smartphones.
Because having a modular circuit-board that connects everything will force sacrifices in speed, size, cost AND weight.
It will result in a subpar phone that will be unable to compete with normal phones.
Let me tell you what you are doing:
you are basically comparing a Smart Fortwo with a Tata Nano. People that have money will bu' the smart, people that lack it but would really need a car, wont mind the fact that it has lower quality and technology.
my point is, there is a market for people that don't want to spend that much, and will be very pleased it it allows them to keep it with small investments throughout the years, instead of spending a big chunk everytime part X in no longer good.
Not everyone uses the phones for the same thing. Even forcing elderly to know how to use a smartphone is a bit of n0nsense, especially because they won't need all that functionality... as well as children.
Searz wrote:
No, there wouldn't be any real difference..
As I said in the comment just above yours: this is impossible, at least in the sense that it would be able to compete with normal smartphones.
Because having a modular circuit-board that connects everything will force sacrifices in speed, size, cost AND weight.
It will result in a subpar phone that will be unable to compete with normal phones.
Let me tell you what you are doing:
you are basically comparing a Smart Fortwo with a Tata Nano. People that have money will bu' the smart, people that lack it but would really need a car, wont mind the fact that it has lower quality and technology.
my point is, there is a market for people that don't want to spend that much, and will be very pleased it it allows them to keep it with small investments throughout the years, instead of spending a big chunk everytime part X in no longer good.
Not everyone uses the phones for the same thing. Even forcing elderly to know how to use a smartphone is a bit of n0nsense, especially because they won't need all that functionality... as well as children.
Searz wrote:
No, there wouldn't be any real difference..
As I said in the comment just above yours: this is impossible, at least in the sense that it would be able to compete with normal smartphones.
Because having a modular circuit-board that connects everything will force sacrifices in speed, size, cost AND weight.
It will result in a subpar phone that will be unable to compete with normal phones.
But, the way it is now, it has connections from dot to dot. If they were to have a standard position, the cost and weight definately would be reduced, since each dot doesn't necessarily have to be connected to eachother :P
Or am I completely missing the point? :P
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Pheyniex wrote:
you are basically comparing a Smart Fortwo with a Tata Nano. People that have money will bu' the smart, people that lack it but would really need a car, wont mind the fact that it has lower quality and technology.
Two car models I've never heard about here in Sweden, but your point seems valid so far.
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my point is, there is a market for people that don't want to spend that much, and will be very pleased it it allows them to keep it with small investments throughout the years, instead of spending a big chunk everytime part X in no longer good.
This is where you go wrong.
The cost of the Block-phone compared to similar normal phones will be significantly higher.
Because it will cost a LOT more to manufacture.
I mean, if they wanna make it easy to see which part that is faulty (which is pretty much required) the phone base-block would need a pretty advanced controller chip that can troubleshoot any eventual problems.
And there is a lot of extra stuff that would need to be added to allow this kind of partitioning of the components.
And it's this addition of extra components that would invalidate the whole point of the phone in the first place. If more components are used then overall waste wouldn't necessarily go down even if less phones are thrown away..
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Not everyone uses the phones for the same thing. Even forcing elderly to know how to use a smartphone is a bit of n0nsense, especially because they won't need all that functionality... as well as children.
But this is a smartphone...
Though maybe you're just talking about using the tech for a "dumb"-phone.
That would be ineffiecient too though..
As I've stated before: the pricing will go up significantly and the amount of waste that is actually 'saved' is small at best.
And who the heck forces old people to use/buy smartphones? There are several kinds of cheap simple phones for people like that. I mean, an acquaintance of mine quite literally bought a phone for 10bucks not too long ago. Block-phones can impossibly compete with that..
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I killed my Nexus 4 twice in 3 months, staying away from phones for a while
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How the heck are you treating your phones?
You might need to get a shock-resistant IP57 or 67 phone if you break them that easily O.o
That or you need to stop failing at rooting/flashing.
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I'm not sure how the electronic side of this will work, but I'm hoping that somehow it will, lol.
Pitfalls aside, I love the idea of this. Website for perusal: www.phonebloks.com