Yezz is a smartphone company you may not know, but it made quite an impact just prior to Mobile World Congress by announcing it would display a range of modules designed for use with Google’s Project Ara smartphone.
While we secretly dreamed of seeing a working prototype of the exciting device, what we actually got was a glimpse at the world of creativity and collaboration that’s being built around the concept of a make-it-yourself smartphone.
The prototype’s modules included the processor, the screen, an NFC connection, Bluetooth, a front and rear camera, and the battery. The fit wasn’t great on the mockup we held, but it wasn’t entirely representative of the final version. Soon, we got into Yezz’s involvement with Project Ara. Approached by Google’s development team at CES at the beginning of the year, Yezz has been working furiously on it ever since.
