Ok, so there's this guy out in the Netherlands that has come up with a revolutionary idea for phones. Here is the website, but don't be surprised if it sends you to Thunderclap's website instead: Phonebloks The idea is that instead of getting rid of your entire phone when something breaks or there's a new phone that you want, you just replace the out of date/broken item. Here is the concept video in case anyone wants to actually see what I'm talking about. At this point he's asking for people to help spread the word since an idea like this isn't going to be able to go anywhere without a major company showing interest in it. That's where Thunderclap comes in. For those who are unfamiliar with Thunderclap: Thunderclap is a website that people can go to, kind of like Kickstarter, that you can ask people to put in their Tumblr, Facebook, or Twitter accounts in and on a certain date given by the creator of the Thunderclap account and it'll post on your account for you to spread the word to your friends/followers
in order to spread the word as much as possible. I've already put in my info for this in Thunderclap and I now ask you all here to do the same in order to reduce E-waste and actually get companies to give us a phone that is truly customizable.

As I said in your post on the main, this idea is impossible to make, it's awesome but just stupid in terms of engineering.

Read this: http://fullyc.com/what-happens-when-non-engineers-build-phones/

... seriously anugar? Could you be any more close minded? Is it even physically possible?

>>2 And like I said on the main board, how is this impossible? There are already modular systems that don't care where you put things like the Bloks that will run just fine so long as the system is built for it.

I would actually like to see a full blown discussion on this, the idea sounds amazing, and ill most definitely back it up, but id like more info on it, ill probably brows the web for that too

>>5 Well, I would love to give more info but I'm really bad at synopsis about really anything. I mean look at my ramblings in OP. If you do have any questions tho I will try to answer what I can, but most if not all of your questions could probably be answered by the guy trying to make this all possible. But here's some pics to give you all an idea about what you can do with this idea.

>>3 Well yes I can, physically it's possible but running stuff on it, no to that

>>4 Sure there are modular system that can do that, but they aren't powerful enough to run a mOS like Android or others, if you try to put one inside it you'd have to wait a few hours to actualy turn on the phone IF it doesn't crash or freez before actualy booting. (Did you read the article of the link I posted ?)

For stuff like this drivers would be required and drivers are +1 layer of software on top of the OS, it could already be slow with just an OS, now image what'd happen if you add drivers to it, I'm guessing it'd crash.

I really, really like this idea, but I doubt any major company is going to sign on to it simply because of greed. Why let consumers just buy a replacement part when something goes wrong if you've already convinced them to buy an entire new phone when it breaks or goes outdated?

This phone simply isn't possible at this time and won't be possible for a long time to come. By the time you are able to make something like this it will likely be considered archaic.

The concept is novel, there is no doubt about that but it simply wouldn't work in any way, shape or form as it is intended.

It really wouldn't cut down on e-waste as the creator suggested. There is a whole bunch of reasons why a computer or phone get's faster from one generation to the next. It isn't just because they made a newer better faster processor. Look at desktop PC's for example. Say you have had your computer for a while but you want to upgrade to the latest generation of CPU's. Upon doing some research you have found that you would need a new motherboard because the CPU has advanced. In order to support those advances in speeds and bandwidth the mother board has to upgrade to a new standard to support the new generation of CPUs. That is just scratching the surface. There is a ton of reasons why this won't cut down on e-waste.

While you can argue that the idea is possible with some technological development you need to ask yourself if it's worth it. Part of the reason why today's smart phones are so powerful and functional is because of their compact and proprietary design. Every single piece is designed with the stuff around it in mind. Because of this they can minimize power usage and maximize speed. There is also the fact that having closely controlled hardware means that they can optimize the code used on their phones a heck of a lot better which again makes them faster. As soon as you start to add in variables in the hardware it can make it that much more difficult to develop for and use. Look at the increasing graphics quality in a consoles life for a drastic example of optimization.

If this product is developed and is brought to market it would quickly be crushed by other phone makers offering significantly faster and better phones. The amount of time, talent, and money it would take to develop this thing is extreme. If you really wanted to cut down on e-waste then you might want to focus that money and talent into developing better and cheaper recycling methods.

While it would be pretty amazing, i have to side with >>9. There really is no good way to develope technology like this and get it to stay on the market.

>>10 It'd stay in the market pretty good but it cannot be developed

>>9 The whole point of this is to upgrade when you please, and it is a good system to begin with. Although, it will not cut-down on e-waste I think any semi-intelligent person knows it will be significantly better for the e-waste problem to purchase a single new block versus a whole new phone. Also when a new model of an old phone is created such as the transition from Iphone 4 to Iphone 5, not everything is upgraded, only certain aspects of the phone are upgraded, usually being in the aesthetics. Also your point about upgrading the mother board is rather not well thought out because again, the point of this phone is TO UPGRADE IT when you want, so you can upgrade the mother board as well, or perhaps the "mother board", is not a mother board in a traditional sense, it may be just a circuit that you plug things into so they receive electricity so they can operate. Also the creator of this phone system could have a system where used bloks are traded in, tested or refurbished and resold, thus limiting the amount needing to be produced to cope with an increase popular demand. There is also a benefit in the speed department for these phone systems, you merely have not seen it correctly. This phone can be upgraded by changing out 1 blok, meaning that the producers can simply focus on certain bloks to improve speed and processing, or if all you focus on in a phone is communication via text and calls, then you may not need certain upgrades such as enhanced graphic upgrades or camera upgrades. Also with this system your phone can be tailor made to fit your needs such as a portable internet device or mp3 player, that has the ability to text and make calls, or if you need something with both rear and forward-facing cameras. This phone system takes the power to make a new phone without producing an entire new phone, which in-turn does decrease e-waste. This system has one problem though, it does not have "Swag" like the Iphone or many Android phones now before I am criticized for using the word "Swag", I mean that the cool kids will still use Iphones and Androids for the Brand name and because they are mega expensive. Truth is it doesn't really matter what phone you have, as long as it costs more than all your friends phones and the screen is 0.000001 mm. bigger. That is the only down side of this phone system that I see, everything else is pretty solid.

Not gonna happen

>>14
You saying so doesn't defeat the fact that they are working on it now.

>>14
And as such you might as well just drop it now. It was one thing when it wasn't being done by a top company, but now it's officially being worked on and thus you're beating a dead horse and being a bit arrogant.

Still, not gonna happen, the phone that's gonna come out is going to be totaly different that the idea, I bet on it

>>17 It'll be like electric cars. The technology is there, and you can buy them, they are just more expensive and less powerful. This phone might be released, but it will never be as powerful as its more wasteful counterpart.