Topic: How do you feel about this? - page 2. (Read 1688 times)

I dont think the workers making Samsung phones are exactly having a blast either

Yeah you're probably right. Think that's just the concept at the moment. This idea can be applied to loads of things. Cars that you can upgrade/replace parts easily without a mechanic,
For example.

Well it's a good idea, but not sure if they can pull it off as much as they'd like too. They'll probably just end up with a phone where you can replace the battery or a few other parts easily. If they do succeed I doubt it'll look or work as slick as the one in that video, but as I say, I'd love to have my scepticism demolished.

I think many companies that operate in china have such working conditions,I don't feel comfortable to the way they are treated there but I have doubts about any company that operate in china. The solutions should come from china itself by making laws for workers safety and salaries if it already crossed the we-don't-care area and already became a country that care about it's people.

Yeah maybe you're right. I would have thought Motorola would know a little about electronics though. I guess we will see. My wifi has gone in my iPhone so I'm all for being able to replace it that easily!

Because the technology and electronics doesn't really work as easily as just swapping parts around - Phones are not just elaborate lego designs. It's a great idea, but not sure how technologically feasible it is. Read the comments: http://hackaday.com/2013/09/13/ask-hackaday-can-we-do-better-than-phonebloks/ & http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/1m4m0f/this_is_currently_on_the_front_page_a_good/

I'd love to be proved wrong though.

What makes you say that?

I'm still sceptical this will work out, and if it does it won't work anywhere near as well or look like how it's presented in that video.

Nope, Motorola have teamed up to start making it

http://m.ibtimes.com/phonebloks-motorola-partners-3d-systems-modular-smartphone-future-project-ara-1485168

Wasn't that just a concept and not an actual workable idea? It's great as an idea, but I'm not sure how workable or how easy it is to implement.

There's an alternative coming in the mobile phone industry, called PhoneBlocks. There are some good vids on youtube explaining it. Essentially, it's a phone with customisable/replaceable parts. Must be better for the environment too.

Not good at all, but unfortunately hard to find a manufacturer that doesn't do this. People like to think they don't support this sort of thing but sure most people would be more opposed to prices going up to allow fair wages without hurting profit margins.

It's not usually a case of survival. They're usually just kidnapped and forced to do it. Blood Diamond is a good film to watch about this.

You can install the Blockchain.info app on there  .

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most people in China are very poor especially in rural areas so the only choise they realy have is to cultivate rice and sell it for pennies or go work for apple/nike/dell/etc.
The only thing I don't really get about China is why China has the largest gold and cash reserves out of all countries yet its own people has to work in such poor labour conditions

Its not about Apple, its about working conditions in China. Unfortunately most goods are made in China because of cheap workforce and not worrying about environment...

And child soldiers chose their preferred profession, it's not like they had to do it to survive.

As far as I'm concerned it's a classic case of the problem being with the people who buy these goods because of their price and don't wonder where they've come from, ever since I learned about how to build stuff I actually get pissed about people going for the cheap stuff who then suddenly act shocked when they find out it's made by workers who are treated like crap and paid tiny wages. Same thing happened with the whole horsemeat problem where lots of meat providers were selling cheap and crappy meat then everybody is shocked that they got screwed over by these companies.

Even with just my Jewellery making, I bought a cheap pair of shears for cutting solder with and the edges were blunt, returned it for a refund and bought a pair that was slightly pricier but the quality difference was dramatic, the only people responsible for crappy treatment of employees and crappy products are the customers themselves even if they don't like to admit it. If you pressure people to provide things for prices that low then you'll either force them out of business or make them lower the quality or even drop peoples wages massively to stay in business.

p.s. I'm not going to get an Iphone when I can afford it because I want to use something that I can install the Bitcoin wallet app on

Before I'm a big fan of Apple. Love it. Not anymore, since more and more smartphones provide us better apps and all the unique things.
I really like the 5C and 5S to but I feel something isnt right

Wow. Sorry to hear that man. Puts things in perspective. Sounds like it's worse than has been reported, which is rare for the daily mail.