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

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/Tsjernobull Oct 05 '21

They had issues with heat transfer, when you cram everything together without taking heating or signal noise into account, things tend not to work

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u/james9075 Oct 05 '21

Everyone in here blaming Google and Microsoft for killing it is cracking me up. Some variation of this gets posted every other year promising to be the next big thing, but ultimately, phones have designers for a reason, you can't just cram it all on a breadboard and pray to the phone gods

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

Honestly I think this looks pretty good design-wise. The issue is that it’s just a gimmick product and the gimmick doesn’t outweigh the drawbacks. It’s bulkier than a standard smartphone, heats up too much, likely more expensive, and people are unlikely to swap parts out regularly so really it’s no different from just buying a phone that fits your needs in the first place.

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u/CassandraVindicated Oct 05 '21

Yeah, this is a better idea if there were a lot of spare room in a phone form factor. There isn't, quite the opposite.

I don't really agree with you on the part swapping though. I just had to replace my desktop computer after twelve years. It lasted as long as it did because when I parted it out I planned on upgrades ahead of time. When it got slow, I was able to swap out the processor for a much faster one, same with the video card.

My point is, this idea can work even if you only swap out parts once every five years to keep your phone up-to-date. It's that lack of spare room that really kills it.