The Gadget we
are discussing here is truly the future of smartphones. Though it hasn’t taken
the shape of reality, but still it is a better gadget than any smartphones in
terms of features and versatility. This phoneblok is a modular smartphone
concept given by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens. Though it is not the first
concept of modular smartphone, but it has become popular because of the support
& attraction it has garnered.
Concept:
The “Bloks”
are the third party components those are to be attached to a main board in
order to assemble the entire smartphone. Each blok has to be its own
functionalities and can be assembled or disassembled as per the need of the
user.
In this way
people will not have to spend money on the extra features of any smartphone
which are of no use to them. For example- if a person needs a normal handset
loaded with a good camera then he can purchase the general phonebloks as per
his need and a good camera blok from a good company like Nikon or sony and
finally assembles them so as to make a suitable phone for him within his
budget.
Benefits:
One of the
main aims of its design is to reduce electronic waste.
Bloks can be
replaced as per requirement like to change a defective part (instead of
changing the whole smartphone) or to upgrade or to add new functionalities etc.
These parts
called “Bloks” would be available in “app stores for hardware” where users
could buy new and old bloks & sell their old ones too.
From the day
one it has been gaining attentions of various news agencies like CNN, Forbes,
Yahoo! News etc. Also it has gathered a considerable number of supports in
social medias like Twitter, ThunderClap & Facebook. Till February of this
year it had gained over 950,000 supporters & and a social media reach of
more than 380 million people.
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Market place:
Keeping in
view its never decreasing popularity many world class companies have made
partnership with “Phonebloks”. Some of them are GOOGLE, SENNHEISER, FAIRPHONE
& CMNTY to note.
After
exceeding 900,000 number of supporters in ThunderClap, Hekken collaborated with
Motorola on ProjectAra. Google’s ATAP Team is also working on this project to
give it a practical shape.
THIS MODULAR
PHONE IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED IN JANUARY 2015.
So only time will say how
this modular phone concept affects the huge smartphone market in the world.
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