Project Ara prototype seen at the Ara Developer Conference, could debut in January 2015

Search giant Google has unveiled some more details on  Project Ara  at its first ever Ara Developers Conference. This conference, held on 15th and 16th April at the Computer History museum was meant to get the hardware and software developers under one roof with the main focus being the alpha release of the Ara Module Developers Kit (MDK). The Ara modular smartphone may start selling in retail around January 2015.

 

 

  According to The Verge , the smartphone is being jointly developed by a company by the name of ATAP and some of the brightest Google minds. The images that have been released show a sleek phone with movable components, kept in place by magnetic edges.   The site has also displayed the official images released from the convention. Project Ara’s official website also states that Google is inviting developers for this project irrespective of their experience. Besides, it is also calling out to designers who can help with module design of the smartphone. The site also states that the company will be conducting three developer conferences for Ara.

 

 

  One of the aims behind this project is to make a phone which will have swappable parts. This will enable users to change these components and replace them with the one they want. For those who cannot afford the expensive smartphones such as the Galaxy S5, iPhone 5S and so on will certainly find this to be a blessing in disguise. Moreover, it should also curb down on the electronic waste produced by dumping of phones. Most of the time the failure of one phone component, makes the whole device unusable. With Ara, you simply have to replace the defective module with a new one.

 

 

 

 

  (Image credits: The Verge)