The cell phone industry has been making great head ways in the past 8 years to bring us smarter and smarter phones that can do more and more. But one thing they have made little to no innovations in is customization. As a consumer the only real way I can customize my phone is typically on the software side in picking which launcher to use or what app to download. On the hardware side there are even less options, the ones mainly being able to pick how much memory you get between predesignated amounts or putting a case on your phone to make your Iphone seem different then the next persons.
Well now we have a project Ara. A project being spearheaded by Motorola, it calls for the full modularization of cell phones so that the consumer can swap out different modules as they see fit. It is a brilliant idea, making the cell phone completely customizable from battery size to camera quality even to screen size, the possibilities could be endless.
I recently signed up to take part in project Ara. I along with the others who signed up will be tasked with "missions" that will basically be about the project they are working on. The user with the most active account at the end along with a few other users who accounts are also very active will receive a modular phone free of charge to test out.
Once I receive my first mission I will post it here. But until then stay tuned.
Here are some useful articles so that you can no more about what Project Ara is!
Project Ara (official site)
The Verge on Project Ara
Gizmodo on Project Ara + Comments
