They all look the same with small improvements over the previous model. While this year is more of the same old, next year could be a breakthrough year that changes how we think of and use our smartphones.

Google may have sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, but its interest in building its own smartphones is still an area of intense focus. One Motorola project that Google is still working on is Project Ara, a modular smartphone. As previously revealed, Project Ara is an ambitious project that could turn the world of smartphones upside down.