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I wonder if this text was written in the weekend, or today. It makes quite a difference, as "next week" today brings us into March... But I guess it would be rather optimistic to hope for "the end of the month" actually being February.

Latest update here:

My thoughts on this (more or less unchanged since that other thread on the AstroSlide): The two devices are complementary. For me the AstroSlide is -- unfortunately -- too large. Imho, today's smartphones cannot practically be larger than the span of a person's thumb. The Pro1/X is really the largest device I could operate single-handedly in what is today's de-facto standard mode: portrait-touchscreen-only. The AstroSlide is significantly bigger, so I expect I would not be able to use it comfortably as a regular smartphone when holding it in one hand. This may seem like a small thing

(lineage-18.1-20220221-nightly-pro1-signed.zip on February 5 security patch installed smoothly using OTA ) ...But the reintroduced (early August) Accessibility / keyboard bug is not (yet) fixed. The stage after download and install called "Finalising package installation" is surprising slow though)

The pro-1 and pro-1 X have all the necessary tech to operate on the major carriers in the US, aside from band 66 for Verizon, but that isn't necessary. I believe the best place to start would be to call in to Verizon tech support, or email, and start climbing the tech support ladder. There are many levels of techs that have more knowledge and authority moving up. It may also help if the person doing this is a current customer, but I'm not really sure that matters.

And I can assure you, that it isn't a bad thing to have a spare screen an battery around. The phone is heavy and big, so it takes some time to get used to it and if you are like me, you will drop it.

Totally agree with you. The benefits of IGG is the early perks - though they also comes at the higher risk. I will say that the risk at this late state is low though, but you still got better consumer rights with the classic web-shop order. IF you are interested in a spare battery and display-part, the $849 perk is a fairly interesting one though, compared to the $719 perk for the device alone. So IF you are going to order it on IGG, consider that option too... (They do not offer spare parts of the web-shop, at the least not currently AFAIK)

I see, but I have been here since a long time, and I don't think the discount ends soon. After all, it should have ended months ago. (Just talking about the pro1, no idea about the astro). But you are of course right, it is a bit of a risk, you could use the discount if you wait. But just do not forget it is a crowdfunding platform. So it isn't guaranteed that you receive anything. I do not believe that anyone will loose the money, but it is still important to know the risk.