It may have been several months since the last time Project Ara starred in a relevant headline in the media, but the truth is that since then Google has not stopped working on this modular mobile project. As we have learned from an interview with one of those responsible for this project (Paul Eremenko), the American company Google will set up an official parts store for the modular mobiles of the Project Ara project. This store will have many similarities with Google Play, since users will even have the possibility of evaluating the pieces that they acquire for their modular mobile.
In addition, as Paul Eremenko explained in the interview, the Project Ara parts store will also serve for external developers to put their own parts on sale. This means that Google's modular mobiles can be built with parts developed by other companies, which is very interesting in view of the variety of modules that users will have at their disposal to customize their terminal.
Let's remember that Project Ara is a Google project that seeks to offer users the possibility of building their own smartphones. In Project Ara there is only one fixed part: the motherboard. From there, the user can customize each component absolutely your mobile: from the camera to the battery, through the processor, the internal memory, the memory RAM and even the screen. All these components correspond to a piece (or module) that is easily attached and removed, without the need for any tools.
The fact that there will be a specific store for these pieces will mean many facilities when it comes to personalizing the mobile, since users will be able to consult the opinions and criticisms of each piece to know in advance if it is worth installing it in the terminal. And taking into account the interest of large manufacturers in continuing to maintain their leadership in the smartphone market, it is not unreasonable to think that companies such as Sony, Samsung, HTC or Motorola could launch their own modular parts for mobile phones on the market. Project Ara.
In short, Project Ara can completely change the mobile phone market. The project's modular Project Ara Mobile still has not estimated for landing globally, although it is expected that early date next year 2015 will begin to learn more specific details regarding these phones. By then we hope to know both the approximate price that the Project Ara base will have and the price range in which the modules that will complement this device will be moved.
