Google Phone Project Ara Release Date

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Google Phone Project Ara Release Date, Price: $50 Smartphone Ready For 2015! Do It Yourself Gadget Powered By Motorola A Game Changer [VIDEO]

By Nate Mardukas | June 20, 2014 08:29 AM EDT

 
 

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Google Project Ara gets a release date from its creators and a price tag starting with 50 dollars for the base phone as the phone is set for a release early 2015. For 50 bucks you’d only get a bare bones Project Ara endoskeleton and not even a display and have to add and buy more parts to complete the build-it-yourself next generation phone.

Click here to see the prototype of Google's Phone called Project Ara

For smartphone enthusiasts: the new Phonebloks concept will be made real powered by Motorola. The new Google phone rumors might be possible with their "Project Ara."

The Phonebloks was conceptualized by Dave Hakkens who begged phone companies to create a phone wherein users will have the freedom to choose what features they want for their phones.

"Our goal is to drive a more thoughtful, expressive, and open relationship between users, developers, and their phones. To give you the power to decide what your phone does, how it looks, where and what it's made of, how much it costs, and how long you'll keep it," Motorola said on their website blog.

With a display screen at front, the backside has a number of hardware outlets wherein you can customize how your phone can perform.

For example you wanted extra battery life, you can put more batteries on your phone. Should you consider a faster phone or a camera, you can add and even replace the hardware installed.

Motorola said, "The design for Project Ara consists of what we call an endoskeleton (endo) and modules. The endo is the structural frame that holds all the modules in place. A module can be anything, from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter--or something not yet thought of!"

The video put up by Hakkens has been posted online for over a year and after the video has gone viral in social networking sites. Motorola and Google took the initiative to turn this brilliant idea into reality by creating this project.

"We've been working on Project Ara for over a year. Recently, we met Dave Hakkens, the creator of Phonebloks. Turns out we share a common vision: to develop a phone platform that is modular, open, customizable, and made for the entire world," as reported from the blogsite.

Meanwhile, ZTE has conceptualized and created a similar design and concept of the Phonebloks in which they named it the Eco-Mobius.

"You can replace the components yourself; the idea is to reuse as many components as possible," said Waiman Lam, ZTE USA's senior. "We've modularized the device in four categories: display, core, battery, and memory. You can upgrade the CPU to a higher-performance CPU just by taking out the module and sliding it in."

Google Project Ara Modular Smartphone Release Date -Early 2015

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Google Project Ara Modular Smartphone Release Date: Basic Phone Costs $50 Including Basic Modules, Endo Alone Costs $15

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By Kevin Li (staff@latinpost.com)

First Posted: May 24, 2014 12:25 PM EDT

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Google is preparing for the release of its Project Ara, which is set for early 2015.

Project Ara is a device that will allow users to create their own smartphones and modify the phone per their needs. Providing Project Ara three types of processors is Toshiba, which will consist of chips that will be incorporated in the phone and in different modules.

Featuring an endoskeleton, the phone will have various modules on its front and back. The users can add 5 - 10 modules based on the size of the skeleton so it can complete different functions. To regulate data flow, various processors are needed between different components. The modules are used for plugin and plugout elements, such as putting in a new processor, battery, display, and keyboard as well as removing the old ones.

Alternatively, the endoskeleton has a structural frame, is 10 mm thick with modules in specific areas, and is available in three sizes -- mini, medium and large. More modules are featured on the large sizes compared to the mini sizes. The frame allows users to add objects such as a credit card reader or camera that fastens to the frame. The frame is either made of molded metal or polycarbonate material.

Google's Project Ara phone is anticipated to be a sell out in a year at $50 which would include the basic modules. Additional payment would be required for the advanced modules and can be bought from different developers. Project Ara phone endoskeletons are estimated to be $15.Toshiba joined Google in October 2013 to work on Project Ara.Toshiba was the lone approved Japanese supplier. It will also be the phone's only chipmaker after it is launched in a year.

The idea of creating Project Ara started in the Advanced Technology Group of Motorola. Since the group was not included in the imminent buyout of Motorola to Lenovo, the project was transferred to Google. The original plan was to build upgradable and customizable modular smartphones.