This is pretty exciting. I wish it would have happened sooner though. It was at the top of my list when I was looking at phones last year, but it was still unavailable when I decided to go with the Pixel 7.
Great news. The more sustainable options the better. Hopefully it will do well
I’m getting vibes of early OnePlus or Nexus devices and what they were aiming for. Pretty cool!
If the fairphone had been available I wouldn’t have gotten my teracube. I like my teracube and don’t intend to ditch it, but it is my impression that the fairphone is definitively better
That’s a step in the right direction, hopefully in the future phones will be more like computers, where you can buy parts and build your own. At least that’d be my dream.
Well not all computers can be upgraded unfortunately. Looking at you MacBooks with SSDs welded to the motherboard…
There aren’t lots of compact devices that are upgradable, even on windows. Most use soldered ram and flash storage.
Years ago google was looking at doing a modular phone. It was basically a frame with modules on the back that contained the battery, storage, cameras, and even the processor. The screen was even replaceable in a similar way. I really want someone to do another project ara.
I remember that, I liked the idea except for Google being involved. The dream would be a fully modular phone running Linux. I don’t ever see that becoming a reality, but hey.
