Google’sProject Arais heralded in sweaty - palmed web log posts as the future of mobile computing — a modular smartphone that adapt to suit your every need . But at the moment , the future of smartphones isstruggling to bring up up systematically . So in the meantime , this Kickstarter want to take Ara ’s hope of a modular smartphone , put it in pillow slip form , and bring it to the mass .
If you ’re not familiar with Project Ara , the estimation is this : the al-Qaida of the sound is an ‘ endoskeleton ’ — basically a smartphone - sized motherboard — with rectangular slots for you to tally a processor , touchscreen , thumbprint electronic scanner , whatever .
Nexpaq shamelessly steals that design , and applies it to a phone casing . There ’s a cardinal spine down the middle , with space for six supplement modules . Since the case is going to be snapped onto an already - run smartphone , there ’s no processor or RAM modules here : instead , you ’ve got the selection of adding supererogatory speakers , a flashlight , SD card lecturer , or a lot of sensors , like a breathalyzer or thermometer .
Once of the case ’s enceinte selling decimal point could be battery life . It hail with a build - in 1000mAh battery , and modules are available with another ‘ 30 % ’ battery living — meaning if you had a pocketfull of charged battery modules , you could hot - barter on the move , and keep your earpiece running for day on destruction .
At the moment , the cause pick are circumscribe to iPhone 6 , Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge , or the Galaxy S5 , although there ’s a promise of more case in the lineup .
font survival of the fittest is n’t the biggest doubt - mark over this unconscious process , though . There ’s an element of doubt with every Kickstarter ; something this challenging , twice so . Thickness has to be a care : even existing battery packs struggle with weight and size , and those are n’t trying to hold a bunch of special modules pose in the back .
If you ’re not deter by the thought process of throwing money at a beta experiment , the Nexpaq will run you $ 89 for the basic one - case , four - faculty parcel , with bringing calculate for January 2016 . I would n’t be sitting too expectantly next to the letter box on January 1st , though . [ Kickstarter ]
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