This is gonna sound like an add, but I really like their idea and, more importantly, their cause for doing this.
Have you ever felt the need to not buy a new phone every year due to multiple reasons?
Not enough storage
Broken board/screen
Water damage
etc…
Well… now you can. Sort of.
They’re still getting the support they need and I, for one, would like to help them reach their goal towards a cleaner, more personalized future.
Looks intresting enough, but I doubt that other companies will like it since they would have to give away their profit that is selling crappy phones that make you buy a new one each year. Especially Apple who are king at selling overpriced xxxx just because their apple is on it.
I saw the video last day, and I was really impressed. The idea is original, but companies are never going to want something like that, they would lose money.
Profitable companies won’t do it. Not for profit companies could.
Looks intresting enough, but I doubt that other companies will like it since they would have to give away their profit that is selling crappy phones that make you buy a new one each year. Especially Apple who are king at selling overpriced xxxx just because their apple is on it.
Profitable companies won’t do it. Not for profit companies could.
They already have connections with several major companies to make the parts they need for the phone.
Granted such a thing won’t come cheap (I’m guessing it’d come at near… idk… $3/400+, maybe?) but it’s a step towards reducing the thousands of tonnes of waste electronic devices that are thrown away each year, especially considering around 80% of that waste is SOLELY created by phones people throw away every year. Wanna take a wild guess why? Because it’s cheaper for the phone companies (say… Nokia, Samsung, Apple) to just throw away the old and get them a new one, instead of repairing it.
This customization system already exists on… everywhere. This “customization” system has been on cars for ages, now. You buy the base model and pick out the extras. Houses? Damn straight there are. Quite sizeable ones going for as cheap as $10k. So why not phones? Why shouldn’t we be able to reduce our wastes and still keep our own sense of individuality, the same way it happens with every smartphone user in the world?
Because it’s cheaper for the phone companies (say… Nokia, Samsung, Apple) to just throw away the old and get them a new one, instead of repairing it.
Phones aren’t thrown away because they break, but because consumers want a new shiny one.
That project is a stillborn idea if ever I’ve seen one.
Phones aren’t thrown away because they break, but because consumers want a new shiny one.
That project is a stillborn idea if ever I’ve seen one.
For the most part, yes. Consumerism and capitalism have enriched the “throw-away” mentality in measures that are almost uncontrollable, nowadays. But why not fight it? Because people are lazy. Lazyness has birthed this system and, without a little effort on everyone’s part, it’s not going away. I strongly believe this phone is a step towards breaking that system.
Instead of ditching thousands of tonnes, you’re throwing out a few hundreds, because you’re not tossing away the entire phone, just one of the modules, which can be as small as the tip of your thumb.
Because it’s a bad idea. You can already simply not throw away your old phone and just keep using it. In particular if you’re like myself and use a phone mostly for … phoning.
So what advantage with a modular phone? Either these modules are made to break quickly or they’ll want customers replacing all of them all the time to keep up with technological advancement anyway. In any other case that company will never sell enough modules to still be around for you to get a replacement module should one break a few years down the road.
You won’t convince me of this idea, sorry, good luck with it though.
Because it’s a bad idea. You can already simply not throw away your old phone and just keep using it. In particular if you’re like myself and use a phone mostly for … phoning.
So what advantage with a modular phone? Either these modules are made to break quickly or they’ll want customers replacing all of them all the time to keep up with technological advancement anyway. In any other case that company will never sell enough modules to still be around for you to get a replacement module should one break a few years down the road.
You won’t convince me of this idea, sorry, good luck with it though.
So do I. Believe me, if it were up to me, I’d still be using a 3310. =P
However, for the people who feel the need to spend money all the time on gadgets and the latest Fapple fad… They will eventually buy it. And then… They will drop, sit on, dip in liquids, throw, stomp and crush the very phone they bought not months ago. This leads to physical and/or electronic damage, mostly on the LCD. What happens then? Well, you have the phone’s warranty, so they just give you a repaired phone, most likely yours. In reality, they’re just jacking your phone to a software they have, copy all the contents of the memory and bios and then toss it out. They then grab a brand new phone and plug your stuff right back in. What happens to the old one? Straight into the “recycle bin”, to be “recycled”. Then it’s shipped off to some 3rd world country that serves as a technological dump where it all sits there, NOT being recycled.
This is a step up to minimize those dumps. They’re still enclosed pieces of hardware that’s “built to last” (a few months/years, that is), but, if the same amount of people that use the current top of the line smartphones use it, it’ll diminish all that “recycling” those same companies do.
The end goal is, obviously, to NOT do any of the “recycling” it’s currently being done, but I stand firm in the belief this is a step towards that future.
And I’m not aiming to convince everyone. I’ll be happy if I convince half the people who read this to go and upvote them on Thunderclap.
Everytime I get my phone back from repair it is completely empty and I must re-install everything and xxxx…Goddamn annoying…
I also barely use my phone, and it’s already send up twice in like… 5 months…And I should send it up again since it still has the same goddamn problem(restarting randomly when not on charger), but I know they won’t do xxxx about it like last 2 times. It was a cheap smartphone(Well, relatively) so I don’t care too much but I know never to get a HTC again. Back to nokia!
I would love to get an “old” phone, but they do lack the fun games & functionalities(Browsing internet&whatsapp) of the smartphones, even if their batteries are non-existant & can take no damage.
And as with everything in life, it’s not IF, but WHEN it happens.
FALSE! companies would LOVE THIS!
This is just like the computer industry invading the phone. There is all kinds of components in a PC, and system builders compete for the best stuff so YOU can choose them to put their part into your PC.
It will be the same with this Phone. Okay, so imagine that each block has a category, and each company makes a different category amd there is HUNDREDS of parts for a single category. NO PHONE SHALL BE THE SAME! . Now competition will RISE!
“Oh you dont like that Duracell 1000mw battery pack? Change it for a energizer 2000Mw.”
“Oh dont bother using the camera? Change it for more battery packs or USB inputs, etc.”
I would personally design a screen to fit the whole phone OR make it so it has 2 small monitors, and emulate a frakking DS. THEN I would make it so it has a SOLAR BATTERY PACK, OR powered by a potato! The endless possibilities!
This kind of projects never see the light…
They’ve almost met their goal of 650k people. Neat.
This kind of projects never see the light…
And that’s kinda sad, considering it LOOKS like a cheap project… Each module looks simple enough to be mass-produced. I see no chance in this being a simple “gadget”, as it actually shows a lot of promise in the near future (IFF they reach their goal).
However, the big phone brands will never have this and would rather trash these ideas so their own expensive products continue to fill the mindless drones…
Hmm, this is actually a good business idea… I’m diggin’ it!
Basically don’t appeal to the well known phone companies, just create your own and have it create these. All they need is compatibility modules and a slot for SIM cards. That’s it. Pretty soon people will rush your new phone instead of the others.
I am really confused by the fact he tells the big companies to do this instead of doing it himself and punching them in the face… (keeping out the fact you need lots of investment money in this statement)
Surprises me how much it matches within my domain (architecture). Makes me sad (and mad at the same time) to look at technology today and compare it to the current world we live in…
Hmm, this is actually a good business idea… I’m diggin’ it!
Basically don’t appeal to the well known phone companies, just create your own and have it create these. All they need is compatibility modules and a slot for SIM cards. That’s it. Pretty soon people will rush your new phone instead of the others.
I am really confused by the fact he tells the big companies to do this instead of doing it himself and punching them in the face… (keeping out the fact you need lots of investment money in this statement)
Surprises me how much it matches within my domain (architecture). Makes me sad (and mad at the same time) to look at technology today and compare it to the current world we live in…
They have a module for SIM Cards. The “big companies” they have contacts in are those that will likely be making their modules.
I know this is gonna be my new phone when, but most importantly if, it comes out.
And that’s kinda sad, considering it LOOKS like a cheap project… Each module looks simple enough to be mass-produced. I see no chance in this being a simple “gadget”, as it actually shows a lot of promise in the near future (IFF they reach their goal).
However, the big phone brands will never have this and would rather trash these ideas so their own expensive products continue to fill the mindless drones…
Very sad indeed…
Lol, I can see the awesomness in this idea if this phone or “Fone Factor” hits the masses.
I would make a phone with like 2 CPU and 1 GPU module. Insane power.
Or the phone that has SO MUCH BATTERY, it can last for 2 days.
Owh thanks for the web…i have 3 dummy phones
Lol, I can see the awesomness in this idea if this phone or “Fone Factor” hits the masses.
I would make a phone with like 2 CPU and 1 GPU module. Insane power.
Or the phone that has SO MUCH BATTERY, it can last for 2 days.
Only 2? My old phone lasted a week easily…Damn smartphones suck batteries dry like crazy…