WE NEED ARA TO REVIVE!! we really need modular phones, i know some people like companies to chose specs for them, but I'm not that type of people...

@@AQ-101 "bring PC modularity to your phone, because you know better." that should be ARA slogan.

@@ALTINSEA1 seriously? Why did they cancel it?

@@ALTINSEA1 they literally had it 100% ready, but they decided to focus on software more,annnnnnd,its was *G O N E*

Exactly, its very revolutionary like Xerox PARC apply Graphical User Interface to Computer

the thing is, this project was almost dead, but thanks to find of research and testing they concluded that people don't care about the processing power of their phones as much as everything else. So everything besides graphics and processing will be available to modify

+Pemphro the RAM, processor, and main memory won't be upgradable, which have evolved dramatically over the past few years. To have these limited and say the phone is fully upgradable without getting a new phone is false. When technology advances, this phone may have a new camera, but the main frame will be left obsolete. Also, as screens get to a higher resolution, and they add features to them, we'd have to replace the whole frame to replace the screen I believe. In doing so, we'd have to pay for new RAM, processor, and memory.

BobTheLawyer that's what i was trying to say

+VideoGuy Genius? More like common sense.

false.

Chloe Conway it's because the concept of modular phone just doesn't work

You may wanna look into the Moto Z

Agreed

Me too

Google are notorious for dancing services, even newly introduced one. Of course they cancelled this.

"Yeah sure, but can I swap a battery instead? My GPS module takes up a lot of battery"

@@jabster286 woah! you got that limited edition GPS module? I'll trade three of my speakers.

himagna mukherjee gotta make a call could I borrow your mic?

probably took out Viagra.

+SlowKlone Yeah, that look the girl gave him, and then they held hands...

I thought it was a mint so that she didn't think his breath smells bad

+Stan's Tech Videos NO!

+Safarhi "that guy" is a lesbian.

Yes please

Yes Please

+zollotech Si porfavor

Ja bitte!

+zollotech Sugar?

Google now is not that hipster loved company.. Now it's monster. Always money hungry monster.

Google wants your money!

@@Neutronomy Google wants to know the location of your wallet!

Lol

+Armando Ferreira Nope, iPhones probably won't have wireless charing till next year.

+Armando Ferreira I cryed when you made the macbook parody with El risitas.

+BOBlibob everybody said that last year

+enriceaux but if you are spaniard is even more funny like in my case

lol

+otis ellis amazing

lmao

Haha

+otis ellis hahahahahaha

Exactly and that's why it was such a threat not only to phone manufacturers but of the powers-that-be especially if someone could Homebrew parts for the phone

It was canceled?no wonder I've never heard of it in the past 5 years or 6..i was watching a vid of pixel 8 pro and i remember this project Ara..

That's exactly why they cancelled it.

Bernardo Danilo *CRACK* and all the legos breaks

Built it back up like Lego

you made a cluster bomb

but what if the camera is at a different spot nvm looks like the camera stays there

The good way of avoiding that would be to give a default case that has slot for 1 cam and coves the whole phone like the silicon or the flexible covers then in this day and age most of the custom can be 3d printed or have a service for a official custom cover

+Ryan Doherty me too since there were no announcements during Google i/o

+Han Jaydon (Ja7d0n) they had to focus on to do it better. For google, this project is very important because i think they will be directly supported by google. Makers will build the parts, google will provide the os. So essentially they will probably be Modular Nexus

Ikr!

+Ryan Doherty Same. We are saved brothers

same I've been waiting so long for this

+Cubamus Prime im dieded

Hmm

I lol'ed.

+Cubamus Prime i dieded

💀

Lmao, I'm not surprised to see you here, king.

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this year

+1lokan forreal though. Been following this since it was announced years ago.

+1lokan you mean when I will be 90?

+1lokan its coming out in 2017 for consumers

+Shazmil Nassar :_)

+Primordial Music *shown* - hipsters, lesbians, drugs

+Primordial Music its*

+SJ Designs Pretty sure it will just run stock android.

+editor k Nope mate it's its!

+svelle Yes, and...?

but never ur whole phone

+Firas almannaa Haha, would really love to know if it's TechRax proof...

+Firas almannaa I believe they are held on with strong magnets(I remember hearing that at one point) which should help with it keeping together. If something breaks, though, you could just hotswap it. ;D +Chris McPole The main issue with Google Glass was the price point. It wound up alienating a large group of the general public. Google also should have taken a more active approach to handling the concerns of people in and out of the community. The device itself wasn't actually the problem and a lot of people showed interest to having even just a couple of the features let alone the whole package. Hell, the camera quality isn't great but I have yet to see a more practical form of capturing pictures in the moment. Source: I gave demos to at least 2000 people between 2013 and 2015 using my personal device. I also discussed at length with people that were and weren't a part of the program on how the device could improve and how public concerns(such as the camera) could be taken account of. Many were excited about it, and likely we will see it or something similar to it come up within the next couple years successfully.

That's why it was held back they needed stronger magnets and that being said I think parts will still fall off just not as massively as they had done before

+Nathan Buth Glass didn't have a price point. It never got out of the explorer program, so we'll never know what the price for the consumer model might have been.

+Andrew Meyer it wound up not being exclusive. after a few months anybody could join the program in the US and a while later in the UK. The price was $1500 though which wound up effectively alienating it from the normal everyday people that wanted it as a consumer device. Heck, the only reason I could even remotely justify the cost was to have a developer device on a platform that could become big(like those who bought the original Oculus Rift).

LOL!

+Hasan Malik still cheap

+Vinicius Watson 59.99 per each tile..

+Ron Sebastian 60 * 6 tiles = 360... ? 60 * 10 = 600 ? Still cheap. Look the prices of the high end phones

+Ron Sebastian Agreeing with Vincius; that's undoubtedly affordable.

same😂😂me too

They have a super magnetic lock and they are water tight.

But what about when they arent stuck to your phone?

just add a case

Apple users don't think every new phone is revolutionary. In fact, it's probably Apples formula of not changing every new phone too much that makes people keep buying them. It's easier having a new phone that doesn't take a week to get used to and if there are any problems the solution is probably the same as the solution of the last phone. And it's not like Apple users like every change either. Like how the iPhone 7 supposedly won't have a headphone jack and will be using Bluetooth earphones instead.

Also Android adds a feature that used to be an Apple exclusive Apple users- Android is ripping Apple off, they should be sued. Apple rips off an Android feature Apple users- omg Apple continues to innovate, I was waiting for this feature to come to Apple

+WixkedLovy I jumped from an older version of Android to an s6 once and it worked fine (not to mention I came easily navigate unfamiliar android phones); the most that really changes with the Android changes are aesthetics.

+Enoch Hart The predictive writing has been on Windows Phone for ages, and when iOS gets the feature, it is hyped so much, although it's not that amazing.

Daniel Spaniel There are many better options, such as Android phones, which are usually more cost effective.

google Ara don't have pieces flying every where there are magnet

Jason Patrick Briones did you find that out by dropping yours?

+Devon Agard The woman in the video was jogging, I'm sure they made the magnets strong enough.

+Yami Odymel The desire to be clever in youtube comments will keep the stupidity flowing.

Jeremiah Pierce you're right, because you have to be so much more clever and creative to jump on the bandwagon right J?

Lol, that looked like a mint dispenser module attached to the phone.

@@mario0318 You really believed somebody would put a mint in his phone? XD

+Irun Mon A developer version is shipping this year and the consumer product is slated for 2017

+Chris McPole there is talk that Google glass is coming back.

+Irun Mon Well, actually, Project Ara I believe is almost ready to be released

they successfully booted an OS 2 years ago and this teaser is showing off the new way of the modules staying together

it happens!!

+THE A.J. How? The team that came up with Phonebloks is now working on Ara with Google.

I know that.. And I was just paraphrasing Professor Farnsworth from Futurama. It could be from any episodes. My bad. ARA had a bad prototype design earlier, and Phonebloks just got it right. So I actually want this thing.

***** Ahh, sorry, misinterpreted your comment then

no worries man. :D

Phoneblocks was an idea, never even got into development stage, and definitely looked worse and had no ergonomics at all. And the idea came out after Google had been working on Ara for 8 months.

do you?

@@aaradhyamalik7814 I do!

Same :(

😿

same here I haven't heard shit about it for months now, I was really excited for it but now that's about dead.

+Mr. Orange Months? Try years

+Norman Mont Phones are complicated. It is amazing how quickly it has come through. You have witnessed this from the beginning, so it feels like it is taking ages.

+Michael Cervantez yeah that's right, get offended for no reason. All according to the plan.

Sure! *steals your wallet*

+Atomic Robo Tesla I'm expecting this phone in return lol 😅

Mickeyctx| Epic Story Time Sure, you'll see it...ummmm...later! Goodbye! (oh, sweet, a credit card!)

Yeah sure, Whats ur Credit Card no? Followed by CVV pin & date.

+mcoyid lol 😂😂

+TheKiwiJobes Nah, I don't think so. Modular devices are bulky, and not cost effective. Even reading the comments, there's already alot of disappointed "fans", who can't get the feature they wanted. This program will fail like the F35 JSF program, and so many other google projects.

+PearlofRocketland uh sure, less cost effective? site sources or gtfo

cite sources or gtfo? I've been a fucking product engineer for 10 years! GTFO nub

Let me guess, you're 12?

PearlofRocketland you can't even provide a source, it is laughable dor you to believe that I will believe you, a random person in the internet for his word.

I'm gonna get a tray for my parts just trying to work out which is which will be a pain in my ass

+Arian Jahanfar Forget about that. This phone is going to be a powerhouse because of its swappable modules

+Dan Zhukov how?

+X Yeah they bought it and started where Block phone ended :)

+George Waleczko ummm no, Google has been working for modular phones for 8 months before the Phonebloks was presented. Because of Phonebloks fundraising, Google has to announce their ARA prematurely before it lost it's momentum (i guess).

true!.. The phoneblocks team first merged into Motorola then now a full fledged Google team

they are working with the creator of this idea nothing was stolen. look up phoneblocks video and go to his youtube channel you will see videos from him where he is included in the process of creating this phone.

What alector are saying, they are in fact working with the creators of the block phone. So yeah, no issues there.

I think they created a magnetic latch to prevent that.

+Lucas Swart magnets won't hold if dropped given that it's most likely thay are going to cover the magnets with a layer of plastic.

Industeral Night a magnetic latch means you need to push in to unsnap it, or something along those lines.

im sure that the phone can just simply wear a back cover or a case -_____-

Joshua Sim thank you. best answer so far

He took a breath mint to kiss the girl

+BLITZKRIEG yeah that;s what i am asking....what the fuck man....why show such a thing?

+SolidUniverse it's a girl

I thought it was an acid tab lol

I thought it was two girls.

I think you can

+WodernWarfareTree what a good idea.I think it can have a connecter to hook up DSLR's lens,like sony

+何晨曦 That, or you could simply place a bigger lens block on the phone...

No jackass

+NuggetsTM The amount of slots alone shows that there aren't 20 slots, therefore it's impossible to put 20 cameras.

Lcd broke just change it's lcd, check ara part of it

the pieces are locked in by electromagnets... so it's a maybe

+Joseph D Guess people are forgetting cases exist. Lol

its held together by electromagnets so no ...nice try kid.

Source?

+Jorge Porras yeah😑 that makes me sad 😣

+Jorge Porras How so?

Jorge Porras Well, for some of those of you really think about it would probably be problematic to successfully change so it kinda makes sense, but for some of the other things that are no longer changeable I see your point.

+Stol Theds You are the Facebook 9gag description

+Spi Rale what do you mean?

And everyone in Europe

+GA MA and everyone in world

i imagine modules will be sold at Google store which is only available in the US

+Ahmed MH Maybe retailers will bring it to their stores.

+Anime Dude but maybe not every single module. anyway, it's not good to live in Europe when you're into latest tech xDD

+taltigolt 3rd party companies would create them for sure...? Not many people buy "official" cases for their phones right?

+taltigolt OMG Your a genius. You should be working for Google!!!!

+Lewys Cousins I guess that was sarcasm if not then thankyou and I already work on a smartphone brand it's called symetium

taltigolt That was legit not sarcasm!!! Also Symetium looks pretty cool :D

+taltigolt some modules like a camera or battery could stick out of the phone, so there couldn't really be a one size fits all case

+SternRitterKurama watch that spelling mate.

that wouldnt fit on the phone

+Sohaib Baig oh god no...

+Yuya Fujisawa naughty doggo

my current phone is a fleshlight

+Ross v this has been a project for a while now, the premise is that you can change out "blocks" of your phone on the fly to suit it for differant scenarios. For example, a photographer might want to put on a higher res camera and more storage, or when you are playing games you can have a higher power CPU and more battery. Or more general ones, like the second screen showing the weather

+Jordeus Iii ahhh now that makes a lot of sense actually yeah I'd but one

Ross v Its basically supposed to kill every phone ever

+Ross v It also looked like at one point (the woman running) put in what looked to be extra battery blocks.

+Ross v reinstallable modules; camera on your phone break? replace it with a new module. your battery doesn't charge as well as it used to? replace the module. you want louder speakers? buy a second speaker module. Literally ANY feasible feature that you would like on your phone can be user-installed.

+patstar5 Nope the screen, GPU, CPU, antennas, battery, and probably RAM our all in the base frame. So you can still upgrade those parts, but you have to upgrade all of those if you want to upgrade one. it's sad, I know.

+ZettabyteGamer what's the point of buying it then

+ZettabyteGamer how do you know?

+Nikshep Svn Because I watched the ATAP conference at I/O 2016.

+Wael WM Like I said, you can still upgrade all those components, you just have to do them all at the same time. You can still add extra batteries, new screens, cameras, speakers, finger print scanner, heart rate monitor, and seriously hundreds if not thousands of other things. It's disappointing that the GPU, CPU, battery, and screen are part of the frame, but it makes sense. I totally understand why they did it, but it is disappointing.

Well unfortunately, capitalism does not allow such thing. Today in 2022, phone makers wants you to buy new phone everytime instead of fixing it. A sad reality.

@@Ahmadsyar Damn it. Why did you have to remind that 5 years is all it took for the world to have forgotten this. I've noticed to that we are no longer advancing in technology as fast because it's more profitable to slowly lose the right to repair our devices and make it socially acceptable to buy new.

Ya I am a tad bit disappointed about the screen, CPU, and GPU being included in the base phone. It makes sense, but the base phone is sure to be $200 - $300 now, and you have to buy a whole new one when you want a new component included in the frame.

Yeah exactly, I see why they had to do it, the original endo was quite sophisticated there had to be cuts. Also I don't even know what would happen if someone removed a processing module while powered on. Could cause permanent damage?

+Dom Carter I wouldn't think it would cause permanent damage, but who knows. Upgrading the screen, GPU, CPU, and RAM independently were what I was looking forward to most. I guess we can't always get what we want though. ARA is still a very cool project in my eyes, and depending on the components in the frame on the consumer launch I will probably still be buying it.

+ZettabyteGamer yeah me too but as you say we can't have it all. Maybe those features will be added in future generations. I just got a new phone but I plan on ARA being the last phone I buy after this. I have high hopes haha

I read it on the ARA website: atap.google.com/ara/ :):)

Me too

its actually going to be held together by electromagnets when it is on so yeah

+Dany Alba what a stupid way of doing things. they should instead make it like a frame with screws or thumb-screws (large screws that can be removed with a thumbnail)

+Johann Schmidt well they will turn off when the phone is off enabling you to slide parts off

+Dany Alba they actually found a different way to hold the pieces together. They aren't going to be using electromagnets but a "more efficient way"

+Han Jaydon (Ja7d0n) what is it?

If only.

***** yeah may be in 2017 only :(

+VMTECH try the developer version late 2017 smh

+MrDynastyd devs shipping late fall of 2016, check yo facts

the developer version will be released in the fall this year.

jake galvin oh

yes, however, it's a really cheap phone that is actually good. each dlc is between 15 and 40 usd. thats what I heard.

+Andrew Lebedev i dont think it Will Be a cheap phone after All the parts you need to buy

+IronCaveApe arent all phones look at app stores for christ sake

+IronCaveApe Maybe, it was rumoured to be 350 usd for the base, and since you can have 8 attachments that will add another 15 to $40 depending on what you get.

+Andrew Lebedev yea I think thats going to be true. Google always tries to go cheaper and more affordable to the general public.

Yeah, I think it'll be difficult for them to make cases for these. However, I did hear they delayed the project due to them being too sensitive so maybe it'll have better protection

there shouldn't be much of a problem with the modules falling off. They're set up so that when they initially connect, an electronic pulse is sent through the connectors that binds them together until another shock releases the "temporary weld"

The parts won't fall off you dumb fucking piece of shit

Holla at me daddi, i'll trigger u anytime xxxx

+Jacob Anderson bullsheeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Most likely, the body around $50 So just search how much every part is like avg of battery cost, add little +$10 Would be the most expensive yet

+Sam Hull Nah, man. It's not gonna be $1000, don't be SILLY. xD

+Aldiandya Irsyad Nur Farizi 50$?!? LOL. You must live on Mars.

+Sam Hull From what i hear the body with basic modules will cost $150 (because their target audience are the people who do not own smart phones becuase of the price) but separt modules will cost between $15-$40 (this is how they will make most of their profit from)

Anything modular is always more expensive in the long run

I thought the exact same thing

+lednerg There is no screen. You just eat candies from the modules.

+lednerg 0:32 there you've got vew seconds ;)

+lednerg I was surprised as well, but ultimately it doesn't really matter as it will be some beautiful LED screen that will be part of the base setup.

Michał Bylica Hopefully that's just a placeholder, because it's not modular anymore.

+Ryker oden well, hi end phones today will probably be good enough for the next few years, then you will need to buy another new one so anther profit to them, profit> research> development = product. imho :D

same thing here. don't like the shift

+Ryker oden ikr i posted a comment above about that too

Oh please it's a fucking phone, all you need to do is make calls, text, and play games

+RaFi TV you are right. but the idea was that the phone is modular in all possible ways.

But it won‘t come out

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