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> Even if they reached $32M it would be the equivalent of a pre-order for a few tens of thousands of phones. That's not enough to launch a viable handset busine
by __alexs 13y ago
> Even if they reached $32M it would be the equivalent of a pre-order for a few tens of thousands of phones. That's not enough to launch a viable handset business.
I don't think they are looking to launch a viable handset business.
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"But we'll stick to the concept-car side of things leaving mainstream production to our partners in the industry who do it very well." - Mark Shuttleworth
- Zigurd 13y agoThat doesn't make Edge any more rational. Who makes designs their own "flagship" phone and makes a run of, say 100k units?
- sbarre 13y agoI think the approach they are taking is that of sports cars.. You design a concept device, do a limited run with early adopters and premium buyers, and then the advances and concept-validations that happen trickle down to the mass-market devices and everybody wins..
- thedrbrian 13y agoConcept cars are awful things. Non working dials , pie in the sky features , crappy engines hidden under plastic promises, most of the time they are vapourware. Not the best thing to comparing your product to Or is it?