Modular Smartphones: Explained!

[@iporush1667]

I think it's time we revisit this idea.

[@ceekayepicvideos5827]

Shoot I lost my Ram

[@faisalmuhammad6681]

You're careless

[@chrisogrady28]

Nah, your memory just isn't what it used to be

[@OneMadGaming]

Download some.

[@verzadus5716]

Love the joke, Christopher O'Grady :) I don't think they got it...

[@verzadus5716]

Hey Gold Badge, RAM stands for random access memory. Keyword: memory. RAM is often referred to as just memory. Therefore, what he said works.

[@Meeperstein101]

I can imagine it now: -Is uploading a file to, say, KZbin -Storage pops out -gg

[@HGCProd]

Joseph Champeau 😂

[@DroidTweaker]

When modular phones are released. The phones will cost under $100 but the modules will be about $100 each.

[@svayamgopal6262]

nope 20$

[@JimDragonBass]

thats what they told you huh?

[@Azmatary]

+Jim Dragon lol

[@IconOfCyn]

+Dylan Robertson not just that, producing a proprietary processing unit isn't cheap

[@kando5643]

Not true because then people would just but whole new phones because it would be cheaper than replacing modules

[@Xayr]

GOD DAMN IT WHEN HE SAID OK GOOGLE MY PHONE RESPONDED LMAO

[@nowayangelo]

LMAO OMG IM DYING LOOOOOOOLLL ROFLL

[@NuhanHidayat]

shit my phone did that too😂😂😂😂

[@mattpitcher8683]

same

[@parkyunhee2461]

How does that happen...

[@George-nx4bp]

+park yunhee I guess if you watch on a computer and your phone is on? then it hears it? I dot think ok Google works from the KZbin app on your phone so I dot think they are watching on their phone

[@waff6ix]

your phone is gonna fall apart faster than my parents marriage

[@MrPineappleman88]

wtf lol

[@Meowblivion]

W

[@mattchliakhtine6953]

lol

[@omislash7135]

found the redditor

[@robert.adamek]

Got deep quick

[@devontecitizen8039]

*gets modular phone *2days later FUCK I lost my camera

[@fxxx6700]

LOL

[@wader9114]

lel

[@nonenothingnull]

stole my module!

[@vluciano16]

Lol!!!

[@mahmoudmo905]

For me, it's few moments later

[@bleach8672]

R.I.P. D-brand is fucked

[@ItzMcbob]

Why?

[@JunaidJDM]

+Nicholas Hernandez lol

[@LuneTech]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheChimchariscool]

skin the modules that would look even better

[@MrRyan7733]

Loll

[@Kapsyloffer]

Modular phones are like the half-life 3 of the phone world.

[@sguitas]

I don't think that will be a trend... Phones changes every year in design, usb port, etc... Basicaly you will have the same phone design and you will want to get rid of it

[@sguitas]

Devon Johnson I never had an iphone

[@underratedcritic1983]

*you're

[@masswhite835]

It will, but at the same time it's extremely niche on the community unless it picks up big waves... Which... you're right! It'll take a lot to persuade someone to completely commit to a project phone.

[@fjubben]

And Project ARA is the Lost Coast.

[@21ZacDUDE]

That PSU at 0:53 is actually semi-modular....

[@josht2028]

How?

[@HumbertoHernandez]

All cables are removable but the main power cord. Compare that to a basic generic PSU where all cables are fixed.

[@vezaoPT]

Corsair CX500M is semi-modular,corsair CX500 its normal,corsair RM650X is modular, etc etc

[@timondegroot8307]

so true

[@Ben-qx2gi]

this annoyed me to

[@vzangel]

Think of this: on one side Google is trying to make a modular phone, but on the other side, with the nexus line, has consistently advocated to remove one of the last pieces of modularity remaining smartphones, the SD card.

[@Video247]

Right in the heart. :(

[@SUPER-RIFT]

sniff

[@lmontoyad]

that's because right now, they're business is to move everyone to the cloud. In my opinion, this is not the right time for modular phones, because the tech industry hasn't reach their lowest costs of production yet. Therefore, making it now will be more expensive than waiting for a year or so. Google is the perfect company to make this work because their money is not on building phones, but to get more people to use them

[@sanidhya9146]

thats true

[@fezex5389]

Watching in 2018. STILL. WAITING.

[@paras6TEEN]

@MG Tamim I'm in April 2019 bro

[@paras6TEEN]

@MG Tamim I can feel the pain bro, I was waiting for this too......I'm tech nerd😅,.... proudly saying.

[@gfyGoogle]

It was canceled a while ago

[@ejuarez101]

March 2020

Watching in 2020 still waiting

[@louiei.1552]

The cpu, gpu, and ram are the parts I'd want to swap...

[@KUzZ911]

Yes

[@lukekleinhen9274]

and battery

[@StefanBorkenstein]

+reiymi Just swap capitalism to socialism. So be smart and vote for Bernie.

[@negan_lq9499]

I prefer performance & battery life over a good camera & loud speakers.

[@moayadkhd8904]

simply customize my phone the way i like personally I would prefer extra battery then the camera but in the same time the camera module will be there is case i need it !

[@SuperSaf]

FYI all the stuff you said to Google Now at the start is recorded and kept (plus other stuff) :p Great video as always man!

[@JunaidJDM]

+Marques Brownlee history.google.com/history/audio

[@alexharris4089]

could you do a samsung gear s2 review or a lg g5 review thx keep up the great work

[@mynameis______392]

Ha I watched unbix therapy Chanel

[@hirmandsalehi380]

have you been unbox therapied?

[@alexharris4089]

+Hirmand Saleh I have but being honest mkbhd is the one with real video making skill. unbox therapy just pumps out videos with not much skill. it's just a shame mkbhd could upload sooner but I understand that isn't how mkbhd does things.

[@loisnarag]

1 battery, we want longer battery life 2 memory, we want storage with high capacity 3 cpu/ram, if its running slow we want to just swap it 4 screen, if its scratched or shattered, of course we want a replacement 5 camera, everyone loves a great camera

[@momomomomomomo909]

PREACH PREACH PREACH

[@Jawz4Lyfe]

The main thing that will run slow in a phone or computer is the harddrive (memory). Most of the time, there wouldn't even be a need to upgrade the CPU/RAM.

[@dparag14]

Anthony Martinez Too bad it didn't take off.

[@mcneese68]

So it's basically a high tech breadboard.

[@TrapRS3]

+NerdishAzn u wish u had a maingear?

[@MattFromSMM]

These guys are realizing that fully modular may not be the way to make it in the phone game. Much more lucrative for them to have you upgrade every year, and with programs like Verizon edge, more and more people are doing that.

[@NorweenBanayoWinonymous]

I'm genuinely surprised to see your comment here 😅. I'm a subscriber of your channel btw, love your vids 👍🏻. Just watched this video from 4 yrs ago coz I saw a tech post that Oppo is planning to make a modular phone.

[@MrCota208]

Very true :(

[@ItsJayYork]

My brother in Christ! These companies would make you buy parts "starting at $29/mo" every month or so. Because hey, you really need that cute ass speaker, and that dope ass temperature sensor, and that touchless key for your smart home, and that ... And don't forget that some of those will come with subscriptions on TOP, lmao

[@200feliks]

he said high at 4:20

[@adkuya0306]

how? how did you find that?

[@JafarChou]

holy crap, is that an actual easter egg, or an awesome coincidence?

[@MrShiraz1999]

+AbuJafar Choudhury gotta be an easter egg, probability of that happening is insane.

[@RexGalilae]

Illuminati confirmed

[@StevePlaysSteveplaysyotube]

oh yeh

[@ssamiuel8243]

I was so hyped for ara

[@dparag14]

Ender Clash Too bad it didn't take off.

[@TheColonelKlink]

So . . . quasi modular? Proto modular? Pre-beta modular 2.0? Modularific? Modularpalooza? Modular; The Next Generation?

[@TheColonelKlink]

***** Well OK then. I will take that as official.

[@pinsquid]

Your comment reminded me of Dr. Evil when talking to his son. It's quasi-modular. It's the Margargine of modular. The diet coke of modular - just one module, not modular enough.

[@TheColonelKlink]

pinsquid With projected global profits of . . . one . . . Million . . . DOLLARS!

[@Maxwell1989]

+Marques Brownlee hey Marques would you like to help promote my Hawaiian design apparel it helps my animal charity foundation on the big island of Hawaii please email me [e-mail] Maxwell

[@Spar10x]

+Marques Brownlee what do you think about battery modules, since higher capacity will increase the module size.. will it have a bulge or something?

[@neilbulan8100]

Came back here still hoping they revive this one.

[@archierelf32]

my dad knows your Uncle

[@archierelf32]

+Marques Brownlee lol

[@KevinOka27]

Good, they know each other.

[@ishaansangha1096]

+Marques Brownlee Unception

[@jackwhitten3947]

+Marques Brownlee 😂😂😂😂

[@KrutarthBhatt1]

+IshaanSangha unctherception

[@DaveBennettTech]

I think having a fully modular phone would be awesome, but a complete nightmare for software developers. Will phone X is suppose to have Sensor Y but what if the Sensor is not installed, what if it's a newer version, etc.

[@derwoods81]

They'll figure it out. Someone will create some universal code. PC's are basically fully modular and they're all doing just fine

[@johnsew5071]

+derwoods81 They'll figure it out and have hundreds of problems after release regardless because this is VERY complicated.

[@AlexK-rd1ki]

@@derwoods81 no they won’t

[@aritradey8334]

I think the most effective way to deal with this is to keep a configuration file with the components and the SDK needs to have a master configuration and build automation tools which reads the configuration in the components and updates the software build and libraries automatically when a module is swiped without making any changes in the high level code.

[@SuperSweetToffee]

If you get Apple to do it, everyone will start doing it.

[@rj6110]

yes because apple pioneers all the ideas that go mainstream... idiot

[@Nitroblast]

+Renato J Your serious?

[@haikalt.9279]

But no one gonna follow apple, because apple remove headphone jack.

[@sandx]

Nova Calisthenics lmao you were so wrong

[@n_2289]

Nova Calisthenics hahahahaha are you even sure??? 😀😂🤣😆

[@v.dany7568]

Damn. 2024 and we still haven't seen one 😕

[@muhammad1502]

I think this was a terrible idea. All phone parts are now good enough for any context.

[@v.dany7568]

@muhammad1502 Yes, but it would be nice to customize your phone, especially for power users. It would also reduce waste.

[@SebbHawk]

fuckin hell. when you said "hello google" you triggered my phone

[@100subsnovideos9]

Then get an iPhone

[@megadungpie]

Booooo

[@seanjohnston1076]

+Big Mo nag he'd rather have a good phone

[@rohanjacob20]

but... why

[@josemhs1213]

+Big Mo why tho I mean i have an iphone but if youve got a phone that isnt outdated why get a new one

[@EmiFolkMusic]

Wait, I remember the day this video came out. It's been 5 years? Damn... And Marques face changed so much. Did mine changed too? Who am I? What am I doing with my life?

[@Tahomus]

lol, my phone's "okay Google" responded when he asked

[@kavinrajakaruna7035]

i think that this will never happen, all phone companies want money and if u can just switch a part out if it breaks, the phone companies will never make profit.

[@ashwingeorge1678]

true , but the potential of losing out to competitors on the next big idea will also drive companies to invest in modular phones. it goes without saying that after selling the phones, many will try to make the parts unique ,so that only they can sell them , like apple .

[@SmoothAsButterSN]

They'll make tons of money because you will have to buy the parts from them

[@theroundduckman]

I bet they're already making huge profits, $700-$800 for a toy, might as well burn money in the fire and then shit on the ashes, more entertaining.

[@NoEphingIdea]

yeah I heard him say that in the video too

[@vh3hazy295]

Yeah but it would just open up a market to sell different modulars and pieces, plus there could be new designs and gadgets to come up with.

[@imamsetyowibowo1160]

that corsair cx500m is semi-modular

[@skinnyergs]

I noticed that

[@justinlabarge8178]

I saw that too

[@artlopez2698]

I was going to say that

[@TechWizard28]

Beat me to it

[@bobblehead991]

INIT

[@verlorenish]

Oh boy has this aged well. At least Fairfone is still out there.

[@danielkzlai]

The thing about electronics nowadays is that the circuit connecting everything together is very compact and everything is super densely packed. This is the reason Apple is getting rid of the audio jack, cos it takes up too much space. Having modular parts means every part needs some sort of mechanism to attach it to the circuit, which consumes space, which is hard to engineer into the same form factor.

[@AethersHill]

The issue isn't that the phones are too compact and modular phones would take up too much space. The issue is: how do you convince these huge smartphone companies to cater to a relatively small consumer group and potentially lose money at the same time. Rather than soldering cpus and gpus to a motherboard, you'd be creating a motherboard with attachments nodes in place of where those specifics parts may or should be. It may initially take up more space but it shouldn't take up much more space that it's not do-able. But how do you justify modular phones to these huge companies? They'd surely be losing a LOT of money if these became widespread, more commonly bought than traditional smartphones. The reason we want modular phones is that they'd be more economical for us the consumer. Also, the decision to get rid of the audio jack wasn't just a size constraint. It was also a chance to create more profit. It creates more of a market for wireless headphones/earbuds which Apple could market to their consumers. It pushes previous iPhone users to upgrade to the latest iPhone because of the very obvious difference ("You have a headphone jack, you don't have the newest iPhone"). It allows them to put more tech into the iPhone allowing them to raise the price without lowering the cost-performance. There are so many reasons why Apple could justify removing the jack. But how do you justify modular phones to these companies?

[@darthtony123]

Its not a simple matter of adding a socket. Pretty much the entire computer is in a single chip and the rest of the(supporting) circuitry is custom to it. You cannot simply lift it up and replace it with a newer one. The market is entirely different from the PC one where you get compatible motherbards/chipsets and cpus. There is no compatibility within the SoC that are used so you would need a lot of extra circuitry to make it work. I wont say its impossible but it sounds highly inpractical. The whole thing with these mobile devices is high integration, it doesnt really go well with modularity.

[@themattenthehat]

The problem with modular smartphones (right now) is that phone tech is evolving too quickly. Right now most people upgrade their smartphone around once every two years. In those two years, CPU performance has roughly doubled (Galaxy s4 Geekbench score 644, galaxy s6 Geekbench score 1255). It is unlikely that the same performance increase could be made by swapping in a new processor that is still limited to the same old connection as the old one. The same is true for the camera, the storage, memory (RAM), etc. The modularity would end up being wasted if you actually wanted to keep up with the developing tech because you'd constantly need an updated backbone/motherboard/module connections in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest modules. The same thing is essentially true of desktop computers (if you want the latest CPU you need a new motherboard, if you want to be able to use the new usb 3.1 you need a new motherboard, if you want to be able to use the fancy new nvme SSDs you need a new motherboard, etc.). It is just less noticeable on desktops because most people tend to upgrade/replace them less frequently than we do smartphones.

[@jerrytomas3136]

Unless the base (the thing that connects everything) is modular.

[@dparag14]

Matthew Hennes It's been 2 years. Ara is dead. Yup.

[@hondaguy9153]

There's no reason you have to change the screen. Swap everything off the back of it, boom, new phone.

[@iporush1667]

I feel like we are now ready to revisit this idea because a lot of this tech is now viable especially when we live in a world where people don't really buy a phone every 2 years anymore. But if you were to advertise just one aspect of the phone being sold at a time we will be more enticed to make that small purchase at a time which was the original idea. Except it was in an entirely different market now it would actually work.

[@GuiltyFighterX]

I think modular phones can't be that far away; I mean, the market today is getting smarter and the phones are so good, that many people don't have the urge to get in line to try to get the latest model. Now combine that with the fact that the main phone manufacturers play it safe and that there hasn't been a revolutionary idea for quite some time and the fact that 3D printing is more affordable, all of which are great factors to see some new ideas to come to reality.

[@spencerterrell1803]

Hmm.. now there's going to be a new problem if the modular parts are that accessible. " Oh no someone stole my CPU "

[@allansh828]

Do you think modular phones will end up like Google Glass?

[@juicybullfrog]

maybe

[@kindeep]

nope

[@adi3210]

I think it will end up like google glass, dunno about google Class.

[@kitrt]

The main challenge for fully-modular smartphones, imho, is the component size. For comparison, desktop CPUs are modular, while nettops HDMI sticks are not. SoC, for example, requires MUCH less space than separating CPU, RAM and GPU.

[@srinivasansivakumar3580]

maybe

[@chark2131]

the first psu was semi modular

[@josht2028]

How?

[@DavisSgt]

You can choose to connect any of the modular cables if you want to,the M in the CX500M stands for modular

[@deprite2.0]

Not all Cables are Fixed, it had like 6-8 Ports u can plug and unplug as u need, thus, semi modular :)

[@dbeurrta]

I wish I could thumbs this up, but I'm on mah phone.... consider this a 👍

[@josht2028]

+Daniel Huerta click on the comment and it says like

[@HyperDroids]

0:31 OK, BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[@2000kinshuk]

slide it in, slide it out, that's all i'll be doing when my battery runs out

[@marcomarkproductions]

pause

[@raymonda6025]

...

[@rgzesdbjkhger]

hahahahaha

[@sonicdart6951]

Trust me, it's satisfying...

[@KakaCarrotCakeSuperSandLesbian]

bars

[@creative4848]

I wouldn't stick with the blocky exterior modules in the concepts but one that runs off the same premise but has an outer shell or case that can be taken on and off to conceal everything so it looks like the average modern smart phone which will make it more consumer friendly

[@nycnow811]

I STILL WANT THIS!!!

[@arshadattar2803]

2:00 MKBHD is jealous......................

[@drakkardnoir.]

xD

[@power_of_force3425]

Mohmmad Talha ii

[@melsube]

I just recommended this video after I got the google video of this product so let’s see how is

[@christ9mbs3]

Just found your channel and gotta say I'm loving the content

[@kaushu291]

This is 8 years ago 😱💀

[@leosteen7595]

If you have built a PC even once in your life, or researched on how to build one. Then you should immediately know that a completely modular phone is impossible. It's the same old problem that PC's have: "Oh, I want to change my CPU, or my GPU or RAM" Well, that is going to be tough, because of the fact that to change a CPU or GPU you would also need to change your motherboard so that your CPU or GPU are all compatible with one another. You can't just put a 2080 GPU in any motherboard you find. You have to get a motherboard that is compatible with that GPU, and then also find a CPU which has to be also compatible for the motherboard as well as ideally the GPU (preventing bottlenecks). That is why there will be at most semi-modular phones, where you get to swap out the camera (Thought it will still be constrained to the outdated motherboard after a while, so you will be limited there too.), battery, speakers and audio jack. (Even though, I think that the audio jack and speaker swap might be the hardest to implement out of all of these.) Hope my explanation helped out people, to understand why it is impossible.

[@strange498]

Yes it helped Thanks 👍

[@micahbowe332]

Man it's been amazing just watching how much you've grown since when you started its awesome

[@ryujinjakk4]

My battery is on 3% and my charger is at the other side of the room and I can't be arsed getting up, what do I do? 😣

[@MrClean-kf6tn]

call Donald Trump

[@danielbell99]

+Drake OMG, Drake? Is that you?!

[@AlexanderJunod]

use the force luke

[@miksuko]

buy a new phone

[@miksuko]

+Daniel Bell 8 year old much?

[@naimroslann]

Nothing CMF, take note please!

[@Diabolicdreams13]

Back here in 2023 end. When is this even coming 😢

[@Chris-hi6ut]

Modular is all BS. Even pc's are not modular. You have to upgrade the ram with new motherboards and cpu. Its only truly modular for half a generation and then all new parts anyway. The only thing on my pc from 10 tens ago is the power supply, case and fans. I wouldn't get my hopes up about modular smartphones if I were MKBHD. It's a failure from the start.

[@kalpeshpatel1057]

True.

[@Aronmathew1]

It's simply meant to be cool. Nothing about a modular device would be practical, and with our current technology it wouldn't even be economical. I'll bet in the next two years when the first commercially available modular device comes out people would pin it against the 'non-modular' smartphone and it'll be a total disappointment.

[@syn010110]

Not to mention the design compromises that would have to be made would rule out 99% of people, because they like super thin and light devices.

[@luicoco1458]

The ergonomics of a modular phone would be weird. The thought behind phonebloks was that you'd simply put together a phone based on a blank canvas but then there's always going to be limitations. Sometimes parts won't play along well with some other parts and it all gets screwed up. Cool concept but that's all it really was

[@AlphaHealthYT]

Exactly! It's a really bad idea.

[@AwesomeCrackDealer]

But the CPU and RAM are exactly what I want to swap

[@MrTyrerexus]

+Armen 96 He made valid point... You imbecile.

[@MrTyrerexus]

+Armen 96 That does not change the fact that he made a valid point. In fact he *never* said that he was a weaboo. Yes, he enjoys anime. But that only indicates that he is not a dirty communist hippie. Which is a good thing.

[@chendricks850]

Yo... been watching your video's for a while, since your college days at least...I have not had the chance to watch one in a while, but I love the intro and how it keeps evolving. I love the beat... keep them coming bro..

[@gazizitu9216]

Modular phone will kick out all other smart phones. I think, that's why the project was forced to close. It not only hinder long term money making by milking users around the globe but also put other brands in a great innovation challenge.

[@kaito4k60]

I can imagine if there is a notice of full storage

[@rizzG9717]

we need ara right now

[@farizkurniawan5461]

2020, still waiting....

[@keepitfashion]

I think the best point you stated was how it will help the environment. we have so much tech waste

[@mr.o8539]

How would that be better? People would be even more wasteful, they would be swapping all the time creating more waste in the end

[@keepitfashion]

Yo Mama I think individual part tech wast would be better than complete phone tech waste no?

[@theroundduckman]

Because repairability, sure the modules should be more repairable, but it's at least a step up.

[@Motorcitydon]

Aye man. Talk about this.

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

The problem with modular phones is that you lose out on so much space, as every module needs casing, connectors etc. Just look at it this way: As computers, even in the PC world, are becoming ever less upgradable in the name of thinness, why the hell should phones move the other way? To serve a market of 5 people who would actually buy new parts every few moths instead of just buying a new phone few years?

[@rahulrajgopal1538]

your voice is LITERALL goalz

[@p9n339]

Your Video is so clean and smooth

[@VorTexX993]

so yeah, I'm watching this on my "modular" S3 with swapable battery and memory

[@oktschill8928]

Hey, you're Marcus from watch dogs 2!

[@kkkunt692]

lol hes a tech expert not a hacker

[@erlanggaprasetyo3541]

+Atomix Craft how do you know he's not a hacker

[@oktschill8928]

Atomix Craft He looks a bit like him

[@kkkunt692]

Okts Chill lmao yeah

[@oktschill8928]

Atomix Craft :)

[@FlyntPrince]

Just found this guy and hes got some amazing videos

[@ultravidz]

There's less profit in modular phones.. which might explain why you don't see a strong push in that direction.

[@vgamesx1]

Well not necessarily, while no they couldn't sell you an $800 phone anymore they could however still sell the individual modules for a little bit more, for example since most products have a 300%-400% markup from their actual cost you could sell the modules at a 400%-500% markup, let's say it costs $20 to make a good camera, so about $100 retail for a camera replacement, would that not be reasonable? Not only that, but some people might buy these modules as often as yearly compared to getting a new phone every 2-4 years, so if done right, there's the potential for both more profit and a steadier stream of it as well. I'd say the biggest reason is because it's a heck of a lot more expensive to make a modular phone than one little package and that's it.

[@amirdashti]

It is actually SUPER EASY to make it happen problem is that then all phone companies will go down. To make it reality, you should ask manufacturers of computer parts to join smartphone game.

[@megaton6023]

Watching this in 2020, and it would be so coooool to have an updated version of this

[@LDMco]

MARK MY WORDS I WILL MAKE A MODULAR PHONE

[@rscubing8432]

Okay

[@omnizone7344]

yeah...In ur dreams pal

[@LDMco]

I will buddy and it may be 20 years after modular phones are mainstream BUT I WILL DO IT DAMMIT

[@gurungmadan]

stfu

[@jehinrohit3382]

Hope so in this generation

[@iamyotka]

0:54 You just talked about semi-modular.... This is a semi-modular PSU.

[@raghurrai]

YUSSS ! MKBHD's back ! Video making skills getting better with time :)

[@Colombianmilo]

Sucks this project died 😭 I was looking forward to the project ara

[@ChrisPBacon21]

Modular phones will never be a successful thing. Companies make more money selling a new phone rather than a new camera module.

[@Native722]

That's what I was thinking too.

[@theroundduckman]

PCs are successful. However these aren't going to be successful if they don't allow replacing pretty much everything, including the CPU and all that.

[@jackthorpe56]

Yeah that's the standard today, that's what companies like Apple and Samsung do. other companies will take the profit hit and make these phones, taking market share from the big two. If Samsung and Apple don't follow, they will do a Nokia

[@Ssshrugs]

Pc's aren't comparable to modular phones since they are made up of parts sold by different manufacturers. Yes, there are companies selling pre-build Pc's which allow the user to upgrade parts, but those are sold for a massive premium to an entirely different target audience, which makes upgrading stupid. There's only one thing that will make or break this idea, and that is whether or not there is a market for such products. I'm fairly sure that (just like Marques says in the video) there isn't enough demand for a fully modular phone. Also companies make a shit ton more selling a completely new flagship phone every two years (which is the lifespan that smartphones are being designed for nowadays) than they will by selling separate modules which allow users to update their phones bit by bit. It's just not a viable business plan and it's not going to happen.

[@Ssshrugs]

Not gonna happen

[@CarltonFerguson]

i truly appreciate your expansive knowledge of Tech. ive learned a lot from your videos. keep up the fine work

[@broganjosh4729]

Old Marques looked like an ant

[@justindustin2488]

The era that didn’t happe

[@pompshuffle562]

Rip

[@TheRyanmakesnoise]

just wanted to let you know how good this video looks, man. you, technobuffalo, and tldtoday are killing the youtube game. keep it up!

[@Peizxcv]

Has Google ever made a successful hardware product? I only remember Glass which was a big thing but that failed miserably.

[@goombapib]

nexus

[@Peizxcv]

+GlimbaVFX™ Nexus what? The Nexus phones are made by ODMs such as Samsung, LG and Motorola. Google is doing Aira in-house so ODMs cannot help them.

[@goombapib]

he used the word made, and they do produce/make nexus today

[@goombapib]

he didnt use the word "create" though

[@goombapib]

well i was talking to Peichen

[@AC28]

I feel like Modular phones are a dangerous game... Soon ill have to pay extra for wifi and bluetooth on my phone (im jk... but not really lol) I still support it though, looks sick!

That intro was EPIC!!! :D

[@picadie8971]

bruh,wheres the lg g5

[@aserillll]

Entitled entitled entitled...

[@ShellymanStudios]

Re watch the video again.

[@jalal2008c]

lol

[@100subsnovideos9]

It's hardly even modular

[@ShellymanStudios]

+Big Mo Exactly.

[@NTJordan]

very interesting video! i've heard about project ara, but hadn't heard much since then. you keep this discussion lively and interesting to watch, which can be difficult in this type of video. great job.

[@nawwk79]

2020, Project Ara?

[@kevinmahlangu4219]

MKBHD, I know you haven't posted the review yet but what would rate the G5 out of 10?

[@kevin_sfl]

5/10

[@matthewbonanno7385]

Awesome video. I'm happy there is someone else out there that understands the things I understand and can discuss it.

[@thepertion-worldwidenewsan1707]

Are we modular

[@alifyaengineer740]

Hey man wouldn't it also be risky if one of the modules fall off of the phone??

[@Slurm_Daddy92]

calm down! lol

[@NathanCho]

just use a phone case

[@tugul8888]

the amount of ppl that say that holy fuck. theyre obviously gonna make sure it doesn't just slip out and easily lose able, or else no one would buy it. -.-

[@ashwingeorge1678]

yes that would be a problem , another point to be noted is that non-modular phones are more durable

[@Toastcat890]

I'd assume they'd offer some kind of back cover that comes with the phone or that you can buy separate like the oodles of iphone cases you can buy. They just don't show it here so you can see how the phone works.

[@Orbitalbomb]

brilliant, we really needed that video...

[@legendp2011]

Modular laptops never really took off, I don't see modular smartphones taking off anytime soon, maybe never

[@dudemanismadcool]

agreed, its just not worth it when u consider the fact a smart phone from 4 years ago is good enough for for over 90% of people in terms of speed, memory and camera.

[@zaired]

fairphone 2?... modular, fair and good quality

[@muIIiner]

damn i got nostalgia from that intro

[@idknuttin]

lg calls their phone modular because you can swap out the battery? what dafuq, you could swap out the battery of a phone since the early 2000s, maybe even the 90s.

[@AnonymousPirate98]

Why KZbin is recommending this now at 2k19

[@ChristopherDobey]

Thanks you as always Mr. B

[@mohammedkareemuddin2731]

Please Google I request you please start the project ArA

[@KeithStealth]

what about the raspberry pi

[@ebib5014]

Not a phone

[@KeithStealth]

you can mod it to be a phone

[@KeithStealth]

that you can mod i done seen people do amazing things with raspberry pi

[@danhorntx]

great video been wondering about project Ara nice to have a little clarification

[@runmvp]

Imagine if that shit fell on the ground. - Ayy bro, have you seen my rams?

[@drewman4441]

We can only swap the camera and the battery? Not enough to make me buy one. Why is it so hard to give the consumers what they want and need???

[@rift0tripper]

Money bro

[@legionfighter6789]

If we were able to buy a seperate CPU, GPU, RAM and essentials that a phone needs, nobody would buy the new model of a phone and instead would just buy a new module for the new CPU, GPU, RAM etc. In the end, companies think more about actually staying alive rather than fulfilling all the customer's needs.

[@drewman4441]

Making an awesome product will get my money. Being a greedy bitch won't get you my money.

[@legionfighter6789]

***** If you think about it, being a greedy bitch is pretty necessary if a company wants to stay alive in the already overcrowded market. Once a product stops selling and becomes more and more of a thing of the past, the companies make a new one. But if we have a device that basically is here and stays forever, what will happen to competition?

[@drewman4441]

Shot Up Gaming I hate marketing.