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Now we'll know exactly how many Andy Rubin fanboys there are in the world. Why would anyone else buy a $700+ phone from a startup which might not even be there
by 0xbear 9y ago
Now we'll know exactly how many Andy Rubin fanboys there are in the world. Why would anyone else buy a $700+ phone from a startup which might not even be there next year? My prediction: a few tens of thousand units will be sold mostly in the US, darn near zero anywhere else.
- kreetx 9y agoI, too, think the price point won't help this phone much. Hopefully there will be enough buyers to keep this phone alive. The specs are good and the attachment camera will probably be very useful.
- X86BSD 9y agoGenuine question, I am waiting for the soon to be announced iPhone 8, but what I am curious about is what is the selling point of this phone? The camera? Security? Why would I want this phone? I don't follow google or their employees companies much. Personally google makes horrible UI's and services IMO. The latest interaction with them by me has been Google fiber + TV. The fiber is fine and fast but the TV is a tire fire. I'm not impressed with the UI of android. So I really am curious what would compel me to buy this phone?
- sbov 9y agoI like the drop test results. My pixel's glass chipped when it fell out of my pocket when I was sitting on a concrete floor. First phone I've ever gotten a case for.
- X86BSD 9y agoI always get a case for my phones. They cost to much to leave unprotected imo. I use otter box cases. If that drop test is duplicated by a third party that would indeed be impressive. Thanks for answering my question.
- ProAm 9y agoAndy Rubin has the clout to make this work though. I'm tempted by this phone, as soon as my OP3T dies, this is next.
- idiot900 9y agoCan't imagine any actual users caring about Andy Rubin in the slightest. However, they have enough funding to be there long enough to honor their warranty, and the phone really only needs to last two years. But who cares, if the phone works and it has an unlockable bootloader? Someone on XDA will prepare new OS images.
- WaltPurvis 9y ago> My prediction: a few tens of thousand units will be sold Woah. Tens of thousands? I would think a few thousand at most. There must be more to this story than I'm currently aware of. (This is the first I've ever heard of it.)
- 0xbear 9y agoWell, the manufacturing order is probably for a few tens of thousands, and if sales don't go as they hoped, they could cut the price. As far as Android phones go it's not a bad phone. But pricing it at the iPhone levels was a mistake.
- fiatjaf 9y ago"Mostly in the US"? Of course, it's only being sold in the US. Do you know how awful it is for a single customer to try to buy something from another country?
- balls187 9y ago> Do you know how awful it is for a single customer to try to buy something from another country? Would you mind elaborating?
- r3bl 9y agoI think I can sum it up like this: no worldwide delivery for a substantial amount of products you can buy online + higher shipping costs + import cost (in my country, anything above ~30 bucks) + occasional delivery failure + at least a month of waiting for the actual delivery. I once payed ~$30 import tax for ~$40 worth of books from Amazon. I ended up purchasing Kindle (no delivery inside of my country, so I had it delivered to another country + didn't declare it at the airport) just to avoid dealing with all of the above for book deliveries. And I'm not living anywhere remotely inaccessible. I've lived most of my life like 500 meters + a river away from the European Union country.
- balls187 9y agoThanks. In a previous life, I worked on a duty calculator, to help merchants inform their customers about any estimated duties, taxes and fees associated with the importation of goods. Being in the US, it's pretty easy getting goods so cross border commerce pains is something we can't easily empathize with.
- natch 9y agoI doubt he's in it for the units. He's probably in it for another sale of the tech to another large behemoth company that needs a smartphone play.
- rconti 9y agoIt's an Android phone. Why do I care if the manufacturer is still there a year later?
- incompatible 9y agoYou won't get any updates. Oh right, it makes no difference.
- rconti 9y agoReally, Android updates rely on every single vendor approving/releasing it? I thought this is why lots of people/vendors ran "stock" android which is what I'd assume a "pure" android phone like Essential would do..