Project Soli, Project Ara & Google Now on Tap – Android Weekly

1. I think that in future the marketing will shift to blocks bundles, where you get better price by buying a full set of blocks instead of just one. I think that manufacturers will be selling even more. But this time not phones, but modules. I also think that there will be modules available, that can work standalone, without frame and have the most basic things needed inside. In future you will choose, if you'd like Samsung or htc or motorola or oppo frame, made of different materials with different module capacities, etc. Then you'll choose lets say, screen from Samsung, keyboard from Blackberry, Camera from Canon, fingerprint sensor from hp, GPS from Toshiba, Battery from LG, Memory from Oppo and so on.So everyone gets more market share from areas they are better. While now when manufacturer makes a phone but misfires one part (like htc M8 got an ultrapixel joke as a camera) then they'll still make money for other parts.

2. I've got CM13 on my Samsung Galaxy A5 and I used now on tap during the video, I find myself using it a lot.

3. one phone running on one version of vanilla Android

4. I think you completely missed the boat on project Ara. Sure it's smaller sales, but then there will be more of them won't their? And People will be selling pre arranged versions and os will be very important. if it takes off.

5. Not if i want more microwaves around me…

6. when is Ara going to be a thing?

7. how were you skeptical about ara which is pretty believe able but not skeptical about soli which seems pretty unrealistic that it could work so well

8. Lol you actually activated my google now when you say okay Google. That was so funny you made my day

9. No domain name advertising in this video? Avoided me the irritation of skipping through the advertising part of this video.
    🙂

10. People build they're own computers but dell and other companies seem to be doing fine. Modular phones are going in that similar direction, at least that's what I believe. Still I've already made up my mind to give project Ara try as soon as its available, no matter how you slice it this is going to be the future of mobile on one scale or another.

11. manufacturers won't be making phones, they will either be making their own version of the backbone that google will be selling, or their own modules that google will also be selling.

12. I really love the idea of Project ARA. I really want it and hope I can use it on Verizon. If so,I would definitely be one of the early adopters.

13. The fact of the matter is when if i had the ara and i broke it
    I dont need to spend money buying a new £500 phone or buying the screen and labour
    I can just buy the screen and slide it back in which wont cost more than £80
    This means that manufacturs will get more demand however for little price
    In the long run the manufacturs will still get more money
    Especially from custom bundles

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15. See? Jayce does know about tech! Not the other P8 vs S6 vs G4 guy

16. I hate that baldheaded Android Authority guy. You suck. And stop overacting.

17. Google has enough money to manufacture those modules.
    And even with an ability to customize the parts, the phone is not sturdy enough. No I know they modules will not eject out, I'm talking about drops. CPU, battery and other critical components are exposed to drops, you'll easily break them.

18. Fortune wrote that Google was "trying to play catch up with Apple…again." This is playing catch up?

19. Make Project Ara possible by running its own company ? Project Soli looks amazing ! I freaking love my era.

20. i think project ara has soo many problems to solve before it can be your daily driver. i like the idea but i dont expect it to live in next few years at least.

21. Jayce!!
    Love the vids dude!

22. You'll maybe by fewer phones but by much more modules. Bringing the overall price of your phone much higher than a all-included phone as we see today.

23. About project Ara, the selling point will be multiple builds of parts for one person, I guess it's like the old cards we collect when we were young, we can't stop but get more, about profits, i think there will be, i know someone who told me that profits come cheap things because they sell very fast, and changing the parts of a phone will be so quick knowing that technology advance with a fearsome rate.

24. I would out 3 batteries and ram on that phone.

25. Google isn't in it for the product sales. They just want to put phones in people's hands to advertise.

26. The Future is Now!

27. The Google ARA won't cost very cheap. Google is going to get a patent with it, and who knows how they are going to manipulate it? If Google is going to be deemed the only company for that specific market, it is going to be disastrous, the only reason why nexus device have low cost and pretty good performance is that Google have to compete with other companies. But without competition, the market is very one-way.

28. I don't want that Ara phone, its ugly to me.

29. With google "On tap", wouldn't Google now have access to your in-app information?

30. Project Soli and Ara –> cool i want it. Google now on tap –> scarry

31. There may be no incentive for phone manufacturers, but if a lot of consumers want a modular phone, then companies that produce those parts do have an incentive, and it could be a big market for them. It all comes down to the consumers on whether the modular smartphone market will thrive or crash and burn.

32. I think that both project soli and project ara sound class. If project ara becomes a thing I could see it being popular.

33. Love ARA 🙂

34. 2016 sure sounds pretty awesome 👍👍

35. While I understand your skepticism with regards to modular phones, and it bringing less money to phone manufactures, it's the concept that I'm excited for. The idea that I can custom build my phone is awesome. I think it's still a couple years off, in terms of fitting more components on the phone and it being more elegant. I think this won't necessarily be targeted for the higher end market, rather the lower end. At the end of the day, it's the consumer that decides what he likes best. For all we know, Project Ara can hold the monopoly on mobile devices in the not so distant future.

36. I don't think manufacturers matter too much to Google if there end game is to gain more mind share and what not as Google not Samsung or HTC etc. Project ara will happen because of that fact. Just what I think though

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38. @Android Authority isn't Project Soli like a Theramin but scaled down?

39. some people wait 3 years or more to buy a brand new phone so if they could just upgrade parts here and there once a year they would probably spend close to the same amount

40. How about internet of things could change everything in our divice connect to Internet connection

41. Oh project soli… Take that digital crown

42. Just make the parts more expensive

43. Project ara seems to me like a great idea for manufacturers and consumers. The manufacturers make more money over time because so many modules will get sold. The phone will be cheap to make at first and will get more expensive and better

44. Modular phones are good for the people, so it's obvious companies are going to be bothered but that's good. 😈 Thanks Google!

45. It must be so good to work at google. Seriously, I would love to!

46. This channel is amazing, subscribed!!

47. The money for the OEM's will come from the modules for project ara

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