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Can anyone comment on the likelihood of being able to create this for the amount they propose? I have been burned by hardware devices on kickstarter, and I hav
by projectramo 10y ago
Can anyone comment on the likelihood of being able to create this for the amount they propose?
I have been burned by hardware devices on kickstarter, and I have heard my hardware friends say that it is much harder, and sometimes they can tell right away that they cannot deliver the product for the amount raised.
I don't know if that is true here or not. Just wondering if someone knows if this can be done.
(I know, keyboards and monitors already exist.)
- TkTech 10y agoI'm normally pretty skeptical as well, but this is simply a previous-generation commodity display, a charging circuit, battery, a basic logic board and a usb-C port. Component cost wise, it would probably be under $50 at any scale.
- gerbal 10y agoGiven the parts look like they're off a bargain basement chrome book just without the expensive processor and ssd, the hardware will be low quality, but they can probably hit the $100 price point.
- tmzt 10y agoIsn't that SSD on the ARM versions just an eMMC, so close in price to a MicroSD card.
- Qworg 10y agoI'd point at their part cost needing to be sub $33, but as others have said in quantity 1 we're already at $50, so likely yes.
- brad0 10y agoFrom the sounds of things it's four main components: - Keyboard - Screen - Battery - DisplayLink They're all components that exist already, it just needs to be packaged in a nice way. The biggest issue is how to scale this to the amount they need. As of writing this they need to make ~2600.
- maxxxxx 10y agoIt sounds pretty aggressive to me to too. Almost unnecessarily aggressive. I bet people who pay 99 would also pay 149.