[venomsnake]

Well standards and replaceable parts brought the PC to world domination.

And the networks should be removed from the device business at all.

So a smartphone that could be assembled and upgraded with full control and root access is idea that I stand behind. And if it forces the carries to compete on services and not lock people with contracts all the better.

[gutnor]

Standards cheap replaceable parts brought the PC to dominate their very expensive IBM counterpart.

See the problem, is that this idea, with today's technology would be more expensive to build than the device it is competing against. (if it was possible at all)

And if you need to go against the network too, it means competing against $200 iPhone5s and the like.

[jpswade]

It didn't last long, maybe a decade before integrated devices won out.