There's some bad news if you were hoping to get your
hands on a Fonkraft modular smartphone later this year -
the innovative hardware project has been pulled from
Indiegogo with no official explanation given.
All we have to go on is a tweet from Fonkraft promising an
update soon. "Since when are platforms not people deciding
what to crowdfund and what not?" it reads - which makes it
sound like they were honest in their intentions at least.
Backers have had their money refunded and received an
email from Indiegogo's Trust and Safety team: "The
campaign (Fonkraft modular smartphone) that you
contributed to has been suspended due to not meeting our
trust and safety standards," it read.
Mod cons
Before the listing got yanked, it was promoting a 5-inch
handset running Android Lollipop, complete with a modular
system that would let you swap out the camera lens, RAM,
battery and display as required.
Various different configurations were available to pre-order,
including a budget $99 (around £65, AU$126) model or a
premium $200 (around £132, AU$255) edition. The
crowdfunding listing has now disappeared but the Fonkraft
website is still up.
Of course producing a modular phone is a hard trick to pull
off - Google has been working on Project Ara for several
years now, with a initial device launch rumoured to be
happening later this year.
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