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I think this was discussed briefly in the android thread, but I didn't realise Google were pushing this themselves.

 

 

 

ARA DEVELOPERS' CONFERENCE

We plan a series of three Ara Developers’ Conferences throughout 2014. The first of these, scheduled for April 15-16, will focus on the alpha release of the Ara Module Developers’ Kit (MDK). The MDK is a free and open platform specification and reference implementation that contains everything you need to develop an Ara module. We expect that the MDK will be released online in early April.
The Developers’ Conference will consist of a detailed walk-through of existing and planned features of the Ara platform, a briefing and community feedback sessions on the alpha MDK, and an announcement of a series of prize challenges for module developers. The complete Developers’ Conference agenda will be out in the next few weeks.
This first version of the MDK relies on a prototype implementation of the Ara on-device network using the MIPI UniPro protocol implemented on FPGA and running over an LVDS physical layer. Subsequent versions will soon be built around a much more efficient and higher performance ASIC implementation of UniPro, running over a capacitive M-PHY physical layer.
The Developers’ Conference, as the name suggests, is a forum targeted at developers so priority for on-site attendance will reflect this. For others--non-developers and Ara enthusiasts--we welcome you to join us via the live webstream. That said, we invite developers of all shapes and sizes: from major OEMs to innovative component suppliers to startups and new entrants into the mobile space.
Register now!

WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Want to help shape the Ara design? Join the Ara Scout program.
Interested in joining modular phone community of interest? Take a look at Phonebloks.
Want to see some open smartphone hardware inspiration? Watch the MAKEwithMOTO videos from our make-a-thon tour last Summer.

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I dunno, It may well come to market as a set of standards, so it could be invisible to the end user, but take your phone to a shop, they can pop the back off and beef up your memory, or processor etc.

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It's pretty awesome tbh, but I don't think it'll catch on to become a huge market, as there won't be that anticipation for new phones as everyone will just upgrade the little parts and not the whole phone.

I'll buy one. I think though that the primary markets will be developing countries where contracts aren't a thing and phones are used until they stop working.

 

It'll make fixing your screen a lot simpler....

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