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Why Yes, I Would Love to Build My Own Customisable, Upgradable, Totally Repairable Laptop Share Image: Framework To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. San Francisco-based startup Framework just announced a thin, lightweight productivity laptop unlike any other on the market right now. Sure, it looks similar to the aluminium options almost every other laptop maker offers, but this lap...

Framework's new laptop has a modular design. The laptop will let you replace its old parts for easy upgrades including the mainboard. The Framework laptop will be available for pre-order this spring.

A modular Surface PC might be a geek's fantasy, but it's not very practical Oct 5, 2018 07:00 EDT · Hot! with 28 comments As a fellow tech enthusiast myself, that idea is particularly appealing, but if we stop and think for a minute, can we really say that a modular Surface Studio would be of any practical use or uniquely serve a purpose that its other, non-modular equivalents can't? The idea of modular design is, of course, not new to the Surface line or Panay. It's an idea that's been around for quite a while. Even Google dabbled with it, courtesy o...

The most intriguing canceled smartphones (Update: Video!) For every great smartphone released to the public, there are several that never make it off the drawing board. It’s a natural consequence as companies come up with new designs. But there are also a select few devices that came tantalizingly close to actually being released before being canceled at the prototype stage. Here are some of the more interesting smartphones that were never officially released. Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 15, 2021. It has been updated to include the video embedded at th...

Xiaomi patents a phone with detachable rear camera If you’ve been in this technology segment for quite some time, Project Ara’s name will certainly bring back some memories. It was a concept of a modular phone that gained traction when Google decided to push the project forward with its own modular smartphone. Project Ara’s objective was to allow users to “upgrade” certain parts of their smartphones. You could purchase a module for an upgraded chipset, a camera with more MegaPixels, a bigger battery module, and etc. After listing these possibilities, it’s really easy to understand...