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I've backed a different EU alt-hardware project before and it's always more tricky to make a product than it seems. The other project already had finalized mos
by a2128 1y ago
I've backed a different EU alt-hardware project before and it's always more tricky to make a product than it seems.
The other project already had finalized most of the design (which took years of work prior to crowdfunding), had multiple assembled prototypes, and were promising shipping in 6 months. It turned out to take 2 to 3 years between all the component delays, negotiating with manufacturers, getting production lines set up, hardware certification, fixing design flaws, yelling at manufacturers for doing something wrong. Some of these delays probably could've been avoidable but there truly seemed to be surprises every step of the way.
These people seem to have not much more than a dev board that talks to a PC, and are promising to go from that to shipping fully assembled phones in 1 year. It would truly be amazing to see but I really don't think that's a realistic amount of time
- nairboon 1y agoWhich project was this?
- rajaravivarma_r 1y agoNot the author of parent comment, but from the description it looks like it is Jolla Tablet, which was crowdfunded and the delivery got delayed. After an year or so, some of the funders go the tablet. While, some of us got half a refund.
- pabs3 1y agoI think OpenMoko was like that too, apart from the crowdfunding.