According to Christian Post, "Project Ara" release date is set for January 2015. The source included to their report that this smartphone is the world's first modular phone. It has a structural frame, allowing users to swap out storage, camera, and put the personalized phone in a whole new level.
The publication added that this is Google's game-changer smartphone. The concept of "Project Ara" was introduced at the first Ara Developers Conference in Mountain View, Calif. last April.
The device sports a gray structural frame, making it look like a blank slate. This is designed to allow users to explore creativity and have freedom to customize or create their own devices according to thier concept or desire.
The "Project Ara" prototype version, which reportedly will be using a modified version of Android L will allow each component modules to be swappable without turning the device off.
Based on Wikipedia, the goals of Google's smartphone reads,
"Google says the phone is designed to be used by "six billion people", including the one billion smartphone users and the five billion feature phone users. Google intends to sell a starter kit where the bill of materials is US$50 and includes a frame, display, battery, low-end CPU and WiFi.
Google wants Project Ara to lower the entry barrier for phone hardware manufacturers so there could be "hundreds of thousands of developers" instead of the current handful of big manufacturers. Anyone will be able to build a module without requiring a license or paying a fee."
The first modular smartphone was developed by Paul Eremenko, and according to the publication, the project falls under Regina Dugan, who runs Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) organization.
Bgr.com also reported that 'Project Ara' release date is set for January 2015 and will be sold for $50. The publication mentioned the statement of the developer of this smartphone project, Paul Eremenko, who describes the smartphone. He said, "It's called the Gray Phone because it's meant to be drab gray to get people to customize it."
