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I don't mind them gluing things like the battery in since it make for a more rigid phone provided they use a glue that a moderate amount of heat can greatly weaken.

The problem with upgrading parts of something like a phone is that the components interfaces change frequently. Even desktop cpu/memory sockets change every few years.

Compact form factors are worse as you dont have room for the connector, and for the larger components they are like the engine in a F1 car, a important structural piece.

I do like the concept of Ara, but I don't think it will be practical anytime soon.



> Even desktop cpu/memory sockets change every few years.

Amusingly, AMD seems to manage fine without nearly as many socket changes as Intel...


It may be stretching things to say that AMD is managing fine.


But it's pretty clear their problems are not at all caused by them not retooling the CPU sockets often enough.




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