A few days ago, we heard that Project Ara, the effort behind the modular smartphone that we’ve been dying to get our hands on, would be re-routed from its original testing grounds of Puerto Rico to an undefined location. Project Ara promised more information in a few days, and it appears that has started trickling in now with their Twitter feed passing on the information. According to the tweets, Project Ara will be delayed till 2016 – although we would have expected the delay to be caused by the transition of Google under the Alphabet umbrella, it appears the delay may simply be because there are “lots of iterations” to be considered.
When? 2016. #yeswearelate #ProjectAra
— Project Ara (@ProjectAra) August 17, 2015
Why? Lots of iterations… more than we thought. #ProjectAra
— Project Ara (@ProjectAra) August 17, 2015
That’s not particularly surprising seeing as how complex and groundbreaking Project Ara is – its final product could see the smartphone industry redefined, but that’s getting ahead of ourselves. As for where Project Ara is going to be tested, it sounds like somewhere on mainland USA is the primary target at this point, so keep your fingers crossed that they settle on where you live.
What do you think about Project Ara being delayed till 2016? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
