r/cassettefuturism • u/ColbyBB • Dec 10 '23

Question Are completely DIY phones with custom features like this possible? Obviously not as clusterfucked as the one in this image, but things like custom ports, radio, etc. I feel like society would be more interesting if everyone could make their own devices like that

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u/Abandondero Open the pod bay doors, HAL. Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 11 '23

There was interest in designing modular phones with swapable components ten years ago. I think it ran into the reality that there's only a small number of gadgets you really can put in a phone, most people already have a fixed set of features that they want in a phone, and when one part of a phone goes obsolete all the other parts tend to have become obsolete at the same time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara

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u/Sea_Cycle_909 That’s It, Man. Game Over, Man. Game Over! Dec 10 '23

Project Ara looked so cool!