Motorola's Modular Smartphone Dream Is Too Young To Die (fastcompany.com)

harrymcc writes: Lots of people have fantasized about modular smartphones, but Motorola introduced one -- the Moto Z -- and actually created an ecosystem of useful add-ons. Now its parent company, Lenovo, has made major cuts at Moto headquarters in Chicago, throwing the future of Moto Mods into doubt. Over at Fast Company, Jared Newman talked to some of the people who have invested energy in this modular platform about why it would be such a shame if Lenovo gave up on the idea.

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Re:not this again

[thesupraman]

This is far FAR from a modular phone, it is a connector/attachment mechanism on the back of a pretty normal phone.

the same could be done with a secondary usb c connector on the back easily enough, or the existing connector with a little work.
but why. as you say, most 'mods' are really features the phone should be able to have anyway (alexa? really?), or things that should be external devices because you dont want to carry them all the time.

it is however a pity that wireless usb seems to be dead, as that would be somewhat useful..