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2015-11-06
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@ Israel
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#1622
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No, I don't think production plants let you do that. It would be horrendously expensive if they actually wanted to produce such small batches.
You can be pretty sure that the factory are forcing this on them. If some big players with fat wallets come along and want extra batches produced in time for Christmas, Jolla get bumped.
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2015-11-06
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@ Israel
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Not just cynical, but crazy. The major costs involved in producing a consumer product are spent for designing the device, setting up a factory to produce the device, and hiring & training workers to build the device. You only start making a profit once the factory has pumped out enough of them that the difference between the parts cost and the sales price brings in enough money to pay off that initial startup cost.
Jolla has _already_ done all the startup work, as evidenced by their ability to actually produce about 200 units of the final product. So, they've already spent a whole lot of money here (almost guaranteed more than they raised from Indiegogo). Unless they somehow manage to turn things around and start producing this tablet in volume, they're going to be in a big financial hole here...
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2015-11-06
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2015-11-06
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@ Hanoi
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2015-11-06
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@ Israel
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2015-11-06
, 20:38
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#1627
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The Maemo 5 interface felt all natural to me from the first minute.
It was like homecoming on my trusty desktop PC.
Including the tap in blurred area to cancel, hold back button for surfing history in browser, ctrl+c/v, shift arrow, etc..
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2015-11-06
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@ Finland
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#1628
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Would it be very cynical of me to think that Jolla is maybe only using the Tablet as a means of raising capital for development sailfish as an OS?
Jolla have managed to raise two million (cant remember the exact figure) via the indigogo campaign. This is money that has been paid to them and is/was sitting in the bank.
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2015-11-07
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@ Gothenburg in Sweden
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#1629
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Here is the financial status of Jolla Ltd. Indiegogo campaign alone can sustain Jolla Ltd or the development of Sailfish OS only for few months. And not even that if we reduce the hardware costs. This means that the development money is mostly coming from somewhere else like owners, investors, partners, loans and bonds.
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2015-11-07
, 10:52
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@ Dayton, Ohio
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#1630
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I doubt investors are interested to continue feed Jolla with money 2016....
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