Google Chooses Puerto Rico as a Testing Ground for Its Modular Phone
Wired//www.youtube.com/embed/intua_p4kE0 Google's much-anticipated modular smartphone will make its way to consumers this year. A pilot project—which will use food truck-style vans to get the devices into users' hands so they can try before they buy—is set to debut in Puerto Rico before the end of 2015. The announcement about the market pilot was made at the Project Ara developers conference in Mountain View, California. This pilot will give developers, manufacturers and the Ara team a better understanding of the commercial realities and consumer demands surrounding modular phones. Though endeavors like Project Ara are often fraught with such uncertainties, if there’s one absolute truth embedded in the frame of this modular phone, it’s that the commercial success of Project Ara could dramatically alter the relationship users have with their mobile devices.
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