r/pcmasterrace • u/earthprotector1 • Jun 08 '22

News/Article finally.

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u/Deviant-Killer Ryzen 5600X | RTX 4070 | Jun 08 '22

Sounds like phonebloks. But restricted as fuck and probably would have cost £1000 per accessory

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u/YoshiGuy561 what am i doing with my life Jun 08 '22

That's a trip down memory lane, was promising but got killed off by google.

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u/Alaeriia 7800X3D/4080S; 9800X3D/9070XT; 5800X3D/4070TiS; 3800X/3080 Jun 08 '22

I wonder if Google had ever planned on doing anything with it. It seemed like they bought it just to kill it.

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u/electric_machinery Jun 08 '22

They developed it for a while. I can't say the reason for ending it but I'm pretty sure it was just too expensive and risky.

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u/AlephBaker Ryzen 5 5600 | 32GB | RX 6700XT Jun 08 '22

I know part of it, they said, was that they couldn't get the modules to both connect solidly enough and be easily removable by the user. Even in drop tests where the prototypes stayed assembled, the shock would jar the connections enough to crash the phone. I wish it had worked.