Don’t expect to see Project Ara until next year

August 17, 2015

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Many are wondering when and where Project Ara will end up now that the planned market pilot in Puerto Rico has been shelved. This week, as promised, an update was provided by Google's Advanced Technology & Projects (ATAP) group on the status of Project Ara. The team behind Project Ara commented when and where we should expect to see modular phones in public.

Where are we headed next? We are looking at a few locations in the U.S. #ProjectAra #newlocationcomingsoon

— Project Ara (@ProjectAra) August 17, 2015

Why? Lots of iterations… more than we thought. #ProjectAra — Project Ara (@ProjectAra) August 17, 2015

The new plan is for the team to evaluate various locations throughout the United States before actually launching Project Ara anywhere in the world. The “Lots of iterations” phrase seems like Project Ara has hit a sizable speed bump, even more so because the rest of 2015 is off the table.

Source: Project Ara (Twitter)

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Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.