Phonebloks, a Lego-esque modular smartphone

A Dutch designer has come up with an interesting concept for a smartphone called Phonebloks that lets users replace and upgrade parts similar to what you do with a Lego block.

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Dave Hakken, the person behind this concept builds on the idea of a phone “worth keeping.” Instead of disposing the whole phone when it gets broken or gets old, you can just easily swap the broken or outdated “block” with a new one. Preserving the parts that are still usable.

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Phoneblok also allows users to customize their smartphone according to their needs. You can remove blocks that are not essential and allocate that space for more important features like battery, for example. Watch the video below for a better understanding.

However, as mentioned earlier, Phonebloks is currently a concept and needs the attention of big brands and investors to make Phonebloks a reality. For that, the Phonebloks team has turned to Thunderclap to gain as much social reach as possible to create demand.

If you want to support their campaign you can head out to the source link below.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

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21 Comments

Joyce says:

11 years ago

This probably won’t work. I can see a lot of problems with this.
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Name: IC DeaDPiPoL says:

11 years ago

concept looks good on paper but each modular part becomes its own vulnerability later especially if you keep swaping parts. Also would recommend giving it a standard housing else the exposed parts my fall off
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Sonofa says:

11 years ago

Pano yung shape and size ng phone?
Panget lang dito pag nagsawa ka na sa design ng phone mo
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shin says:

11 years ago

guys this is still an,idea d po ba? let us support them and let us give them a chance… let us share the possible problem/s that the unit may encounter… well i just this individual, or company are open for people ideas…
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Mr. Curious says:

11 years ago

at first glimpse I thought the phone (video thumbnail) is a nokia n95 hahaha
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Contra_Bandido says:

11 years ago

Suportahan ito ng tao, pero ang manufacturer hindi. Mas malaki profit nila pag labas sila ng labas ng series para sa isang phone model. Parang mag release ng Model 1 tapos Model 1i then Model 1s and so on.
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Doc says:

11 years ago

Very good concept. Hope it works!
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thomiejose says:

11 years ago

Hope this one get powered by Android OS.
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Kul says:

11 years ago

Sana i-produce! Kelangan ko ‘to :)
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Pong says:

11 years ago

Great concept. The pessimistic side of me is saying that it won’t get mass produced though. Large companies (like Apple) will want you to buy the new version of the device every single year. If something like this comes to the market, people will just buy blocks for their phone instead of replacing the device altogether, thus lessening profit.
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silentwarrior says:

11 years ago

This is very good concept, sana magtagumpay sila.

This will free-up the world from proprietary phones, we will be able to build our own phones the same way the PC components are modular since the 80’s.
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Kabs says:

11 years ago

maglalabasan din ang mga pirated or cloned parts/blocks neto kapag nilabas na sa market
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someone says:

11 years ago

I’ve always wondered why no one else would come up with this concept. Imagine, you can repair your smartphone by yourself. No need to go to the service center and wait for a month for your phone to be repaired. If you want to maximize the battery life, you can remove the parts like bluetooth etc. If you want to have a faster CPU or larger memory, you only have to buy the corresponding blocks and install them at will.
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wew says:

11 years ago

this is really a good concept,kaso sana may magisponsor sa kanila na mga malalaking companies…kaso mukhang malabo kasi kumikita sila ng malaki dahil panay na ang palit ng mga tao ng phones…
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wohohoi says:

11 years ago

nega lang naman dito sa concept na to eh yung mga Apple and android fans. nyahaha. di padin papatalo kahit konsepto palang naman..
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Adrian says:

11 years ago

It’s about time, a customizable phone parang Desktop PC ang concept.
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Roj says:

10 years ago

I support this. I know that sooner or later, this idea won’t just be an idea, but a good quality product that everyone can use. There’ll be debugs at first, but that’s normal. It will be as successful as the other companies too. More power to the developers, programmers and the whole determined team!
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dave says:

10 years ago

pang mayaman yung phone na to :D
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