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A modular smartphone is a smartphone made using different components (alternatively called bloks) that can be independently upgraded or replaced. This aims to reduce electronic waste, lower repair costs and increase user comfort. The most important component is the main board, where others (such as cameras or batteries) are attached, in a similar way to Lego bricks. Components could be obtained from open-source hardware stores (called Blokstores). == History== In 2013, Phonebloks was the first modular smartphone concept to attract widespread attention. Later that year Google/Motorola partnered with Phonebloks and announced "Project Ara". The first market pilot is scheduled for release in early 2015. In late 2014, the Finnish tech startup Circular Devices Oy announced the Puzzlephone project, with phones that can be personalized at both operating system and hardware levels. It has received the support of Fraunhofer IZM and is scheduled for release in 2015.〔http://www.puzzlephone.com/when〕 During 2015, the Dutch social enterprise Fairphone developed the Fairphone 2, the first publicly available modular smartphone which will be released to sale in December of that year.〔http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-gadget-with-a-conscience-how-fairphone-crowdfunded-its-way-to-an-industry-changing-smartphone/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Modular smartphone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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