Sunday, May 29, 2016

Project Ara lives: Release the modular Phones in 2017

Yes, it's still alive! At the Google I / O 2016, the search engine giant has first raised back to the modular smartphone Project Ara long time. A retail version of the mobile phone to celebrate his release in 2017 finally.
Project Ara is 2017 finally appear.

2013 unveiled Google the first time that the company is working under the codename Project Ara on a modular smartphone - 2017 is now possible to buy a retail version of the mobile phone finally. That explained Google on Friday to its developers conference I / O and also launched a new equal Ara website. An early prototype of Project Ara should even appear in the autumn 2016th but price and exact release dates are not fixed yet.

Project Ara: sleeps six freely selectable modules
At the Google I / O 2016 working prototype of Project Ara was immediately presented. The highlight of the smartphone, the user can use their own modules on the back, for example, other hardware components or speakers if desired. With an "OK Google" command Project Ara raises the modules even from himself. The Android smartphone has a total of six module slots, which are all connected by the standard Unipro. Compared to the first prototype, the new project ara model unequal quality and noble acts. At least in the development version, however, battery, processor and display are not interchangeable.

For the development of the modular smartphones the project, according to The Verge also from Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) is dissolved out and gets with Rick Osterloh also still the same a new hardware-chief. Project Ara is the first smartphone that Google is building their own. The Nexus devices of the search giants have so far always made by partners such as Huawei, HTC or LG. LG already has with the LG G5 Although a modular smartphone, the basic principle about the camera module Cam Plus works there but slightly different.
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