What concerns me more is that some people were already hesitating/complaining because of the initial pre-order price of the Pro1, which they considered on the high side for a phone with these specs (thereby neglecting the cost of the keyboard and small production). I do not think they were right because designing and producing such a phone in market like this is probably very difficult, but more people are going to hesitate before placing an order now. And I really hope that many people will keep buying this phone.

Who are we to tell which price is right to make benefits? F(x)tec surely knows better than any TMO member: they know the production cost, marketing costs, distribution costs, salary costs, and probably the projected after-sale costs. We don't know any of that, nor does shaihkritzer. We should be happy that the pre-order price was discounted rather than complain about the later increase. If the retail price to make all of this afloat is 778 USD, then be it. I just really want the phone to sell, and to sell in sufficient numbers to make it a lucrative move from F(x)tec. I want this company and the guys behind the whole idea to succeed, be rewarded for their work, and continue offering alternatives in the future, and if this requires a price above 778 USD, then I'm fine with it.

Endsormeans, 667€ incl. shipping to 720€ incl. shipping is not a 33% increase, it is an 8% increase. It is more than four times smaller an increase than what you are saying. Please, let's be fair and avoid spreading exaggerated information.

[Edit] Checking on a different computer now, the price still shows as 649+18€. This means the 1032 USD I saw earlier today were probably just due to my other computer not being geolocalized. The price I saw was probably the initial price for non-EU customers, which seems to be 8% more than the price for EU customers. In any case, not related to the price after pre-orders.