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Small update and answer to @electristan's question: The problem, with Jolla store has vanished over night (without reboot). All apps show up now. Battery life is definitely worse than with android at the moment, but I think, if you don't use it to extensively, it will bring you through the day. Still can't get mobile data to work. No matter if I enter access data manually or if I leave it to the automatic (anyway the same data). The funny behavior of the brightness slider is just there, when the device boots up without the sensors. Which happens not that often as I fea

In case there are others like me, wondering. I contacted support and they've apologised for further delays and say that I'll receive the tracking number for my second-batch phone "anytime before the 20th of December". 🙄

That is easy. Just move silently... 😜😜

If some Pro1 users are not quicker, I will test it in the evening.

Interesting discussion of Pro1 on EBay and the Seller turning up here. Good entertainment while we still continue to wait for updates for next batch! 🙂

I've already bought this, for reasons which do not pertain to its camera, but I do wonder if the Pro1 will have the ability to shoot ultra-slow-motion video, say 960fps or so, or if I will end up buying a separate device to do that. Does anyone who already has theirs care to enlighten me?

I am having a hard time understanding how one goes from to the one month delay implied by Was there an incident at the factory? Could F(x)tec at the very least inform their customers when delays occur instead of leaving them in the dark until they start asking support individually?

Your device's IMEI is essentially its global identifier, much like the VIN on an automobile. While SIM-based phones have more trouble with this scam than previous devices, it's still possible to steal service this way if you're clever.

Thank you so much. Just removed the photos that contained that.

Cloning. Criminals like to make their device pretend to be yours to take advantage of your service.

I'd totally sell the Key2 and keep that Pro1! Btw maybe a good idea to censor the IMEI on the listing ;).

The fact that you got one in the US gives me hope that the customs delays are over. Yay!

If you don't need it now, you can probably make a buck off someone who is less willing to wait for it than you are, and then get another one in due time. At any rate, you should definitely have one in your life once they hit general availability.

Now you're making me think I should keep it! It is beautiful and unique, and I'm a little sad to part with it.

Hi guys--no, this isn't a PR move. I'm the seller. I was lucky enough to be one of the first retail box customers. However I had to replace my old phone, which died, shortly before receiving the Pro1, so I don't need the phone and thought I'd make it available to someone who is still waiting and will actually use it (rather than keeping it as an expensive toy). I'm just a regular - non-techy - person who really loves keyboard phones and had been excited about this.

But they shouldn't be flat out scammers, but they are xD. Too many people buy into this nonsense where it looks like you get a good deal by buying stuff on a loan... If you get a small head-start one time in your life you don't ever need those things and get stuff cheaper.

I just wanted to remark how well this text was translated. I can rarely find a difference between the original text and the translated one, in my view it's much better than Google translator. Very impressive!

I feel like a sucker that I have "lent" them my money to be honest... if I knew that they are gonna treat us like some cockroaches who even dare to ask for delivery on (some unprecised) time I would have never sign up for this.

This has been the whole problem with their terrible communication. Delays are understandable but just tell us! The full paragraph I got from support read: "We are currently still shipping our earlier Pro1 pre-orders. We know this was delayed longer than it should have been, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Realistically, your tracking details will be sent to you anytime before the 20th of December, as we plan to have 1-day shipping before Christmas, so we will have all pre-orders complete in time for the Christmas holidays." My own view? Every dat

It was definitely a pre-order, since it has the pouch in the pictures. They mean that this is not one of the pre-release units, such as the one that EskeRahn has (I don't recall if he also got a post-release one).

I may take my chances with the FCC patrols and remove the sticker also. 😏 😂

@EskeRahn you are hurting the poor thing! Give it to me, ill take better care of it 😛

How is it going with using Sailfish as a daily driver (if you are)? Any update on getting the Jolla store working, or Mobile Data? Those seems fairly keys first step.

It is hard to place a sticker anywhere on this device, where it is easily readable (I think that is a US FCC requirement), and yet not easily readable by others. Actually the support plate is the most easy place for others to read from when you use the device in public - unless you put your fingers there of course. Users outside the US you just remove (and keep) the sticker - I have done that. You can see the IMEIs from the device itself. The serial number you see from the device is an 8 hexdigits number, that does not easily translate.

A reduced, and crop from full 4:3 macro, Open Camera

Monitoring this thread... It wouldn't put me off if it didn't, but it's a nice feature if it's there.

There is a thin line between scamming an conning.... Here we are talking conning people as you trick them to believe it is a good deal. BUT for some with a very strained economy, that perhaps would have had issues lending the money in say a bank, this way MIGHT be a reasonable soluton.

Congrats! You also appear to be the first US recipient. I'm curious, when did it arrive, and did you get a tracking number emailed to you first, or surprise delivery?

People can report phones as stolen via the IMEI and get it blocked on a particular carrier if they so wish, which isn't great. Don't think it'd happen if you don't have enemies.

Blackberry Key2 LE. After my Priv died 😞. I'm not elated by the Key2LE, I must say, but it does its job.

I also hadn't noticed the serial number means it's their phone #2! Only learned that from reading this forum. So I guess it's quite an extra special phone. Kind of like one of those artworks that are produced in a limited number, and the lowest numbers are the most prized.

What is the other phone you gotten? I'd personally like... Well, see the image i posted earlier xD.

They're not in business to lose money. They did the math. The house always wins LOL

The more we do something, the better we get at it. As someone who lives in the US, I assure you getting stuff across the border can be a trick. I used to work a stone's throw from Canada, and still am not that far, and lots of people who crossed the border regularly said that customs and border patrol routinely gave them a hard time trying to get into the US. A few were Canadian nationals, but most were US citizens, and their own CBP gave them grief getting home. It's not something I find wonderful, but it is a reality. Once they get accustomed to all the logistical requirements, it will go sm

Yeah, that would just be stupid. Also, as I've said before, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE UNSUBSIDIZED PRICE OF AN IPHONE LATELY? Really, the Pro1 is a bargain compared to iFruits, being only a little over half the price, and 10 times as useful in my book. :)

Best way to make customers happy is to reduce the price for others before their pre-orders are even all shipped out. I don't see how this would even be remotely likely to happen, as much as I'd like this phone to be cheaper.

I think it would have been a first in history if a new phone was released error-free..... Even the big guys Samsung and the fruit company can't do that, and you expected F(x)tec as a small start-up could? Then your confidence in them were even higher than mine.....

Here are more pictures. - the sleeve is a little bit wider and taller as the phone. It's not easy to put the the phone in it and out. Therefore, it definitely doesn't fall out by itself! - the protector fits really good to the screen -> full screen incl. edges (please ignore the bubbles 😂)

So I guess the second batch hasn't shipped yet... I'm keen to hear an update from FXtec.

I completely agree that seeing delivery before the end of the month is unlikely, but there are definitely more than three days left in November. Might want to doublecheck your calendar.

That's basically what many people on here have been saying for months. And how I feel. I could've had six months of use out of a new phone by now if I hadn't been hanging on for the Pro1. And now the latest official word is I'll be lucky to get it before Christmas. I'm swinging back to feeling pretty close to cancelling.

@Popanz thanks a lot for the update, will be trying as well when mine arrives, but as you say there are a few major areas needing to be fixed before it's stable as a primary phone. And i agree, just to darn sexy to resist 🙂

Well did not try to use it, just made the image for fun. but sure it would be possible. But I think it would be better to use re-usable strips (strips that can be opened), so you can get it as firm as possible without stopping the blood circulation too much. And then thread them through some stiff piece of plastic, to secure the distance, so they can not slip over the ends.

What do you mean by that?

I'm not in the US but here i once calculated the things they offer and you end up paying more than the phones full price on top during the minimum contract length (usually 2 years) compared to just buying a phoneless subscription.

it could be like mounted to left forearm. have to learn to type one handed, but might work.... something like