2016has been the year of the modular phone where two major companies like Lg and Motorola decided to advertise their new flagships as "Modular Phones". Now some may say that yes , these are modular phones, but are they really?
The first on the scene was Lg with its G5. People had high hopes from lg after the number of leaks on the Internet that we were finally going to have a modular phone! Sad;y what Lg released was not a Modular phone but just a normal phone with a few interchangeable accessories like an external camera and external speakers. This is unfortunately not modular, its just a fancy gimmick. In my opinion what Lg doesnt know is that there are already devices like these on the market such as "Bluetooth Speakers". For the camera , there are some standalone cameras that can connect with your phone , wirelessly . and the viewfinder can be accessed from the phone. This does pretty much the same job.
After Lg came Motorola. Its offering was more worthy than lg's to earn the name of a modular smartphone but it still wasn't quite there yet. Motorola's take on a Modular Phone were its moto mods , where mods like an external battery or external speakers stuck on the back of the phone like a back cover would. This can be , to some extent , be described as modular as you can easily take off a mod and replace it with another. However sadly people still didnt approve fully of the Moto z being called a fully Modular phone.
The only real phone that will be truly Modular will be google's project ara phone. According to google we ca replace any part like the battery or the camera or even the screen , with a better option. This will be a revolutionary phone when released as people would no longer need to buy a whole smartphone just for one feature that is not available in their current smartphone. For example imagine a person having the perfect martphone with great internal specs, a beautiful design and a great camera. What it doesnt have is a great screen. He would no longer need to buy another phone just for a better screen rather. he would just go out and buy a modular screen and replace it with his current screen. This is essentially what people do when upgrading their pc. Imagine that coming to smartphones. There will be no more reason to buy expensive phones which still have a flaw or two in them. You can just customise your phone to your liking.
Assuming Google doesnt stop working on its Project . we could be seeing a truly Modular phone in the near future!
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