I'm quite proud of the fact I predicted the smartphone a good half a decade before the likes of Apple 's iPhone became popular. Even before the likes of Microsoft 's Windows Mobile and Blackberry OS ...

What is more important to you in a mobile phone, looks or upgradability? If you picked the latter, then you’ll probably get excited about a new phone concept called Phonebloks. It’s a modular ...

We live in a throwaway society, where products often aren't made to last long, and generally aren't easily fixable. Smartphones are a case in point, with the average handset being replaced by its ...

Meet Phonebloks, a phone which lets you control the phone's hardware, allowing users to pick and choose the parts of the phone according to their lifestyle. The phone is made up of blocks which plug ...

Motorola has taken the wraps off Ara, a project to create a smartphone with easily interchangeable parts that could, if successful, revolutionize a device market dominated by Apple and Samsung. The ...

Anyway, since the duration of the battery is the highest priority, since the capacity of the built-in storage is not so much needed because everything is saved in the cloud, the CPU can be said that ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Phonebloks proposes ...

Imagine a smartphone that could last a lifetime. Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has, and he calls the concept Phonebloks. The modular smartphone allows users to customize and upgrade certain parts -- or ...

“Life is like a box of LEGOs.” You can almost hear that catchphrase echoing across the decades as the preamble to Motorola’s surprise Project Ara: a smartphone you cobble together from pieces like a ...

You know what's cool? Apart from a billion dollars? This "M-Blocks" robot project where cubes roll around and self-assemble themselves Terminator hunter/killer style. That's some cool modularity. That ...

A new mobile phone concept that would give users a chance to choose from a range of components, and replace or upgrade them when necessary, has generated enormous interest online. But could this ...