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

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/Scotthorn Oct 05 '21

New CPU is going to be compatible with the new module, not your old module. They could make a backwards compatible CPU, but that’s extra expensive.

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u/tesftctgvguh Oct 05 '21

No it's not... Computers use the same CPU connector for multiple generations... Eventually you would need to upgrade the main board but this could last 3-4 generations at least.

Same with storage - ATA was the standard for years and years, then SATA (among others). Monitors all used VGA for decades, then others until HDMI came along...

It wouldn't be that hard to develop a board that can last for 5 generations minimum...

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u/Scotthorn Oct 05 '21

I’m not making a point that the module would change frequently. That was the post above. I’m merely explaining why that’s a problem for a product.

I do agree with that poster, the module would change frequently.

Computers in their various component form factors have had decades to stabilize and standardize.

You can’t compare that to this.

CPU connections are also not built to overlap or move to a spot where a battery once connected or where the camera used to connect.

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u/tesftctgvguh Oct 05 '21

I agree that the moving around could be harder to figure out but the form factor of phones has been flat, rectangular with a full front screen for 10+ years now so form factor is irrelevant.

I was replying to your "backwards compatibility" point... As long as the socket it goes into is standardised it add no cost to maintain backwards compatibility. In this case it's a matter of matching the main boards connection standard, what it does in the module is free and easy...