What is more important to you in a mobile phone, looks or upgradability? If you picked the latter, then you’ll probably get excited about a new phone concept called Phonebloks. It’s a modular ...

We live in a throwaway society, where products often aren't made to last long, and generally aren't easily fixable. Smartphones are a case in point, with the average handset being replaced by its ...

Everyone’s chatting about the latest iPhones, but the Apple devices are not the only smartphones taking the Internet by storm this week. The other device would be Phonebloks, a proposed customizable ...

It seems that smartphone manufacturers are now releasing “the new best phone” so often that even mobile service providers are arguing with each other over who has the best early upgrade plan. Well, ...

Meet Phonebloks, a phone which lets you control the phone's hardware, allowing users to pick and choose the parts of the phone according to their lifestyle. The phone is made up of blocks which plug ...

Phonebloks proposes an alternative: modular design. Think LEGO bricks for smartphones. A Phonebloks phone might comprise a battery block, camera block, processor block, and a variety of antenna blocks ...

Imagine a smartphone that could last a lifetime. Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has, and he calls the concept Phonebloks. The modular smartphone allows users to customize and upgrade certain parts -- or ...

Motorola (GOOG) will partner with 3D Systems (DDD) for manufacturing a "phonebloks"-like device. 3D Systems (DDD) Motorola will partner with 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) to develop Project Ara, a line of ...

Anyway, since the duration of the battery is the highest priority, since the capacity of the built-in storage is not so much needed because everything is saved in the cloud, the CPU can be said that ...

Our tips line is blowing up again, this time directing us to Motorola’s Project Ara: a phone with modular components that plug into a base “endoskeleton.” If you missed the news coverage strewn across ...

“Life is like a box of LEGOs.” You can almost hear that catchphrase echoing across the decades as the preamble to Motorola’s surprise Project Ara: a smartphone you cobble together from pieces like a ...