Report: Google's Modular Phones, Project Ara, Suspended

[engine]

According to Reuters, Google's modular smartphones, Project Ara, is to be shelved.

The project, announced Jan 15, 2015 [webmasterworld.com], may come to fruition if its partners pick up on it.

Modular smartphones have generated great enthusiasm in the tech community for their potential to prolong the lifespan of a device and reduce electronic waste. But the devices are difficult to bring to market because their interchangeable parts make them bulky and costly to produce,... Report: Google's Modular Phones, Project Aria, Suspended [uk.reuters.com]

[mack]

When I first heard about this, my thinking was Google were pressing for a standardised form factor. Not purely an aesthetic similarity, but internal components would mount in the same manner. Think laptops, or better still desktops. All look different from the outside but contain many standardised interchangeable components.

Mack.