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No Google! That is not acceptable! You can not always make people hope for years and then just drop it. When you start with marketing you take on some responsib

by erikb 10y ago

No Google! That is not acceptable! You can not always make people hope for years and then just drop it. When you start with marketing you take on some responsibility. You lost someone who believed in you.

karma_vaccum123 10y ago
Was anyone really hoping for this? It seemed pretty clear that this was a a technology exploration.
- erikb 10y ago
  Do you know Pokemon? Don't you think collectable phone parts would not be a great business model? Even if this only barely works I thought it could make a lot of money and therefore was quite sure that someone would build it.
bmer 10y ago
I think your naivete is as beautiful as the freshest spring rose. I wonder what this move has to do with what phone manufacturers are doing in general: hiding away components like the battery that were once open to the consumer, making it difficult to do anything but buy a new phone if the battery alone dies out. One can't get more anti-modular than that, and the Nexus 5X has the same deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYFbSpvSE-w&feature=youtu.be&t=74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYFbSpvSE-w&feature=youtu.be...
- voltagex_ 10y ago
  I know what you're saying about the 5X, but it's not impossible to replace. >The battery isn't immediately user accessible but isn't too challenging, or too adhered, to replace. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318#s112139 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318#s112...
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  - bmer 10y ago
    Does it void your warranty though?
Retra 10y ago
Just what were you hoping to put on your phone that isn't already builtin to the phone you have?
- erikb 10y ago
  First of all the simple things: Getting back the replacable parts feature of old phones. Then context optimization: At one time I may need additional battery life, and another time I may need a second sim card. Playing around myself: It could also become a raspberry pie with more add-ons and for the more software oriented tinkerers, and I am one of them. Playing around with the pie was always nice, but I didn't fully use it because the more creative stuff always required really working with the hardware, what I don't like at all. Also let's not forget the Pokemon effect: If there is something that can be collected, ppl will have fun just in the collecting. And not everybody may agree but funding tech experiments by people paying for fun is a valid business model for me.

by erikb 10y ago

karma_vaccum123 10y ago

Was anyone really hoping for this? It seemed pretty clear that this was a a technology exploration.

erikb 10y ago
Do you know Pokemon? Don't you think collectable phone parts would not be a great business model? Even if this only barely works I thought it could make a lot of money and therefore was quite sure that someone would build it.

bmer 10y ago

I think your naivete is as beautiful as the freshest spring rose. I wonder what this move has to do with what phone manufacturers are doing in general: hiding away components like the battery that were once open to the consumer, making it difficult to do anything but buy a new phone if the battery alone dies out. One can't get more anti-modular than that, and the Nexus 5X has the same deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYFbSpvSE-w&feature=youtu.be&t=74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYFbSpvSE-w&feature=youtu.be...

voltagex_ 10y ago
I know what you're saying about the 5X, but it's not impossible to replace. >The battery isn't immediately user accessible but isn't too challenging, or too adhered, to replace. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318#s112139 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318#s112...
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- bmer 10y ago
  Does it void your warranty though?

Retra 10y ago

Just what were you hoping to put on your phone that isn't already builtin to the phone you have?

erikb 10y ago
First of all the simple things: Getting back the replacable parts feature of old phones. Then context optimization: At one time I may need additional battery life, and another time I may need a second sim card. Playing around myself: It could also become a raspberry pie with more add-ons and for the more software oriented tinkerers, and I am one of them. Playing around with the pie was always nice, but I didn't fully use it because the more creative stuff always required really working with the hardware, what I don't like at all. Also let's not forget the Pokemon effect: If there is something that can be collected, ppl will have fun just in the collecting. And not everybody may agree but funding tech experiments by people paying for fun is a valid business model for me.