Googles ModularProject Ara SmartphoneMuhammad Ahmad Shabbir

What is Project Ara?Project Ara is the codename for an initiative by Google that aims to develop an open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones. The platform will include a structural frame, such as a display, camera or an extra battery etc.

Modular smartphoneA modular smartphone is a smartphone made using different components (alternatively called blocks) that can be independently upgraded or replaced. This aims to reduce electronic waste, lower repair costs and increase user comfort.

Google's Project Ara SmartphoneGoogle has shed fresh light on Project Ara, its modular Android smartphone initiative, including plans to pilot the project in Puerto Rico through food truck-style stores.

Project Ara will offer a smartphone endoskeleton; users will be able to add the functionality they want piece by piece, rather than being confined by the hardware configurations determined by operators and providers.

Google debuted the project's first functional prototype, known as Spiral 1, in 2013.

It showed off its progress on Spiral 2 prototypes and previewed its plans for Spiral 3 -- and for ultimately marketing the devices -- at its DevCon2 developers conference on Wednesday.

Smartphone endoskeleton

Ara module Design

Project InformationDeveloper: Google,

Motorola(Former), Linaro

Manufacturer: User

Type: Modular smartphone

Release date: 2015 Puerto Rico

Operating system:

Android

System-on-chip used:

Toshiba-supplied for the first year