Google: Puerto Rico Will Be First to Get Project Ara Smartphone
Modular smartphone lets users customize features.
— -- Google announced today it is ready to launch Project Ara, the modular smartphone that allows users to customize the device of their dreams, with a limited market test in Puerto Rico.
The U.S. territory has a diverse smartphone user base, making it an ideal place to test out the phone, Paul Eremenko, the Project Ara director, said today at a developer's conference.
Billed as the phone for "six billion people," Project Ara lets users add various features to their phone, allowing them to get only the features they want and most importantly, control the price.
As new technology comes to market, users won't have to wait for a new phone and can instead just swap in the modules, empowering users to customize their technology.
While the pricing was not immediately known, Google has said it hopes to keep the cost of the basic hardware between $50 to $100.
