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This is a solution desperately searching for a problem. Exactly what Steve Jobs warned against in developing technology. I personally can't care less about mod
by mehrdada 12y ago
This is a solution desperately searching for a problem. Exactly what Steve Jobs warned against in developing technology.
I personally can't care less about modularity in a phone. Would rather have a 1mm thinner phone over any sort of modularity. Almost all modules can be added wirelessly, unless they are latency-sensitive or very high bandwidth.
Additionally, due to economies of scale, it may make sense to integrate a module that's extremely useful to only a half of the population in every device manufactured and that may still be a net win economically.
- bobbles 12y agoJust like there are iMacs and custom built desktop PCs, more choice is good for everyone
- mehrdada 12y agoGood for everyone, ...except Google shareholders maybe? (Maybe not though; it might earn more for them in marketing value, as Satya Nadella pointed out.)
- jshevek 12y agoYou really going to try to bring in the guy who said that small tablets and large phones were a non-starter? Today? Without irony?
- mehrdada 12y agoThe guy who built the company with the largest market cap in the US and the phone I am using today and is still my favorite gadget, yes. Who he is is of little relevance here, by the way. I am not appealing to his authority. I'm simply citing the most prolific source of this mindset I know of to make the concept I am talking about clearer.