Phonebloks

[LegendZ]

Wouldn't this work the same way a PC would?

Someone clarify how this wouldn't work please.
All I'm seeing is 'lol nope this isn't happening' but no 'this is why this isn't happening.'

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[ShadowsfeaR]

Wouldn't this work the same way a PC would?

Someone clarify how this wouldn't work please.
All I'm seeing is 'lol nope this isn't happening' but no 'this is why this isn't happening.'

Lolthis

[Titanium Man]

Wouldn't this work the same way a PC would?

Someone clarify how this wouldn't work please.
All I'm seeing is 'lol nope this isn't happening' but no 'this is why this isn't happening.'

a pc is loving giant, you can fit a lot of things in it
but have you seen a phone? everything is packed in so much, its seriously like 10 layers of cpu, storage, etc
this is way too unpacked. if it was done it would either have to be big and bulky, or expensive.

[Snaffle J. Bean]

Wouldn't this work the same way a PC would?

Someone clarify how this wouldn't work please.
All I'm seeing is 'lol nope this isn't happening' but no 'this is why this isn't happening.'

PC motherboards have specific slots for specific things. This works because specific slots are connected to other specific components. The phone on the other hand, has an all-in-one modular slot thing going on which is going to be very hard (if not impossible) to engineer, since you have components that are varying in size and location. Unless you have dedicated spots for specific components, you're going to have an incredibly difficult time getting this to work.

[ShadowsfeaR]

But this is what development is for. You can't get to that level of engineering if you don't loving try.

[Snaffle J. Bean]

But this is what development is for. You can't get to that level of engineering if you don't loving try.

1. It may actually be impossible to do that at this point in history
2. Even if it is possible, Its going to cost a stuffton of money to pay for research and development of it. Companies likely are going to see this as an unwise business decision, because on top of paying to develop it, they also have to pay to manufacture and advertise it. Corporations aren't too big on taking risks like that when they can keep doing the same thing that's been getting them money in the first place.

[devildogelite]

You're all giving this video credit as if it's some spark of brilliance. It gives as much information to how something like this would work as the hoverboard in Back To the Future. It's designed by someone who has 0 understanding of what this would require. It's like me telling NASA they should use my design for a manned spacecraft and take it to mars.

But this is what development is for. You can't get to that level of engineering if you don't loving try.

This guy isn't a loving engineer, this isn't possible because phones are designed to use all of the available realestate on the pcb. I've repeated this so many times and just realized everyone saying this is possible has no understanding of how phones or anything similar work.

[ShadowsfeaR]

We're already making components smaller. I saw an article on new battery development that shrinks battery package size by 3/4 and its flexible. Just look at google glass' form factor ffs. And you're speaking as if there is only one solitary person in this project. You're just dismissing the potential based on technical limitations as of present.

[LegendZ]

a pc is loving giant, you can fit a lot of things in it
but have you seen a phone? everything is packed in so much, its seriously like 10 layers of cpu, storage, etc
this is way too unpacked. if it was done it would either have to be big and bulky, or expensive.

So why can't we do some research on how to make small things even smaller?

PC motherboards have specific slots for specific things. This works because specific slots are connected to other specific components. The phone on the other hand, has an all-in-one modular slot thing going on which is going to be very hard (if not impossible) to engineer, since you have components that are varying in size and location. Unless you have dedicated spots for specific components, you're going to have an incredibly difficult time getting this to work.

Engineer an all in one modular slot?
Making such a thing doesn't sound too impossible from my perspective.

Wait, nevermind that, I just got what you were trying to say.
A battery provides power, a speaker provides an outlet for power to play music, and because of this you can't exactly just swap them around willy nilly since they do very different things and serve very different purposes.

But still, why not try and build one?
The idea over all doesn't sound too horrible, but would be time and research intensive, not to mention expensive.

[Titanium Man]

So why can't we do some research on how to make small things even smaller?

there is not much need for such innovation and research for a single phone
as trinick said,

Idk, from a business standpoint I see this as virtually useless. The only people who are likely to use this are people who fancy the idea of building their own phone, which is definitely not the majority of people. I could never, ever see a modular / blocky phone overtaking the marketshare of the sleek smartphones that are on the market currently. I still think it's a cool idea though, but I wouldn't buy it.

[LegendZ]

Oh.

Well, coming from a business standpoint instead of a technological one, I'd have to concede. It would be quite impractical.

[Captain Zee]

Oh.

Well, coming from a business standpoint instead of a technological one, I'd have to concede. It would be quite impractical.

Welcome to our corporate society.  Progress is unprofitable. Unprofitable in unacceptable.

[LegendZ]

Welcome to our corporate society.  Progress is unprofitable. Unprofitable in unacceptable.

It's not progress if convenience scales with cost.
Progress is producing something with less cost for more convenience.

[Bisjac]

you know how when you drop a cell phone on the floor, there is like a 50% chance for any brand you have, that the battery will pop out? or at least the battery cover.

well imagine dropping one of these lol
you would lose that $60 upgraded component pretty quick.

[Menen]

And the ideas that aren't based in reality are the ones that don't even make it to the functional prototype stage.

Thats what they said about the airplane