Google set to launch modular smartphones by early 2015

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ANI Washington
Last Updated : Apr 11 2014 | 3:15 PM IST

Google is working on a modular smartphone that users can upgrade and change themselves.

Known as Project Ara, these smartphones will have a structural frame that holds smartphone modules of user's choice like camera, battery and processor of their choice on the gadget.

According to The Verge, these phones will reportedly be customizable and will allow users to choose every single detail of the phone.

Google plans to launch the first Ara smartphone in the first quarter of 2015, initially at a very low price, which has yet not been fixed.

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First Published: Apr 11 2014 | 3:04 PM IST