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INTRODUCTION
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Connect the
different blocks
of the user's
choice into the
base of the
smartphone.
Install the
drivers needed
to operate the
blocks that are
connected to
the
smartphone
You can
customize your
phone by
replacing a
block with an
upgraded
block.
To operate this smartphone the user should first connect all the blocks that he needs in the
main base of the smartphone. This base acts as the motherboard of the phone by which all
components or blocks are connected. The blocks have pins to secure it to the base and it also acts
as a transmitter to the different blocks of the smartphone.
The user should install the proper drivers that are necessary to operate the blocks that had
been connected to the base.
The user can customize the smartphone depending on his needs. He can add a larger
block for a certain hardware to have a good operation. The user can also detach the block if he
didn't need its functions anymore.
THEOREICAL FRAMEWORK
The
smartphones
with
upgradable
and
detachable
components
consists of a main board onto which blocks could be snapped on by the user like
Lego bricks. Each block is responsible for a unique function of the phone, much like
a desktop computer has a distinct sound card, graphics card, processor, monitor,
and power supply.As a result, instead of replacing the entire phone when it becomes
obsolete or broken, one could simply replace the defective or performance-limiting
part. If the consumer wants a camera that suits his or her needs better, he or she
could for example swap their small generic camera block for a larger zoom camera
from a manufacturer such as Nikon or Canon instead of buying a phone with a
better camera. In theory, this would lead to fewer people throwing away their
phones and contributing to the ever-increasing problem of electronic waste.
Smartphones based on the Phoneblocks system would be sold part by part, as well
as in starter sets. When assembled, the phone would have a screen covering the
entirety of the front, volume buttons and headphone jacks along the outer edge,
and bloks clicked into the back, forming a rectangular block shape overall.
Are you one of the technology geeks who love to replace their phones every
single time theres a new release of the same device with upgraded features? When you come to
think of it, it would be a great waste of money to buy those devices every time theres a new
version of it. The way people currently buy electronics is inherently wasteful. As soon
as a new device comes out, the old one is tossed in the garbage or put on the shelf
to collect dust. And thats when the problem would rise.
How could we minimize the technology waste in our environment? How
can we have a phone where we could keep the good parts and replace the bad
ones? How can we upgrade a certain part of the phone without buying a new one?
The upgradable smartphones would be the best answer to these questions.
This study connects not just with the study of Electronics but also with the
study of Information Technology. This smartphone is using signals to transmit the
information to the different parts of the phone. It is also connected to
communications. This is just like the normal smartphone where you can make a call
or text and surf the internet. It also relates with the knowledge of computer
hardwares because the concept of the detachable and upgradable blocks of
components in this smartphones is similar from a system unit of a computer. It is
where the base is the motherboard and the hardware devices are the blocks.
This study includes all smartphone users who always have a hard time
changing their phones to just cope up with the new trend and also the technology
geeks. This also focus on the specifications of components that are essential in a
smartphone. The components that are upgradable are the camera, processor,
screen, bluetooth wifi, and the chipset.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
FOREIGN STUDIES
In a spare, drab office park in Sunnyvale, California, a bunch of two-by-fours
and foam-board have been nailed together into a makeshift model of a shipping
container. Inside, a bare, unlit Edison bulb hangs from a wire, over some simple IKEA
furniture and a table with Lego blocks on it. The blocks are stand-ins for modules
that might someday go into the Project Ara phone, which in theory will let users
swap in different components on the fly instead of replacing the whole phone when
it's time to upgrade.
The model is there because the people behind Project Ara are currently trying to think
through potential retail experiences that would help people configure their phones. Not included
inside the model are the non-invasive biometric monitoring tablets that measure galvanic skin
response as a trigger to present the simplified configurator experience the team is looking into.
Such technical jargon is par for the course inside Google's Advanced Technologies and Products
(ATAP) group, which is in charge of Project Ara. As near as I can tell (without an engineering
degree, at least), the only person in the room who needs such terms explained is me.
At ATAP, simple things like Lego blocks represent ridiculously complex ideas. This tiny
group of engineers and designers has given itself the task of creating a phone with several
unproven, next-generation technologies. They intend to make a phone cheap enough to be
accessible to 5 billion people. To do so, they need to create an ecosystem of hardware
manufacturers robust enough that it could literally challenge giant incumbents like Foxconn and
even Samsung. The head of Project Ara, Paul Eremenko, says he is planning "the most custom
mass-market product ever created by mankind" without a trace of irony in his voice.
LOCAL STUDIES
RESEARCH DESIGN
This study would includes the phone experts and technicians. It also includes
the technology geeks and those who are smartphone users. This would also involve
the software developers and the application makers.
These smartphones are build in a no certain platform but different big
companies work together to create the best phone in the world. To settle this
platform, we need to get the right companies and the right people involved. They
will only get started if there's a lot of interest in the phone worth keeping.
Research Instrument
These smartphones are built using modules inserted into metal endoskeletal
frames known as "endos". The frame will be the only component in this phone. It
acts as the switch to the on-device network linking all the modules together. There
will be two frame sizes available at first: "mini", a frame about the size of a Nokia
3310 and "medium", about the size of a LG Nexus 5. In the future, a "large" frame
about the size of a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be available. Frames have slots on
the front for the display and other modules. On the back are additional slots for
modules.
Modules can provide common smartphone features, such as cameras and
speakers, but can also provide more specialized features, such as medical devices,
receipt printers, laser pointers, pico projectors, night vision sensors, or game
controller buttons. Each slot on the frame will accept any module of the correct size.
The front slots are of various heights and take up the whole width of the frame. The
rear slots come in standard sizes of 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2. Modules can be hot-swapped
without turning the phone off. The frame also includes a small backup battery so the
main battery can be swapped. Modules are secured with electropermanent
magnets. The enclosures of the modules are 3D-printed, so customers can design
their own individual enclosures and replace them as they wish.
Modules will be available both at an official Google store and at third-party
stores. It will only accept official modules by default, but users can change a
software setting to enable unofficial modules. This is similar to how Android handles
app installations.
Data Analysis
The smartphone with detachable and upgradable modules would work
because of many reasons. It allows people to tinker with their phone. People
jailbreak, root and hack their phones already and the PC community is absolutely
awash with people combining various bits of hardware and building their own PCs.
Why would they not want to customize their phones hardware in the same way? If
its physically possible, then it could well be the next big thing to enter the
smartphone arena and could revolutionize it more than capacitive touch screens
and swipe gestures, driving sales and licensing for the blocks.
This could also be a fail idea because of these few reasons. The ability to
retrofit bloks and for the whole idea to work could make the resulting phone too
bulky the obsession with thinner and lighter smartphones shows no signs of
abating. On a small level the concept could work, but introducing it to compete
directly with the likes of the iPhone 5S and Samsung Galaxy S4 could well prove
extremely difficult with network providers. The chances that a big player such as
Samsung would adopt the idea also seem remote.
Blocks are the key; just like app stores, if there are too few apps then the
platform is usually doomed. Getting a big enough block store to make it attractive
to consumers and mobile networks would be key, as would continually updating it
with upgrades. This could be very tricky, as would getting an actual a
The smartphone with detachable and upgradable modules is almost the same
as the ordinary smartphone. It is just like the Windows, Apple and Android phones.
So the data about this project will be mostly be gotten from the data of the currently
trending smartphones. The swapping of the modules in and out of this smartphone
is the same as the concept of the computer's systerm unit.
We also need to know the pros and cons of this idea by comparing this
electronic device to the device that is available on the market today.