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Haha oh wow. They're charging hundreds of dollars to add a free OS into a smartphone. And they expect to get 32 million just for the promise. Someone lock these people up before they do some real damage.
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While this is possible with IndieGoGo, they selected to only receive funds if the project is fully funded. This is detailed under the "Contribute now" button.
Hrm... you're right. I'm wondering why they would do that? Does it really take $32M to create a new phone for mass market?
This is for selling the whole production series.
It is only around 40 000 phones. Most phones sell at least in millions.
"For a phone to run a full desktop OS, it must have the raw power of a PC. We’ll choose the fastest available multi-core processor, at least 4GB of RAM and a massive 128GB of storage" I would love to be wrong but I'm not buying the promise of a (real world functioning) PC on a phone. ARM based chips are 1 order of magnitude slower than a desktop x86 counterpart, currently there is no such processor to perform as desk…
> full desktop OS Maemo (full-fledged Debian-based mobile distro, now dead, thanks Elop) user here. Is Ubuntu Phone really running a full-fledged desktop-as-we-know-it GNU/Linux-derived distro? Because, after I heard about bionic+libhybris stuff and some chroot kludges I start highly doubt it. It's as "Ubuntu desktop" as chrooted Ubuntu install on Android, except for more optimized (compared to VNC-to-localhost, huh)…
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-July/037...
Ubuntu Touch is fully Ubuntu and can take advantage of all that goodness.
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On every[0] Humble Bundle so far, the highest average donations come from Linux users. On some, they've even donated the same amount or more in total dollars compared to OS X users - ie, Linux users have been more profitable even though they have a much smaller market share. In short, Linux users are very profitable (per-user). [0] I can't confirm that it's 100%, but it's been every Humble Bundle I've participated in…
I noticed that too and have always wondered why. Maybe the lack of games make Linux users appreciate it more?
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sapphire screen. I am in love with the idea of a sapphire screen. It's the same material as higher end watches, and those don't get scratches. I wonder how that affects its strength under dropping.
The hardness doesn't mean that it won't break or crack. The only difference is that in low-impact situations it won't scratch as easily.
Given the novel shape, I imagine there won't be very many cases released for it...
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On every[0] Humble Bundle so far, the highest average donations come from Linux users. On some, they've even donated the same amount or more in total dollars compared to OS X users - ie, Linux users have been more profitable even though they have a much smaller market share. In short, Linux users are very profitable (per-user). [0] I can't confirm that it's 100%, but it's been every Humble Bundle I've participated in…
I noticed that too and have always wondered why. Maybe the lack of games make Linux users appreciate it more?
Not to suggest that there actually IS any difference between the two groups when they pay - I just feel like more a good-deed-doing partner when I voluntarily pay more for something like humble bundle, that's all. It's silly and false, but it's definitely a feeling.
From nearly every perspective, this seems like a no brainer. 1. The hardware they talked about would be better than anything out there now, most likely better than anything in 2014. 2. They mentioned dual boot. If you don't like Ubuntu, you can put on Android and have a better phone than anything out in the next year. 3. You'll get the first Ubuntu production phone. For $600 (today) or $830 (not today?) this is a fre…
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i have to wonder how many ubuntu users are using ubuntu simply for the cost of owning it ($0). If that group is high, which i think it is, it may imply that a lot of those same users, might not want to put money into a project. Speculation.
I think your speculation is quite wrong. Linux users are typically the highest payers for games, on average.
A single, idealistic phone like this will allow those users to focus and buy it - in much the same way as the games.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects?filter_country=CTRY_US&fil...
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I'm gathering that the handset makers and carriers and VCs laughed them out of the office, so they had to go this route. I would have expected to read something like, the phone is an enhanced version of x/y/z with these features, we got a great deal from (manufacturer), but we need 50,000 pre-orders to proceed.
Ubuntu Edge is orthogonal to existing commercial discussions with OEMs and operators. It's a premier, demonstration platform, not a mass market device.