• CALIGVLA
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    271 year ago

    That’s a step in the right direction, hopefully in the future phones will be more like computers, where you can buy parts and build your own. At least that’d be my dream.

    • @Maraval26@lemmy.world
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      141 year ago

      Well not all computers can be upgraded unfortunately. Looking at you MacBooks with SSDs welded to the motherboard…

          • L3ft_F13ld!
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            41 year ago

            Which sucks because there was a time when some laptops let you change all the parts, including the CPU.

                • @TechnoBabble@lemmy.world
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                  11 year ago

                  Maybe if you spec them out.

                  But it’s like $1000 for the midrange model with the latest hardware, which is in line with the competition.

                  And the first upgrade you do will end up saving money, since you won’t have to replace the whole laptop.

                  • Elle
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                    21 year ago

                    When last I looked into them, if you compared a barebones Framework laptop (i.e. without storage/RAM/OS/charger) to a big brand name laptop with the same/similar processor but also a SSD/RAM/OS/charger & various IO ports (e.g. usb-c/HDMI/ethernet/etc.), the Framework laptop was still more expensive…

                  • @beerclue@lemmy.world
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                    11 year ago

                    Agree with the upgrade path, but I can’t justify paying 1k for a midrange model (of any brand). I personally go to the used market, and spend up to 500€ for a ~2 year old machine (which was >1k new).

    • @Belgdore@lemm.ee
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      51 year ago

      Years ago google was looking at doing a modular phone. It was basically a frame with modules on the back that contained the battery, storage, cameras, and even the processor. The screen was even replaceable in a similar way. I really want someone to do another project ara.

      • CALIGVLA
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        61 year ago

        I remember that, I liked the idea except for Google being involved. The dream would be a fully modular phone running Linux. I don’t ever see that becoming a reality, but hey.

        • Bilb!
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          31 year ago

          Right, getting a Linux phone to work well still hasn’t been achieved, let alone on modular hardware!

        • copygirl
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          01 year ago

          What do you mean by “running Linux”? Android is Linux.

          • CALIGVLA
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            51 year ago

            By that logic MacOS is FreeBSD. Android has a modified Linux kernel, doesn’t run GNU software or basically any Linux applications natively and it has a bunch of Google proprietary crap on top of it, when I mean “running Linux” I mean running a FOSS GNU/Linux distro.

            • copygirl
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              41 year ago

              There’s Android forks out there that avoid Google’s crap. LineageOS and GrapheneOS come to mind. Though I’m less familiar with all that.

              • CALIGVLA
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                31 year ago

                I know, but you’re still at the mercy of Google’s upstream codebase. Don’t get me wrong, degooglefying Android is better than nothing but it’s not the ideal we should be striving for.

      • @TheLightItBurns@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        I think that was called project aria or ara… something like that. A fully modular phone seems so great! I hope that concept is used someday like the Framework uses on their laptops for ports.