Project ara by google
Projects aims to make a modular chip or frames on which differt modules can be allocated according to choice of consumer from camera to battery the consumer will have liberty to choice according to their need.
Development
After the intial start in 2012 after google acquiring Motorola the first prototype introduced in google I/O in 2014.The frame consist of 3 types and runs on android
- Mini
- Medium
- Large
Ara timeline
- October 29,2013:- Google announced project ara
- Google I/O,2014:- first prototype which stuck at boot and failed to start
- Google I/O,2015:- introduction of spiral 2
- Google I/O,2016:- introduction of ara developer edition
- Upcoming,2017:- ara comes to market
Project researchers
- Paul eremenko
- Regina dugan(runs ATAP)
Pricing
The google can set the price around $100 which is about 6-6.5k in India which seems proper for the start and Motorola should be the first to deliver it to common people
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