Thread: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900
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2013-11-04 , 09:30
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Originally Posted by joerg_rw View Post
I kinda elaborated on that yesterday in here. We don't *need* (much) more funds for now, particularly once we reached the 25k goal. What we will strive for after reaching 25k phase-III project goal are a number of 1000+ donors that demonstrate their willingness to buy a device once those will be available - by donating 100+EUR which makes for a rebate we believe those donors will want to claim as soon as possible.
This number of 1000 rather certain "preorders" is something that enables us to negotiate on a whole new level with our component suppliers and the fab.

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In layman's terms - yes, we don't need more, but I'm sure everyone who wants to buy Neo900 wants more, as it may allow us to significantly drop the prices

Originally Posted by josch1337 View Post
Of course it doesnt have to. So what I'm suggesting is, that it doesnt. What do you (and jörg) think about that?
And what I'm suggesting is that we already took care of that
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