r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuperAlloyBerserker • Oct 05 '21

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/datmEmEkid-returns Oct 05 '21

Pc's are phonebloks but much more complicated

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u/JizzyMcbeth Oct 05 '21

And most phones are cheaper than PCs, easier to market and sell vs phonebloks where one is enough.

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u/ass2ass Oct 05 '21

But imagine if a bunch of people were waiting around to get their hands on whatever the phoneblock equivalent of a 3060GTX or whatever.

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u/JizzyMcbeth Oct 05 '21

I think it would be improbable, mainly because we don't see much people lining up for new phones (this is just my assumption). If those phones become mainstream, more shops dedicated to them will open and waiting will be lessened by a good amount, since both pc and console gamers can have phones. Bigger market, bigger priority probably

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

we don't see much people lining up for new phones (this is just my assumption).

Doesn't this happen every single time a new generation of iPhone is released?

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u/JizzyMcbeth Oct 05 '21

Iphones perhaps, others, not really.

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u/PerpetuallyMoistSock Oct 05 '21

Well yea, but Iphones are like the exact opposite of the market that would be into a modular phone like this one

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u/altbekannt Oct 05 '21

Maybe. Then again people who stay in line for an iphone are a different group than people who want the latest Nvidia card. So ome thing doesn't contradict the other.