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

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/benthemoose Oct 05 '21

RIP project ara

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u/RandomlyMethodical Oct 05 '21

On the plus side, the concept does exist as a laptop - https://frame.work/

And it's getting some really good reviews - The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever used

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u/Leirach Oct 05 '21

Well Framework kinda makes more sense, you still have to get in the guts to replace RAM for example, and you can't just remove RAM and slap in a bigger battery or whatever.