What They Say
The WSJ reported that HTC Corp has started started publishing repair manuals for its consoles and selling some replacement parts through the community repair site iFixit.
“If you can design to be more modular, accessible and repairable, overall, you will get a better experience for your end users….. That’s especially true when you deal with our customers—high-tech enthusiasts that are used to building their own PCs”
Daniel O’Brien, general manager of HTC Corp.’s virtual reality Vive business for the Americas told the paper.
The WSJ also mentioned Framework Computer Inc which designed a modular laptop that can be easily upgraded, customized and repaired through features like a magnetic screen bezel and labelled internal parts.
What We Think
Google had its Project Ara which was a modular smartphone concept, but the project died in 2016 after the original completely modular concept was changed to a base phone with some core components, and then with other features. (BR)
Framework’s modular Notebook
