Modular Cell Phones

Modular Cell Phone

A great new tech that is coming out in the coming years is the modular cell phone. Instead of the traditional smart phones, these phones will be able to be fully customized to the users needs and wants. If a better camera is what you need and you don’t need any speaker you can do it on this new modular cellphone platform. No more will a consumer need to purchase a phone to keep up with new technology, in these modular phones, outdated parts can easily be removed and upgraded.

There are two main companies that are working on this new technology, PhoneBlocks and Motorola (now Google’s Project Ara). PhoneBlocks started this idea September of last year (2013) with the social reach platform Thundercalp. To date this modular phone idea has reached 979,253 supporters and getting a social reach of 381,761,319 people. By comparing the two phones it is clear that Google has run with this idea and will have a beautiful, thin, and workable device by early January 2015.

The business applications for modular cell phones like this are endless. Smartphones can be tailored for employees to only do what the employer wants. For example, a stock person in a department store can have a red laser to scan items, a loud speaker for easy communication, and a pre loaded hard drive with only the needed apps and appropriate space. Another example is a small business can use these as there credit card machine installing a card reader and printer Wi-Fi block. The applications for both personal and business with a modular cell phone is only limited by the imagination and building of blocks. What blocks would you want and why?

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