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Modular smartphones have been an idea in the tech industry for over a decade. Early concepts, such as Google’s Project Ara, aimed to create fully customizable phones with swappable components like cameras, processors, and batteries. While these projects never reached mainstream success, brands like Fairphone and Motorola experimented with modular designs, focusing on sustainability and repairability but these were significantly more expensive. 

However, HMD Global introduced the HMD Skyline, a smartphone with user-repairable parts, launched in Malaysia in July 2024 at RM2399. Unlike fully modular devices, it does not allow hardware upgrades, but it offers self-repair options to extend its lifespan. Could this be the modular phone we've been waiting for?