Embedded Systems Engineer's Dream - "PhoneBloks" The 100% Customizable Phone That LASTS

[itisjuly]

[QUOTE=TheProfane;42188434]I thought this was a joke at first.
Wouldn't have Dell come up with this if it was feasable?[/QUOTE]
Dell? Of all the companies, why Dell?

[Shadaez]

I'm thinking if they did it, it would be by making the plate that holds the other things also contain the CPU/GPU, and then you plug the batteries and whatnot/screen into that. Makes a whole long more sense than trying to make a swap-able CPU. With that switch, this thing becomes a whole lot more likely.

[Lily]

[QUOTE=Shadaez;42188590]I'm thinking if they did it, it would be by making the plate that holds the other things also contain the CPU/GPU, and then you plug the batteries and whatnot/screen into that. Makes a whole long more sense than trying to make a swap-able CPU. With that switch, this thing becomes a whole lot more likely.[/QUOTE]

That was our idea for making it actually possible, but the modules would be pretty small, and the base board would have leftover space anyways, so you should for very good reasons put the Wi-Fi, accelerometer, gyroscope and network stuff there, which sadly makes it less upgradable, but otherwise each of those small modules would need a special built chip/a microprocessor just to control a shitty gyro, not to mention you'll want a large antenna in the base

It kinda ruins the point though if the only upgradable things are the battery, microphone, storage, speakers and screen though

[Shadaez]

And the camera, I'm sure you could also throw on things like NFC or future technologies like that, maybe upgrades to the network transmitter if 5g comes out or a new wi-fi standard. Maybe even things like a USB port or HDMI out could be added as well.

[bunguer]

If the CPU/GPU is unswappable, this thing becomes really old fast, most users want to have a good CPU/GPU so they can play the latest games and apps. Even upgrading the screen without upgrading the GPU could get messy easily. Of course that having an un-upgradeable CPU/GPU would make something like this easier from an engineer point of view, but from a market point of view this thing would likely fail. It's a good idea on paper, but when you try to make it a reality it loses it's magic. (Even OS upgrades would have to stop after a while due to that, which is also another big reason for upgrades)

[Flapadar]

Embedded software engineer here : Kill it. Kill it with fire