[phaer]

Well, it has some other benefits which might outweigh those points. Beside the added flexibility in general, ecological benefits might be one of those because you can avoid highly toxic and expensive-to-recycle waste if you can replace parts of your phone and escape the "I need to replace my phone every two years because one small part is now outdated or broken"-cycle.

[acjohnson55]

I'm not sure it's any better to have to manufacture and dispose of dozens of little modules. In fact, I think it's probably worse.