The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 11:25 AM UTC

thomasruns wrote: post #9

It's kickstarter which means it won't actually ship until at least a year after it claims. And there's no way they're going to provide a decent keyboard, touchpad and screen for $99 and still make a profit. It'll ship late and be probably 2x that cost at which point you should just get a chromebook. Or, ya know, use the laptop you already have.

Post by pkaye » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

ajiang wrote: post #41

pkaye wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looking at the background of the company founder I don't have much hopes on this one succeeding.

Curious, what is it about our backgrounds that make you feel worried?

Post by Mithaldu » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 4:03 PM UTC

ajiang wrote: post #42

thomasruns wrote: post #9

It's kickstarter which means it won't actually ship until at least a year after it claims. And there's no way they're going to provide a decent keyboard, touchpad and screen for $99 and still make a profit. It'll ship late and be probably 2x that cost at which point you should just get a chromebook. Or, ya know, use the laptop you already have.

Anyone who is in SF is welcome to come by our office and play with the Superbook. A bunch of our SF buddies and old batch mates have already done so - but always glad to turn skeptics into at least slightly less negative individuals ;)