Delay in the release plan of Google's parts-modified smartphone "Ara", the information is complicated about the cause



A smartphone that you can make your own by combining modules you like (functional parts) developed by Google "Ara"Scheduled to be released in Puerto Rico within 2015Although it was said, there was a delay in development, the plan was changed to the release within 2016. The cause of the delay in the development plan is not clear and the information is conflicting.

Development delay has become obvious from the project Ara's official tweet. Twitter Official Account of Ara 's Twitter is August 14, 2015, plans to sell preliminary exams in Puerto Rico are overdue.

However, "Sales plans in Puerto Rico are not canceled".

It also suggests that we are looking to sell not only in Puerto Rico but also in the United States, we also reveal that the release will be in 2016.

While attention has been focused on what is causing the schedule to be delayed due to Ara, which has been reported to be in good development so far, the phrase "No more electropermanent magnets (no more permanent electromagnets) The hash tag "# FailedTheDropTest" failed, suggesting that the permanent electromagnet, which was adopted as a mechanism to fix the module, can not withstand the impact of the fall.

The permanent electromagnet desorption system adopted by Ara can be confirmed in the following article.

The latest movie of the Google smartphone "Ara" to make his own by combining your favorite modules is made public and the method of fixing the parts etc is revealed - GIGAZINE


However, it turned out that tweets called "Failure in the drop test is a joke" is dropped on August 21, 2015 and it turns out that the module fixing method is not a bottleneck. We are announcing that we have a good foundation on better methods.

Google's module-assembled smartphone "Ara" can create smartphones freely according to taste, such as cameras, batteries, displays, etc., and because of its innovative project, which is a super-discounted smartphone with a minimum configuration of 5,000 yen in the minimum configuration, For fans who are looking forward to appearing, it is unlikely that you will be disappointed with information on development delay. However, as long as you see Ara Official Twitter 's "Nurarikuri" that makes it difficult to distinguish whether it is lie or true, it will develop about the development situation of AraATAPIt is also true that the team is optimistic prospects.


Fans who are looking forward to Ara will continue to wait in 2016 for the release promptly while being offended or offended from official tweets in the future.

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Release of developer version of Google's module-interchangeable smartphone "Ara", also decided on marketing time - GIGAZINE

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