El Iphrojekthi ye-Google ye-Ara kuletha izingcingo eziphambili ze-modular ukuthi singakwazi ukumisa nokwenza ngezifiso ngendlela esifisa ngayo futhi ngokuvumelana nezidingo zethu siqu. Iphrojekthi ebilokhu yema ngokwengeziwe njengoba unyaka usudlulile futhi odlula ezigabeni kuze kufike kwesinye isikhathi ifinyelele emakethe yezentengiselwano.
Manje usunesincintisana naye, iPuzzlephone, a ifoni e-modular eyenziwe ngamadivayisi wesiyingi wokuqalisa wase-Thai. Umgomo we-Puzzlephone, njengeProjekti Ara, ukudala i-smartphone enezingxenye ezithile ezingathuthukiswa ngendlela oyifunayo ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuthenga ifoni entsha sha. Ake sazi okuncane ngale foni entsha ezenzakalelayo ezoshaya ekubonisweni ngonyaka ozayo.
Kutholwe izingxenye ezintathu
I-Puzzlephone idalwe izingxenye ezintathu eziyinhloko: ubuchopho, obunengxenye enkulu yehadiwe enezakhi ezibaluleke kakhulu; umgogodla, okuyisiza sesikrini, izipikha, nemibhobho; nenhliziyo, equkethe ibhethri.
Uma kukhulunywa ngesoftware, iPuzzlephone izoba ne- Inguqulo eguquliwe ye-Android futhi izokwazi ukunikeza ukwesekwa kwezinye izinhlelo ezisebenza kumadivayisi eselula afana neFirefox OS, Sailfish kanye neWindows Phone ngokuzayo. IPuzzlephone yokuqala izobe isilungele ukwethulwa engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka ka-2015 ngentengo ebizoba sebangeni eliphakathi nendawo.
Ifoni ye-Modular iminyaka
Enye yezinjongo zale foni ye-modular, njenge-Project Ara, ukuthi umsebenzisi ungaba nale smartphone iminyaka eyi-10 ngokuyibuyekeza lapho ubona kunesidingo futhi lokho kukuvumela ukuthi ukhohlwe ngokushintsha ifoni njalo eminyakeni eyi-1 noma emi-2. Enye yezimpawu zayo ezinhle ukuthi ihlobene nesikrini, ngoba kunabasebenzisi abaningi abathi kwesinye isikhathi bayiphule noma bayiklwebhe, okuzoyivumela ukuthi iguqulwe ngokushesha kusuka ocingweni oluhlelekile.
Esinye isici salezi zingcingo ukuthi sizovumela izitolo zinikela ngokuxhaswa kokuthuthuka kwehadiwe ukuze unganikezeli kumsebenzisi ushintsho lwezinto ezithile zala ma-terminals.