My new phone

[Grumpmeister]

Is it from IKEA? DO you have to screw it together yerself? 

Funny you should mention that, Google were developing a modular phone that you assembled yourself. IIRC it was called Project Ara 

[Barman]

Is it from IKEA? DO you have to screw it together yerself? 

Funny you should mention that, Google were developing a modular phone that you assembled yourself. IIRC it was called Project Ara 

You spelt Arse wrong...

[Grumpmeister]

Is it from IKEA? DO you have to screw it together yerself? 

Funny you should mention that, Google were developing a modular phone that you assembled yourself. IIRC it was called Project Ara 

You spelt Arse wrong...

Nope it was Ara, unfortunately Google cancelled the development. 

https://dailywireless.org/mobile/what-happened-to-project-ara/

[Steve]

Is it from IKEA? DO you have to screw it together yerself? 

Funny you should mention that, Google were developing a modular phone that you assembled yourself. IIRC it was called Project Ara 

You spelt Arse wrong...

Nope it was Ara, unfortunately Google cancelled the development. 

https://dailywireless.org/mobile/what-happened-to-project-ara/

Interesting read thanks.  But not a very smart idea. 

Years ago in my TD role I got asked to invest a stack of the company's money into having our futuring offerings made out of such upgradeable physical objects.  Was actually mainly supposed to address obsolescence, a real problem in aerospace electronics where customers want the 'same' computer to be deliverable 20 years after the first.  I said 'nah' and we focussed on design objects instead.
 
Right in front of me right now is an example of why it doesn't work.  Once upon a time we bought desktop PC's built out of a dumb motherboard with cards you plugged in and if you wanted a better graphics interface you just changed the graphics card.  Remember PCI bus?   Then someone realised it was smarter to put all that stuff on the motherboard and you got a much smaller and faster PC instead.  For a while you could plug in better RAM and hard drive but not on this Surface PC. 
 
Why Google didn't realise that is more than slightly bizarre

[/geek mode]

[Nick]

Taking Mr New Phone to the shop to get all the data transferred from Mr Old Phone

What can possibly go wrong?

[Barman]

Taking Mr New Phone to the shop to get all the data transferred from Mr Old Phone

What can possibly go wrong?

 

[Nick]

Mr New Phone arrived months ago but I have put off using him because, well the Inevitable Spotty Yoof barrier

But the time has come

I enter the Vodavone shop and there he is

ISY: How can we help you
Me: I need everything transferred from this old phone to this new phone
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: What?
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: So where can it be done?
ISY: Here
Me: But you just said.....
ISY: It will be 20 quid
Me: I know, but you said it couldn't be done here
ISY: We can do it here
Me: So why did you say it couldn't be done here
ISY: I am new

Me: So do it then
ISY: We can't do it today. You need to make an appointment
Me: Make me an appointment
ISY: Anytime Friday
Me: 10.00
ISY: We can't do 10.00
Me: But.....
ISY: 10.15?
Me: Yes
ISY: See you then
Me: You will need my name for the appointment
ISY: Ah yes, sorry. I am new here



Roll on Friday 

[Grumpmeister]

Just a thought but have you managed to irritate anyone at Vodafone previously? This sounds suspiciously like the kind of thing that happens to people who have been put on THE LIST... 

[Nick]

Probably 

[Grumpmeister]

Either that or the poor clueless soul took one look at you and got over excited because they thought they had found a kindred spirit 

[Barman]

Mr New Phone arrived months ago but I have put off using him because, well the Inevitable Spotty Yoof barrier

But the time has come

I enter the Vodavone shop and there he is

ISY: How can we help you
Me: I need everything transferred from this old phone to this new phone
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: What?
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: So where can it be done?
ISY: Here
Me: But you just said.....
ISY: It will be 20 quid
Me: I know, but you said it couldn't be done here
ISY: We can do it here
Me: So why did you say it couldn't be done here
ISY: I am new

Me: So do it then
ISY: We can't do it today. You need to make an appointment
Me: Make me an appointment
ISY: Anytime Friday
Me: 10.00
ISY: We can't do 10.00
Me: But.....
ISY: 10.15?
Me: Yes
ISY: See you then
Me: You will need my name for the appointment
ISY: Ah yes, sorry. I am new here



Roll on Friday 

[Just One More]

Mr New Phone arrived months ago but I have put off using him because, well the Inevitable Spotty Yoof barrier

But the time has come

I enter the Vodavone shop and there he is

ISY: How can we help you
Me: I need everything transferred from this old phone to this new phone
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: What?
ISY: We can't do that here
Me: So where can it be done?
ISY: Here
Me: But you just said.....
ISY: It will be 20 quid
Me: I know, but you said it couldn't be done here
ISY: We can do it here
Me: So why did you say it couldn't be done here
ISY: I am new

Me: So do it then
ISY: We can't do it today. You need to make an appointment
Me: Make me an appointment
ISY: Anytime Friday
Me: 10.00
ISY: We can't do 10.00
Me: But.....
ISY: 10.15?
Me: Yes
ISY: See you then
Me: You will need my name for the appointment
ISY: Ah yes, sorry. I am new here



Roll on Friday 

[apc2010]

Phonegate.....

[Nick]

Take a teddy bear you say? 

[Barman]

Take a teddy bear you say?