Google plans to launch its modular smartphone with the code name Project Ara in 2015. Finally, what Google hopes to sell is only the skeleton of a phone designed to implement its own mobile operating system, Android. Afterwards, guests can choose their own screen, processor, camera and other equipment by selecting the modules that best suit them.
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The first prototypes were powered by Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 processor, but Google has already announced that it will also work with Rockchip on a chip as a module for the Project Ara.
Now, the team said to want to work with other manufacturers: Marvell and NVIDIA . If Marvell is working on a module that will allow customers to use a PXA1928 processor, NVIDIA meanwhile develops a module with its famous K1 Tegra processor, which is found especially in the 9 Nexus tablet.
Obviously, a modular smartphone will probably be a little thicker and heavier than many high-end smartphones on the market today. But it will also be more versatile. Not only can you design the smartphone you want to deciding exactly what must be the battery, camera, or other components to suit your needs, but you can trade even hot, many components. This means for example that you can replace a module dedicated to photography with a fisheye lens or any other module, without having to reboot your device.
Of course, the whole project will not be as good as third-party modules created for smartphones, which is why it's exciting to know that at least three different processor manufacturers are already planning to provide support to the platform .
Google recently exhibited prototypes of the Project Ara, but new generations of these should soon emerge. It is mentioned that the Spiral 2 prototype will debut at a conference for developers in the month of January - in Mountain View on January 14 and Singapore on January 21. In addition, it is already expected that the Spiral 3 will be released in the spring of 2015.
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The first prototypes were powered by Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 processor, but Google has already announced that it will also work with Rockchip on a chip as a module for the Project Ara.
Obviously, a modular smartphone will probably be a little thicker and heavier than many high-end smartphones on the market today. But it will also be more versatile. Not only can you design the smartphone you want to deciding exactly what must be the battery, camera, or other components to suit your needs, but you can trade even hot, many components. This means for example that you can replace a module dedicated to photography with a fisheye lens or any other module, without having to reboot your device.
Of course, the whole project will not be as good as third-party modules created for smartphones, which is why it's exciting to know that at least three different processor manufacturers are already planning to provide support to the platform .
Google recently exhibited prototypes of the Project Ara, but new generations of these should soon emerge. It is mentioned that the Spiral 2 prototype will debut at a conference for developers in the month of January - in Mountain View on January 14 and Singapore on January 21. In addition, it is already expected that the Spiral 3 will be released in the spring of 2015.