About 80 votes needed for 3rd place!

But its a "gadget of the year" not "idea of the gadget of the year" contest...
As soon as it gets available, then why not. Maybe for year 2020

It is "Last Gadget Standing 2020" contest . And 1st and 2nd batch is now delivered to pre-oreders .

Which means how many pre-orders exactly ?

I would estimate something between 100-1000 but probably closer to 100 than 1000. We don't know the actual number. 1st batch was maybe 120 units.

But Pro1 is only 50 votes behind 3rd place. Let's vote!

Why should we vote ? Until we have the device in hand, we don't know if it's a good product or not.

Same for almost all devices in the contest, except the Pro¹ *has been delivered to some people* and from those people, we know already it's a solid product with very good build quality and very few compromises. Now if you like the concept of the Pro¹, showing your interest through a vote could translate into more media coverage, and then into more money for them to improve their logistics.

But would they want to improve their logistic ? They show us they don't want to improve their communication.

About my interrest, I must confess that even if I'm very interrested in a keyboard smartphone, the way the pre-orders are handled cut my interrest. The way they are handled allow me to think that I'll no receive mine before Febbuary. Since this is only a matter of using excel or doing a SQL request, why not telling me directly instead of telling me only that I'll receive my Pro1 before December 20, even knowing that's false ?
I'm even starting to think that I can get a Pro1 quicker by stoping my pre-order from Fxtec and asking a new order from a retailer.

I wouldn't be keen on voting until I've had the device in my hand for at least a week and given it a good run. But before then I'd like to re-flash it with Sailfish.

No, it basically is. Most anticipated or whatever of 2020.