At Google i/o 2016 the team behind project Ara told us that the SoC/ram, screen and battery will be integrated in the frame. Because of this Ara will be less modular, and when you drop your phone and your screen breaks you have to replace the whole frame. They also stated that "People are not interested in replacing their SoC/ram"

To fix the stated problems they could separate the display from the frame. We need to show them we want this, so you can make Ara truly your own!

Reddit post: https://redd.it/4ke55n