“The modular design could keep the device in consumers’ hands longer, allowing technology and services geared toward the advertising industry to catch up. Rather than ditch the entire phone once yearly, a modular design would allow consumers to replace the modules rather than the entire phone.”
I believe the intent is for an open electronic hardware architecture. They’ve teamed up with phone blok. This would be cool, but I’m not holding my breath. The fact that there is a large corporate sponsor is promising though. I just don’t see how they can keep costs down with lower quantities due to custom parts. This goes against the Henry Ford business model of standardized parts. This model works, and I’m curious how they plan to lower cost.
I’m thinking they’re just name dropping 3d systems for the buzz factor, as they mentioned that they were only involved in enclosures
