October 29, 2014 at 20:18The prototype modular smartphone Project Ara from Google lit up on video
The advent of the modular Project Ara smartphone on the market is becoming an increasingly real event. The project team promised to ship the first batch of such smartphones in early 2015, and now the development speed of a modular smartphone has clearly increased.
A proof of this is the working prototype of Project Ara, which was shown in the next video from the development team.
True, the modules themselves do not show in the video, but they show the loading of the operating system and some interface elements. If you don’t want to watch the whole video, scroll to 2:25.
By the way, it is supposed to involve third-party companies in the development of modules for the smartphone that can create their own modules . These modules will be sold through a single directory, the principle of which will be similar to the principle of Google Play.
In the Project Ara catalog, it will be possible to buy both basic modules: a case with basic elements, as well as additional modules. By the way, Rockchip will make processors for Project Ara .
It is worth noting that in January next year, on the 14th, Google will hold a series of conferences devoted to the main achievements of the Google Ara project. The conference will be held in Mountain View, with "subsidiary" events in New York, Buenos Aires and London. The second series of conferences will begin on January 21, with a center in Singapore and subsidiaries in Bangalore, Tokyo, Taipei and Shanghai.
