Saturday 14 September 2013

PHONEBLOKS | Opinions

The  "Phonebloks"  concept  video  uploaded  by  Dave  Hakkens  on  his  YouTube  channel  went  viral  recently.  It  seemed  to  me  like  a  very  interesting  idea,  even  righteous  at  that.  I  personally  think  it  has  the  potential  to  become  the  much  needed  green  alternative.




If  such  a  phone  actually  comes  out  in  the  market,  I  would  probably  want  to  buy  one  myself.  In fact  I (and  I  am  sure  many  of  you)  have  had  to  change  phones  only  because  a  single  component  of  the  phone  got  ruined  or  outdated.  There  are  so  many  features  on  my  old  phones  which  I  miss  terribly  on  my new  one.  So,  this  product  actually  has  the  potential  to  become  the  perfect  phone (at  least  for  me).

I  also  read  a  few  comments  many  of  which  put  up  good  and  strong  opinions.  Firstly,  we  must  keep  in  mind  that  this  good  fellow  is  just  putting  forward  an  idea.  And  he  mentions  in  the  video  itself  that  in  order  for  this  idea  to  become  a  reality,  big  companies  and  experts  would  have  to  work  together.

Now  it  is  this  part  that  I  do  not  find  very  feasible.  I  really  doubt  that  any  of  the  actual  big  companies  would  want  to  work  on  this  phone,  that  too  together.  One  of  the  main  tricks  of  generating  profits  applied  by  most  of  the  major  phone  companies  is  by  making  ever-so-slight  modifications  and  alterations  to  its  products  and  releasing  them  as  "new"  products.  This  "new  and  updated"  product  would  render  the  previous  version  redundant  and  hence  we  would  have  to  get  the  new  one.  Also  lets  not  forget  that  it's  tricks  like  these  that  keeps  the  economy  from  becoming  stagnant.  

The  comment  below  also  put  up  a  valid  point  below  got  me  thinking -


When  the  blocks  are  that  easily  replaceable,  there  might  actually  be  a  boost  in  the  market  demand  for  newer  blocks.  I  guess  I  wouldn't  wait  for  a  block  to  go  bad  to  buy  a  new  block.  I'd  just  keep  multiple  options  and  assemble  my  phone  into  combinations  practically  everyday  according  to  what  I  have  planned  for  said  day.

So  it  makes  me  wonder  whether  the  companies  would  actually  work  on  something  that  can  have  a  profound  impact,  positive  or  negative,  on  their  vested  interest.

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2 comments:

  1. Titiksha RajkashyapSeptember 14, 2013 10:15 pm

    For the first few seconds I was like ...whoah! So cool and not to mention a great green effort to engage in ...but then yes the thought of the commercialization of the entire process that eventually will completely throw off the green purpose making it pointless made me hesitant...
    Hey Great post though!! :)

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    1. My thoughts exactly! But I am really looking forward to how the "experts" go about it...I am also secretly looking forward to the drama it will cause if it actually comes out in the market! :)
      And thanks! :*

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