Finish startup Vsenn surprised everyone in November of 2014 when they announced the Vsenn modular smartphone to rival Google’s Ara. But even more surprising or should I say questioning, is that Vsenn has not released so much as a single image of what their modular smartphone will look like, which is quite the contrary to what other companies have done. I am however speculating that Vsenn’s modular smartphone might actually be a Click Arm Powered modular smartphone, similar to the PuzzlePhone.

The PuzzlePhone’s CEO and Founder of Circular Devices, Alejandro Santacreu, defines the PuzzlePhone as an open platform in which smartphone manufacturers can utilize to make modular smartphones, and indeed it is. But, to be more specific, the open modular smartphone platform is actually Click Arm Technology which powers the PuzzlePhone. Click Arm Technology also powers the new Click Arm One modular tablet.

Click Arm modular technology was created by Imasd in collaboration with Circular devices and Samsung, “Click ARM is a modular platform of hardware and firmware for the development and manufacture of devices. It offers scalability and enormous economic savings both in research and in product development and manufacture.”

Why I think the Vsenn Modular Smartphone could be based on Imasd’s Click Arm modular technology:

Limited number of modules – Similar to the PuzzlePhone, the Vsenn Modular smartphone will have only three distinct modules that are removable. For the PuzzlePhone we have: The Spine (holds the LCD), the Brain (contains CPU, GPU, RAM, storage and camera) and the Heart (contains battery and optional electronics). Vsenn’s modular smartphone will contain: A camera module, a battery module and a Processor/ RAM module.

The Vsenn modular smartphone won’t have a removable display module, but will offer two variations, one smaller 4.7 inch and a larger model that is open to a poll; it will be 5, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.5 inches.

Click Arm modular technology allows manufacturers to make unique devices, but modules should have a common form factor. If the Vsenn is in fact a Click Arm powered device, then it is possible that the Processor/ RAM module might be similar to the PuzzlePhone’s Brain module. And if this is the case, the Vsenn might end up with only two removable modules, a main Brain module and a battery module.

Both have multiple OS choices – It could simply be a means of competing why both the PuzzlePhone and Vsenn will have multiple OSes, but it would also be because they will both be using Click Arm modular technology which is made to support multiple OSes.

Both Vsenn and Circular Devices are Finnish companies – This fact doesn’t prove anything, but you know what they say “birds of a feather flock together.”

Both Vsenn and Circular Devices have past Nokia employees (Nokia is also a Finnish company) – If up to this point you haven’t accepted that there is a connection between the PuzzlePhone and the Vsenn modular smartphone, I’m sure by now you would be questioning your initial point of view. Vsenn was co-founded by a former Nokia Android x program manager and Tapani Jokinen, former Nokia/Microsoft head of Design Portfolio and Strategy, is currently the strategic design advisor at PuzzlePhone.

It would make perfect sense for Vsenn and PuzzlePhone to both be based on Click Arm modular technology. It reduces fragmentation since both modular smartphones will support same modules, and together with Imasd and other partners, they would be at a much better advantage to compete with Google’s Ara modular smartphone.

Update 04/12/2015 – The PuzzlePhone team has confirmed that Click Arm and themselves have no connection with Vsenn.