News - Google plans $100K prize for best new Project Ara module

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ETA for Ara's release is set for January 2015, with 'Gray Phone' chassis priced at $50.

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Due my phone upgrade at the end of this month.
May well stick with My HTC One X and see what happens here in the coming months :)

Oh and a removable remote camera module would be good.

a glowing bar module so it can match all of my overpriced sony stuffs :3

Actually on a more serious note, maybe a secondary screen, with people having some strange obsession of taking selfies all the time with low quality front facing cameras, instead of blowing the budget putting a small high definition camera in the front of the phone put a standard definition screen in the back of the phone that offers minimal functionality but is located where a bigger/better camera may be located. I'd be willing to bet that would be quite a popular option with students etc...

If I had one of these phones, I'd have a fear of catching a module on a surface, knocking it off and losing it.

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Originally Posted by Heisenberg

If I had one of these phones, I'd have a fear of catching a module on a surface, knocking it off and losing it.

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I guess dropping your phone would look somewhat more dramatic than just the battery flying out, instead there'd be modules everywhere!

I've been following this since the original Phonebloks and I'm glad its picking up under Google. Looking forward to what comes on it.

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Originally Posted by sirtrouserpress

I guess dropping your phone would look somewhat more dramatic than just the battery flying out, instead there'd be modules everywhere!

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I was just having this thought... it's bound to be the CPU that heads off down a drain...

Thought the perm magnet tech thingy (uber technical here) means that the pieces are pretty much 100% stuck while there is power running... that would include the battery module so technically nothing should fall off unless your phone was off/out of juice when you dropped it.

An RJ45 port would be great

Google says most innovative, read most consumer desirable. I vote a twitter/instagram/facebook module with beats audio designed by BMW.

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I've never seen a smartphone with an IR module to mimic the function of a universal remote.

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Originally Posted by tealsuki

I've never seen a smartphone with an IR module to mimic the function of a universal remote.

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HTC One

A shock module - gives the user powerful, painful electric shocks when using the phone to record video in portrait view. (Also has the added advantage of running the battery down quicker so the user has less talk time/video recording etc)