First off, people asked for the tech explanation behind this. There is barely any. This is an idea. The reason they're a dime a dozen is because we've grown so cynical at this point, no one's interested in ideas anymore. They just want the finished product delivered straight to their doorstep.
It doesn't work that way. If the market is not interested in something, it's not going to happen (especially when the status quo is so profitable). However, if a market shows interest (and that's exactly the point of this whole campaign), someone might just give it a try. And they'll likely fail. Then, someone might try and do it better. And the thing runs in circles until someone gets it right or outright proves it's completely not doable (or impossible to profit) with the current technology.
The video is not talking about the whole "Lego phone" thing as a concrete and full on product concept. It's merely talking about the possibility of a modular phone, and that's not something that's either impossible to mass produce or make an excellent profit out of. You don't need to be able to take it apart like it's made of Legos, but we can make it so that the parts are replaceable, much in the way PC parts are, even though a lot of the users don't touch the stuff in them themselves, but instead get a professional to do it.
However, there are companies that could manufacture these parts and for them, I imagine (I'm not an economy expert, just common sense) it would be profitable to sell their parts not only with pre-designed phones, but also more directly to the consumer by selling just the parts, taking in a bigger percentage. It works for the PC market and there is no reason it wouldn't work here as a business model.
It doesn't work that way. If the market is not interested in something, it's not going to happen (especially when the status quo is so profitable). However, if a market shows interest (and that's exactly the point of this whole campaign), someone might just give it a try. And they'll likely fail. Then, someone might try and do it better. And the thing runs in circles until someone gets it right or outright proves it's completely not doable (or impossible to profit) with the current technology.
The video is not talking about the whole "Lego phone" thing as a concrete and full on product concept. It's merely talking about the possibility of a modular phone, and that's not something that's either impossible to mass produce or make an excellent profit out of. You don't need to be able to take it apart like it's made of Legos, but we can make it so that the parts are replaceable, much in the way PC parts are, even though a lot of the users don't touch the stuff in them themselves, but instead get a professional to do it.
You will never prove this to the phone companies. The current scheme of intentionally making a phone that lasts a maximum of ~2 years at most and charging large amounts of money every two years for minor improvements is clearly a dream come true for them.carnex said:
However, there are companies that could manufacture these parts and for them, I imagine (I'm not an economy expert, just common sense) it would be profitable to sell their parts not only with pre-designed phones, but also more directly to the consumer by selling just the parts, taking in a bigger percentage. It works for the PC market and there is no reason it wouldn't work here as a business model.
