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Originally Posted by Hacker View Post
The problem, in my opinion, is not the screen, but the price. Donation pace was a-okay when the price was right, record-setting in fact. The price went too high to $800+ the first time around, and the sales nearly stopped. They did a rethink of pricing, brought it back down, and sales took off again. Prices again rose above the $700 level and the sales pretty much stopped again.

If we want this phone to get made, the number of units sold must be such to accommodate a sales price in the sub $700 range, which gives you a donation pace equal to the deadline schedule. It's simple math.

At $675, the Edge's specs and capabilities make it a no-brainer for many, but at the $700–$830 range, then not so much.

Shuttlesworth likes to say he wants to listen to the marketplace, so listen! People want the device at $675 or so. He'll simply have to make enough to make that happen.
If you trying to build a $830 device with latest spec and using new tech to push the market forward, you can't sell it for $600. So it's not the price. The users are simply not ready for a top notch device with a new OS. they simply don't want it. unless they get i for free

I still love that the are trying. In my opinion, this is so much cooler than everything else on the market. Even a failed campaign makes it the coolest thing. Smart move by canonical and it shows the smartness and boldness. can't wait to run a working OS on my android devices until we see a real Ubuntu device.
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Last edited by Dave999; 2013-08-01 at 11:23.
 

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