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this reminded me of Dave Hakkens and his Phonebloks concept video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c

⬐ RTFM_PLEASE

Yeah, the first 10 seconds of the Pockit video immediately sent me back nearly 10 years to Phonebloks.

Some follow up:

Typical, fairly sensationalist piece on Google's Project Ara - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqudiUdGuo

and then, Phonebloks, 5 years later - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wwrIpv38nE

⬐ progamler

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632860

⬐ hardwaresofton

Had me right up until "phone companies work together to make the best phones in the world".

Still want to see a prototype though.

Site is currently down, here is their video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c

⬐ narendranag

Over on Reddit, this was posted as an example of what happens when you don't involve an engineer. The comments thread is worth reading, but the primary point that most people make is that with plug and play hardware, you lose things like high bus speeds.

⬐ johlindenbaum

This is an incredibly cool concept.

⬐ _lce0

I could not find the project page. anybody knows?

⬐ gregpilling

is it more than a concept at his point?

⬐ gmuslera

It seem to go a step forward over Jolla's Other Half concept, where just the back (with extra/different functionalities, like i.e. hardware keyboard or more battery) is replaceable.

Anyway, probably big companies will not want it, they want that you replace your phone from time to time. But small ones (i.e. chinese manufacturers wanting to make themselves an space) could grow a healthy ecosystem around this.

⬐ _lce0

"probably big companies will not want it"

..then screw them, let's go open-hardware with it!