Modular Phones Are Here – PuzzlePhone (VIDEO)

Modular phones could very well be the future of the mobile industry. Not only are they just straight up cool, but they can ultimately be more economical, more consumer orients, and more environmentally friendly. And did I mention that they’re cool?


Well if you want to be one of the first to jump on the modular phone train, then you’ll want to check out PuzzlePhone who has just launched their crowd funding campaign. Their design consists of three parts, the brain, the spine and the heart. The Brain houses the core components such as the CPU, GPU, RAM, ROM and Camera. The Spine is the main frame of the device and also holds the display. The Heart contains your battery and secondary electronics that are more user specific. As things stand right now, there aren’t many options to choose from with the only real differentiating options being storage capacity but the company hopes that developers will jump on board .

In terms of a release, the company doesn’t expect to ship till September-November of next year but if you’ve ever done any crowd funding, you know that estimated delivery dates are rarely met. Plus, Google is expected to have their modular phone out sometime next year so PuzzlePhone already has some stiff competition. Nevertheless, if you want to jump on board, their perks start at $333 USD.

The company Toshiba has unveiled 5 MP and 13 MP camera modules for ARA phone! (VIDEO)

Modular phone ARA are on the verge of commercial sales. Toshiba confirms it with his camera modules.
The company Toshiba is as promised, greatly helped the development of modular ARA phone allowing all necessary resources. But that's not all, they have shown and the support of the project ARA by being among the first to create a module for that phone. It is a camera module that have different characteristics. One module has a 5 megapixel camera without LED flash, and the other of 13 MP camera with LED flash.

These camera modules are the first that have been tried out in the ARA and phones that are made by a large company that is not Google. Toshiba hopes that these modules will be available to anyone when the ARA go to commercial sale year 2016.

To remind, the project involves ARA modular phone that will allow users to change absolutely all components including the screen, processor, RAM, camera, etc.

Fairphone 2 - a modular phone, which is not exactly cheap (VIDEO)

Fairphone 2

Fairphone comes with the Netherlands, which has decided to offer a modular phone, a concept similar to Google Project Ara phone. Their first device cost 325 euros and sold in 60,000 copies. They're getting ready to present another device Fairphone 2

Make it clear why the name Fairphone? Many rare metals and minerals that are used to create modern mobile devices are coming from countries that are at war or digging workers in almost slave conditions. Also, workers in some factories which produce smart phones work shifts of 12 hours or more without a day of rest. The company Fairphone decided that their phones are made exclusively from materials which are known origin and who certainly are not provided in such a way.

What Fairphone 2? For 525 euros as the device will cost, modular device that supports two SIM cards, which being dropped from a height of 2 meters, and which, thanks to its modular design is very simple, you can fix it yourself. Initially comes with a screen of 5 inches and resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2 GB of storage and 32 GB of memory. 8 megapixel camera has a sensor Omnivision, all powered by 2,420 mAh. Fairphone 2 will run Android 5.1, and will also be possible to install custom ROMs.

The phone will be available from the autumn, but already you can order it through the manufacturer's site.