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Yesterday we learned that Project ARA had been cancelled by Google. While it was a sad day it was also a long time coming. The final version of the ARA that Google had toyed with releasing wouldn't even allow you to change out your display, or cpu. There is a silver lining to all of this though...

What happens when you sell 2.5 million devices with self destructing batteries? If you seal up the phone where the consumer can't get to the battery you launch a global recall and eat profits on those 2.5 million units. If your phone has a removable battery you simply ship the consumers a free...