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>> [_] Anon 2109914 Why do I feel the guy that started this project has absolutely no idea about the complexity of the wiring inside a phone? > Upgrade with a bigger speaker > Upgrade with a bigger camera > Drop the CPU anywhere you like
>> [_] Anon 2109917 it's a nice concept tho don't you think?
>> [_] Anon 2109919 Nice concept, but can it actually be made into a product? That is the question.
>> [_] Anon 2109924 only time will tell that or some more in depth thinking
>> [_] Anon 2109931 [autism intensifies]
>> [_] Anon 2109935 There isn't a point to this unless they create it. It's not financially feasible really, and no major manufacturer would pick it up. It's a nice concept though.
>> [_] Anon 2109939 >># The kid also has no idea about marketing. Nobody wants a phone that lasts forever. People WANT to throw out their phones after a couple years or less so they can buy the next shiny thing from Apple. SWPLs in their nigger-free enclaves must maintain a balance of conspicuous consumption and holier-than-thou moral posturing. This is too far the latter to become accepted, especially because it will require more effort than picking out the prettiest packaging at the Apple store.
>> [_] Anon 2109940 >># It is POSSIBLE, you'd just need a motherboard inside the "base" with its own processing unit. So the overall size of the phone might be something closer to a tablet, and also heat exchange comes into play when enclosing parts into blocks.
>> [_] Anon 2109944 >># Actually no, I don't think it will be strictly necessary to have any kind of logic on the baseboard. ISA busses in really old computers re-used data lines to communicate with an arbitrary number of components. If we can do something like that, only with some kind of high-speed serial transmission, it's easy to see how it could work for low data-rate stuff like audio and BT, although interference might become an issue unless they can do some kind of tight UTP self-cancellation wizardry on the baseboard. The antennas would also have to be tiny tiny, unless they have yet another wire so that they can connect to an antenna in the baseboard. I don't know how they're going to manage anything really high speed, like the link between memory and CPU and (possibly) the display. It might be easier for us all to admit that we don't really understand the engineering behind this and there's a better reason it won't happen >>#
>> [_] Anon 2109950 >># The complex wiring has to be in the individual modules that have their own built in communication protocol and the board that you stick it on simply acts as the bus, or that's how I imagine it.
>> [_] Anon 2109951 >># The guy that came with the idea made no research. Zii egg is another open platform. It's a vaporware idea. I don't think this will catch on. You need sufficient corporations to decide on a universal software and hardware standard and put up with less profit. That's not going to happen in 100 years or so.
>> [_] Anon 2109952 >># Also more effort than watching a 10 minute video on youtube and claiming to be a real heartfelt activist and expert on the subject.
>> [_] Anon 2109953 >># I'd love a phone that lasted a comparatively long time (7+ years) that I could keep upgrading and personalizing.
>> [_] Anon 2109954 >># >more effort than picking out the prettiest packaging you're underestimating the consumers
>> [_] sage sage 2109960 sage
>> [_] Anon 2109964 >># I don't see a reason why there can't be more connector types other than the simple audio jacks while still maintaining the replaceable-component aspect. What the video shows is really the ideal, 15-years-from-now version of what would be made today. You could probably develop a phone that has individual housing for each component and the connect them all with microUSB or something.
>> [_] sage 2109967 >># >usb wow you sound clever lets connect a tegra 3 to a lvds display with usb
>> [_] Anon 2109969 >># >nvidia takes one to know one also I said "or something" because I have no idea what would be appropriate in each of the many situations
>> [_] Anon 2109971 >># fuck connectors, wireless charging with blue tooth ear buds and wifi file sharing
>> [_] Anon 2109972 engineer here the kid's retarded you can't just build a smartphone from bloks without it being the size of a brick why do you think it's not possible to build your own laptops? how about you buy a good phone, keep it for four years then buy a new one instead of constantly upgrading random parts there are very, very few people who would want to build their own phone when it's probably cheaper and better just to buy a prebuilt in this single case the majority of consumers are retarded and will just buy the latest iphone also, inb4 dropping your phone and it literally breaks into a million pieces
>> [_] Anon 2109976 >># more like >jaded engineer here you can't just build a computer because we don't have module based pc's yet >inb4 dropping your phone and it literally breaks into a million pieces thats what the two screws are for
>> [_] Anon 2109977 Granted this got enough support and was actually feasible, it would be a pretty fuckin' cool idea.
>> [_] Anon 2109982 maybe have a bit of a case that could go on that is translucent or has an antenna built in so the bloks arent just out there, seems like too risky with water or even the greases that we humans excrete
>> [_] Anon 2109992 >># Pretty much. The better solution is just to improve recycling methods and infrastructure so that old phones don't produce as much unnecessary waste.
>> [_] Anon 2109996 >># why cant we do both
>> [_] Anon 2110000 WANT
>> [_] Anon 2110001 >Barely anyone wants to build a custom PC >Expecting people to build custom PHONES Jesus fuck Besides, what would make the companies even want to do this? the current method is way more profitable
>> [_] Anon 2110004 >># Get a load of this guy. I suppose that's why they don't make computer parts, instead only selling prebuilt boxes.
>> [_] Anon 2110005 >># I literally don't know if this is meant to be a joke, you can be sure that the durability of these would be smaller
>> [_] Anon 2110007 >># Im half joking, obviously they would need to provide a solution for pieces flying everywhere whenever the phone is dropped
>> [_] Anon 2110008 >># >>Barely anyone wants to build a custom PC But that's wrong
>> [_] Anon 2110009 Really nice concept. I'd love to see it happen, but it seems unlikely.
>> [_] Anon 2110012 >># Compare the amount of people who are actually willing to take part in the building of their pc, who know what each part does etc etc and the amount of people who have no idea whatsoever and just buy a PC Now also consider that alienware exists
>> [_] FAGPANTS 2110013 >># haters gonna hate
>> [_] Anon 2110014 >># The difference between this and building a pc is that you can customize this platform, I thought that was clear from the video.
>> [_] Anon 2110016 >># This isn't like building a computer, this is more like putting together lego
>> [_] Anon 2110017 >># I find that a lot of people want to build their own but are intimidated. This presents it self as being very simple.
>> [_] Anon 2110019 Terrible idea.
>> [_] Anon 2110025 >># What are you a civil engineer? this is a viable concept, if anything the blocks can be decreased in size due to the shrinkage of our transistors every year. Having the screw keep it together is a more stable system then having a shitty iPhone or Android, which when dropped, the battery cover flies off, the screen shatters and the internals are jostled. A blocky like phone would also have the potential to be MORE durable if anything. My concern is how expensive it would be.
>> [_] Anon 2110032 So from what I just heard the premise of this idea is to solve the problem of constantly replacing outdated phones by giving you a phone that that you have to constantly replace outdated modifications for. Innovation at it's finest. the only thing this guy has going for him is the idea of customizing your phone, which everyone with half a brain cell knows is impossible to do by the means explained in the video.
>> [_] Anon 2110038 >># This. Apple put billions of dollars of research into upgrading iPhone 4 to iPhone 5, and all that was changed was the outer casing! Modularity is impossible else something like this would already exist for video games
>> [_] Anon 2110068 in this thread hipsters and consumist fags do not want the inovation of cellphones
>> [_] Anon 2110069 >># I want an innovation that isn't going to set us back several years.
>> [_] Anon 2110073 >># explain it how.
>> [_] Not Sarcasm 2110075 >># in this thread tech genius' and CEO's argue in extremely professional and dignifying ways
>> [_] Anon 2110079 >># whats wrong with alienware?
>> [_] Anon 2110083 >># id love some new ideas. not new shitty ideas. Apple phones suck major dick, but still suck less dick than anything else in the market, arguably.
>> [_] Anon 2110084 Can we go back to talking about lolicatgirls and hentai? ;_;
>> [_] Anon 2110089 >># >no idea about marketing >almost 6 million views on youtube in TWO DAYS
>> [_] Not Sarcasm 2110091 >># dicks pussys boobs assholes scat rape no horseshit unf unf unf unf unf back to the original topic
>> [_] Anon 2110093 >># Innovation is fine if you present it in a way that makes it believable. Having a board of mutating, self-controlling high-speed pins that can detect any arbitrary combination of pins as being a specific device it can hook into, while still being able to provide GND and VCC to the component to power it at all, is NOT believable. If he would've presented it as being fixed connectors each supplying a fixed IO/power like USB, then I would've imagined it being closer to imaginable. >># > What is Youtube ads?
>> [_] Anon 2110096 >># > What is Youtube ads? I don't see your point.
>> [_] Anon 2110097 >># I can make a video about an energy-saving plug you can put into a socket have millions of views with YT ads if I dump enough money into it. From a seller's point of view, this video is not going to bring in real investors that believe his idea is sound. And that is what he is looking for eventually.
>> [_] Anon 2110099 >># I still don't understand your point.
>> [_] Anon 2110100 >># The view count of a video does not correspond to the marketing skills of an uploader due to advertising of YouTube. In the end, it also needs sound content to properly sell to the audience, which is people willing to buy his shit or a share in his shit.
>> [_] Anon 2110105 is it impossible such thing like that cellphone? the concept look good for me.
>> [_] Anon 2110107 COOLING. HEAT DISTRIBUTION. DISCUSSION OVER.
>> [_] Anon 2110108 guys i have idea for game that is gta + fallout + gran tourismo + street fighter + pong i cannot code or write can i have 6 trillion views of youtubE?
>> [_] Anon 2110109 >># Oh I bet it's possible, but it would not have the CPU and memory separate, and it would only allow the same size blocks to be used at all times, hooked to the same points in the breadboard. The concept of moving your CPU/Memory/flash/camera/etc. around freely is ludicrous unless the 'motherboard' is some kind of processing unit itself, where you end up at >>#
>> [_] Anon 2110110 >># >rebrand Dell components >put lights on the case >300% markup Nothing's wrong with Alienware bro, you made a great purchase.
>> [_] Anon 2110111 It's certainly possible, but not nearly as simple as that video claims
>> [_] Anon 2110112 >># Game of the year all year every year.
>> [_] Anon 2110113 >># Make a concept video in Minecraft, I'm sure you'll get people throwing money at you in no-time!
>> [_] Anon 2110114 >># The fact that the new high-end iPhone 5 has a fucking 64-bit processor in it is more a testament to case engineering than it is to processor technology. Making thin consumer electronics isn't just about "following trends," it's about pushing the limits of engineering in heat distribution for the crazy high-performance silicon your company wants to jam in there.
>> [_] Anon 2110118 >So hey we upgraded the underlying architecture of the PhoneBlok to make components interact 50% faster, so you'll need to replace your entire phone.
>> [_] Anon 2110123 >># Just upgrade the board.
>> [_] Anon 2110128 >># What if some small part of the circuits right behind the pins in every module also need to be modified for the upgrade to work?
>> [_] Anon 2110133 >># Simple: They don't pull that shit. Parts can slowly be phased out, I guess. But really it would be mostly like building a comp. You never have to throw out everything, just replace a part.