14 DAY TRIAL // If you remember from last year, Project Ara was Google's take on modular smartphones. It promised customizable smartphones, with the ability to change the location of your screen or camera wherever you liked it.
Unfortunately, according to an announcement on Twitter, Project Ara seemed to be delayed until next year. Initially, Google planned the first Ara devices to arrive sometime this year in some markets and start making some headlines. It seems Google decided to keep the project under wraps for a while in order to further develop the modular platform and make sure 2016 is the perfect year for Ara to make its debut.
Apparently, this delay helps Google find new locations to test the new device, especially in US, where the company plans to launch the new smartphone at a marketplace where people could buy exchange parts and customize their phones the way they want to.
The project would have had many iterations, and although there were many prototypes that really attracted Google, a final form was chosen that contained a skeleton on which different modules like the camera, the speakers, processor and screen were attached to the back of the phone via magnets to hold the pieces in place.
Although the Ara Project seems impressive and totally unorthodox compared to other phones, it remains to be seen how it will evolve in actually being a useful device since every piece of its construction can be replaced.
When? 2016. #yeswearelate #ProjectAra
— Project Ara (@ProjectAra) August 17, 2015