Project ARA (A8A01): Developer Edition Comes Into Spotlight

Project ARA is one of the most anticipated projects of this decade. There have been a lot of excitement at the early stage of this project but eventually, Google lost its interest. Google has canceled this project back in September. This project was run by Google’s experimental ATAP group, it was led by former chief Regina Dugan, who left Google for Facebook earlier this year.

Three years ago, the ARA team developed a conceptual design of the smartphone as a series of LEGO-style bricks that connects together and can be swapped out in seconds. Logic was really simple, any parts of the phone can be changed endlessly to upgrade the specs instead of changing the whole phone.

Today, Phandroid have managed to get their hands on a developer edition Project Ara unit with the model number “A8A01” with some nice looking images.

Project ARA (A8A01) smartphone features a Snapdragon 810 chipset paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The smartphone has a 5.46-inch 1080p TFT-LCD display. It is shipped with a 2.1MP rear camera and a 3,450mAh battery. A8A01 is quite thick and heavy at 12.5mm and 190 grams. It has a whole bunch of sensors like barometer, light, gyroscope, proximity, accelerometer, magnetometer, pressure, and gravity.

What do you guys think of Project ARA’s outcome? Will this be your go-to smartphone in the future? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Check out the links below to see many more hands on pics of Project ARA (A8A01). Check out the links below to see many more hands on pics of Project ARA (A8A01).

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