ZTE is heading down the same path as Motorola is with Project Ara – is it possible to give consumers a modular smartphone system that allows them to pick and choose components to attach to a standard midplane? Very exciting.
Among the many new products at CES, there are also concept ideas and designs. One, from ZTE, would allow consumers to build their own smartphone of sorts: Modules with different functions that fit together for a completely customized smartphone.
The pieces for ZTE’s concept all join together like blocks or puzzle pieces and are housed in a shell that includes an LCD display. Theoretically, you could swap out the shell for a higher resolution screen, add higher capacity batteries or improve your photos with a better camera sensor.
Motorola(s goog) recently announced a similar initiative called Project Ara, so this idea isn’t new.
But as far-fetched the concept sounds, with the growing interest in custom 3D printing, Arduino and hardware hacks, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some wanting to actually “build” their own smartphone. A few years ago, this type of product would be much more difficult to…
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Chris Saunders
Infrastructure nerd learning to code and be a better human
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