5 hours and now completely sold out. Ow.
I know there would be demand for these, but that much demand? Sounds promising for the platform :)
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#72Is it me or did the prices of these two phones jumped? I remember peak being like ~173$ (or was that euro).
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#73Is it me or did the prices of these two phones jumped? I remember peak being like ~173$ (or was that euro).
Same with me, it showed 91 EUR but when I created account and login it was 110 EUR. The reason is the taxes (VAT), herein EU. Probably, it's the same reason in US
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#74guys,
congratulations for those who succeeded on buying. Remember: this is a developer preview phone. Firefox OS is not ready yet. Expect updates and bugs at this stage. I have two keons and they are pretty good but the system still in flux and not all APIs are implemented yet.
ps: I am a Mozilla Rep working with Firefox OS awareness.
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#755 hours and now completely sold out. Ow. I know there would be demand for these, but that much demand? Sounds promising for the platform :)
It's not really sold out. As per their tweets, it'll be back in stock in a few hours. It's just that their online store couldn't keep up with the page loads. Talk about software, man!
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same for me (see my other comment). I contacted them too.
I've just send them a mail regarding these two matters: - paid but got a db max connections massage, my order was NOT saved - they charge VAT while it's not allowed when doing intera-european purchases I really hope they get back to us!
I quote: "Dispatches within the European Union (EU) between VAT-registered businesses are not subject to VAT.
However, when you dispatch goods to someone in another EU country, who is not registered for VAT in that country, you should normally charge VAT."
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#77Is it me or did the prices of these two phones jumped? I remember peak being like ~173$ (or was that euro).
Same with me, it showed 91 EUR but when I created account and login it was 110 EUR. The reason is the taxes (VAT), herein EU. Probably, it's the same reason in US
I don't think that's it. I think they are increasing prices due to high demand. I mean why increase the prices twice?
Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone
#78guys, congratulations for those who succeeded on buying. Remember: this is a developer preview phone. Firefox OS is not ready yet. Expect updates and bugs at this stage. I have two keons and they are pretty good but the system still in flux and not all APIs are implemented yet. ps: I am a Mozilla Rep working with Firefox OS awareness.
Will I be able to upgrade the OS/firmware when FxOS is "ready"? Do I need to "root" the phone to upgrade?
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's what most websites do, even Apple. Especially Apple actually. Buying something from America in Dollars is often much cheaper.
This is a completely different issue. The site is mixing up dollars and euro so it's overcharging. It's not a conscious price decision they've made.
Apple mixes up euros and dollars as well. Last time I checked anyway, a $999 device would be €999 in europe.
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#80It's sad you can only pay with credit cards. I refuse to get a credit card.
All payment cards are commonly called credit cards in Europe. This requirement may be a translation error.
Well I'm from europe, so that's what I ment too. I do not have any master, maestro or visa card. And i refuse to get one, because I think they're a horribly, horribly broken system.