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DIY smartphone Project Ara: What are your specs?

So we’ve seen Samsung’s Galaxy S5 flagship phone. There’s also Sony’s Xperia Z2 and even the All-new HTC One. With these companies giving us a set of fixed specs, I say forget about all the hoopla for a second and instead, you tell us what you want to see in your smartphone when Google’s DIY Project Ara comes to fruition.

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I’ll get this started. Here’s how I want my Project Ara:

4.7-inch body
1920 x 1080 display
20MP rear camera with Xenon flash and night vision
5MP wide-angle front camera
4K video recording
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor
3GB RAM
64GB internal memory
Stereo speakers
Pico projector
2 x 2500mAh battery

Since I’m more of a multimedia guy, I want my specs to lean more towards imaging capabilities. I’d prefer a 20MP rear camera with 4K video capabilities and a Xenon bulb so I could effectively capture clear and blur-free images even at night, with the option of night vision widely-seen on Sony’s handycams. To share them, I’d get a Pico projector of some sort to easily show my latest photos or short films to my friends. Also, two battery modules to hot-swap!

The point of this article (besides publicly day-dreaming about our fantasy phones) is so that we realize the possibility of the future of smartphones as early as today. Google’s Project Ara is now undergoing developer conferences and could come early 2015 – which is just a year from now.

Would it be a hit to consumers like you? How much would it affect other smartphone manufacturers? Would their strategy change? If so, how? Only time will tell.

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Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.

38 Responses

  1. Avatar for lol lol says:

    -Mediatek Helios X20 Deca-Core
    -4gb Ram
    -Nvidia Kepler 192 core GPU
    -128GB internal(Expandable Up to 2 tb via Micro SD)
    -4k resolution OGS protected by Gorilla Concore Glass
    -42 megapixels SLR lens rear camera with triple LED flash
    -21 megapixels 6 piece lens wide angle camera with dual LED flash
    -sapphire finger print sensor
    -NFC
    -Dual LTE Cat 9 multi band
    -wifi dual Band
    -Bluetooth 4.2
    -surround speakers
    -8000 mah battery with quick charge 90% in 10 minutes
    -military class water proof, dust proof, scratch proof, shock proof.
    -TRIPLE OS support UBUNTU, STOCK ANDROID(rooted), WINDOWS 10
    -IR Blaster

    so good to be true phone

  2. Avatar for potpot kimchi potpot kimchi says:

    Noob po ako pero gusto ko lahat ng sinasabi nyo pero 6k lang ang price.haha. dreamprice below 7k pero high end lhat parts. xD

  3. Avatar for mc mc says:

    -5.5 inch super amoled Sharp Aquos with 1920×1080 sapphire glass display
    – 2.5 Ghz Intel Atom Processor with Hyperthreading
    – 4gig ddr3 ram
    – 41 megapixel f2.2 aperture back camera
    – 13 megapixel wide angle front camera
    – 64 or 128 Gig Internal memory
    – Water,Shock, Dust resistant like CAT b15 phone
    – Windows phone OS
    – Wireless Charging
    – NFC
    – 5000mAh Lithium Polymer Battery
    – Altec Lansing Speaker and Audio Chipset
    -Bluetooth 4.0
    -wifi a/b/g/n at 300 mbps
    – LTE
    -IR Blaster

  4. Avatar for Drake Drake says:

    *4.7 inch IPS capacitive touchscreen 720p gorilla glass
    *Camera yung katulad ng sa nokia 808 pureview xenon flash, 5mp front cam
    *4000 mah battery + solar panel (haay kung pwede lang sana parang scientific calculator)
    *LTE
    *3 gb ram, 2.5ghz cpu, 32 gb internal memory
    *Bluetooth 4.0, wifi a/b/g/n, NFC
    *stereo speakers
    *latest android os and google now ng Moto X
    *water and dust resistant
    *anti theft/snatcher technology, na magseself destruct na lang bigla on one click thru remote control/smartwatch
    *cost below P15k

  5. Avatar for Pakura Pakura says:

    2.5 inch 1536 x 2048 TFT non – protective touch screen
    386 Mhz single core processor
    32 mb ram
    0.2 MP Rear camera
    4 mb rom
    512 mAh battery
    Alcatel UI with Live Wallpaper
    Always on WiFi and GPS

  6. Avatar for wew wew says:

    sarap magbasa sa d2 sa comments section anlinis walang mga isip bata na kung anuano ang sinasabe haha

  7. Avatar for Mokies Mokies says:

    I would want some hybrid of my Lumia & an iPhone to feed my camera & audio needs:

    5-inch IPS 1920×1080 w/ Gorilla Glass 3
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
    NVIDIA Tegra 4 GPU
    3GB RAM
    32GB internal memory, 128GB expandable
    12MP rear w/ OIS & supports 4K 24fps, 2k 30fps, 1080/720p @ 120/60/30/24fps.
    2MP front 1080p 30fps w/ OIS
    Wolfson DAC
    x3 High Amplitude Microphone
    Full-range stereo speakers
    LTE support
    3000mAH battery

  8. Avatar for Luigi Luigi says:

    4.7inch OGS, FHD, SUPER AMOLET DISPLAY, and LG G2 like bezels
    Octa core version of the Snapdragon 805 processor
    3GB RAM, 32GB ROM with micro SD slot
    16MP main camera with 4K recording and 5MP wide-angle front camera
    LTE-A, IR blaster, Fingerprint scanner, and 3000mAh battery

  9. Avatar for Anthony Anthony says:

    Dream Phone:
    4.3-inch OGS IPS capacitive touchscreen, 720p
    Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960T (2x Krait 1.7GHz, Adreno 320)
    2GB RAM
    32GB internal, expandable with 64GB microsd
    8MP f/2.0 BSI 1080p 60fps, 720p 120fps, hdr, panorama, AF
    1.3MP front, 720p 30fps
    LTE
    2300mAH battery

  10. Avatar for fonehunter fonehunter says:

    Just like how PC clones started back in the days.

  11. Avatar for kore kore says:

    This is my dream phone

    2.8 inch 480×320 TFT resistive screen
    412 MHz single core processor
    64MB Ram
    0.8 Megapixel rear camera
    0.2 Front facing camera
    12mb ROM
    600 mAh battery

  12. Avatar for wew wew says:

    4.5-inch 1080 x 1920 Super AMOLED…super thin bezels
    at least 2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 CPU
    Adreno 330 GPU
    41MP PureView camera
    8MP wide-angle front-facing camera
    128GB internal memory
    more than 4000 mAh
    3GB RAM
    atleast 2K video at atleast 60fps….tas at least 1080p at 240 fps
    ir blaster,aluminum casing,good stereo speakers,dual sim

  13. Avatar for Stallion Stallion says:

    5″ IPS adaptive display
    4k resolution
    Sapphire Crystal Glass screen
    20MP+ OIS xenon flash
    front cam with OIS night vision
    3gb RAM or 2x2GB RAM
    2x128gb internal
    front dual boomsound speakers
    qualcomm 805 or nvidia with Dx12 compatibility
    wifi+LTE simultaneous (like S5)
    5000mAH with fast charging technology
    usb 3.0
    waterproof + nanotechnology
    Plasti Dip paint

  14. Avatar for jujuju jujuju says:

    Coool!
    Eto naisip ko:
    4.5″ gorilla glass 720p super amoled display
    Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
    CPU Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400
    20mp sony primary
    2mp front
    Adreno 330
    2600mah batt
    At bezzzzzel na kasing nipis ng G2! :D

  15. Avatar for LunaTech LunaTech says:

    Here’s mine:
    5-inch body
    1920 x 1080 display
    13MP Camera with macro shot
    5MP wide-angle front camera
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor
    2GB RAM
    16GB internal memory expandable up to 128GB
    Stereo speakers
    IR Blaster
    Dual 2000+mAh battery

    dami pa lang tayong nag-aabang sa project ara hehehe

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