EskeRahn
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SeepostLinking to this:)So I should just go ahead with the QWERTY Pre-Order?Currently you can request anexistingpre-order to be changed to QWERTZ.But I do agree that it would be nice if the dropdown fornewpre-orders actually let us choose the layout, instead of making it with qwerty and then request it changed.
Thanks but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe someone will be able to clarify or change the chooser. I would love to preorder without any QWERTY/Z limbo scenario.
Well as long as you change before you pay, you can be pretty sure you will not get the QWERTY ;)
....But yes, it would be logical if they added the option to the initial dropdown,
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Currently you can request an existing pre-order to be changed to QWERTZ.
But I do agree that it would be nice if the dropdown for new pre-orders actually let us choose the layout, instead of making it with qwerty and then request it changed.
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The note about the disassembly caught my attention. Are they claiming that this phone will be easy to repair? Because that’s a plus.
AFAIK almost everything should be accessible for service with screws, yes. Can not wait to see Ifixit get their hands on one...
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As far as I know, arabic keyboard is not yet planned.
(Though "Arabic" is among the already over 40 logical layouts you can select for the physical keyboard - but that is ignoring the prints)
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I hope the notches on G and K keys will be moved to F and J keys for the final production!
Ah, you are right, it's not a final one then, because they did talk about those markers going to be fixed..
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Is the final qwertz layout published somewhere?
They got this on twitter a few weeks ago from Tokyo.
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The e-mail support mailed me this: https://www.fxtec.com/request-qwertz/ :)
Thanks for the info :-D
Did they say anything on how late this request is allowed? But I assume that if a request is made before pay, that would be fine.
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I believe the subscribe widget doesn’t show up any further once closed. You can find an online version of the missed newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/fxtec/heres-the-latest-pro1-news-qwertz-camera-progress.
It would be nice if they were also made available in here.
The first ones were placed here: https://www.fxtec.com/blog/#blog
But that stopped for some reason.
PS I like that you got both the Logo as the avatar and FX on the name, so it is clear to everyone that you are part of the staff. *ThumbsUp*
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Anything much I missed in the last newsletter?
Not really. Except the beta, some about the Düsseldorf event (now two days ago), and a photo sample. (I copied that to Chen's photo-thread)
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Here an additional sample image from the last newsletter:
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. I think it would be bad if they started releasing buggy devices. They are much better off continuing to delay until they get things pretty stable.
Just a simple question, do you know of any devices that weren't buggy on release?
And to the "Pretty stable". Well the MAY software on the preproduction unit I tested qualifies for that.... Never experienced other than minor bugs. Sure there were thing that was not implemented/finished back then as the Camera software. But what was there, certainly qualifies for "Pretty stable"...
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It would be great, but on the second thought, why would Fxtec Team organize beta test if they would be shipping devices anyway?
Just a guess. If they feel quite certain that the hardware is finished, and it is just a matter of the firmware/software. They just might start the production of the units with software with known bugs, that gets fixed by OTA update on install. This could speed up things compared to awaiting the full beta process, and the correction of found errors, before production start. But as I said, just guessing.
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How many beta testers will be there?
Let’s post here, if anyone of us got selected.
I do not know how the beta test is going to work, but I hope they find an open way of reporting so people do not waste time on describing and reporting bugs other have already sent in.
I don't see much point in doing it in this completely open forum though. I mean not much point in discussing bugs found as long as they are corrected before (or shortly after) release.
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Yes, I got that after I posted. Sounds like quite a few people interested. The time it shows is not the time I actually posted, probably due to the moderation delay.
Yup, an odd bug, and even if approved they does not appear at the front as activity in the thread until a moderator make a comment in the thread too.... So I have made a habit of after approve to make a dummy comment and delete it.... Making it even more tedious.... I sure hope they find a smarter solution soon.
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Well yes, we just got it in a newsletter:
Beta TestingWe’ve been going through the hundreds (and hundreds) of completed beta testing forms. Thank you to everyone who has offered to help us out as we have been overwhelmed and delighted with your support. We will be getting in touch with the lucky few this coming week, so keep an eye on your inboxes. -
After seeing from the posts above that the screen is actually the same used in Elephone U Pro I would like someone to clarify on the glass of the screen itself. It is said that Elephone U Pro uses Gorilla Glass 5 but on the Fxtec website it is said that the Pro1 uses Gorilla Glass 3. Does the Pro1 uses Gorilla Glass 3 or 5? Looking at the fact that the protective foil is the only way of having any screen protection because of curves I think that clarification is pretty important. Flat screen is simpler and easier to protect and I’m afraid of the durability of that curved screen especially because the phone will be probably heavier than average so any impact will be more powerful for the glass.
Anyway, I wonder if that upcoming protective case will also protect the screen.
That puzzled me too. but asked, Boe (the manufacturer) says it is Gorilla Glass 3, So why Elephone write 5, I do not know.
A little more on the different version can be found here, and many others clearly stick to 3.
As I understand it GC4,5 and 6 are more impact resistant, and thus more scratch prone. (for physical reasons the harder, the more brittle)
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No, I’m not reading anymore due to this random delay. But I like you Eske. You answer always fast. Keep it up.
Well I have been away for a fortnight on holiday, only checking sporadically, so the staff had to handle the forum too on top of all their other chores.
The massive spam-attack required immediate action, and unfortunately the current strict system has the negative side effect of being dependent of manual approvals, and not the least of someone realising that there are comments awaiting approval...
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The haven’t posted my latast post for a long time now. Is this how Pro1 team will work going forward. Sad to see.
Did you bother to READ the thread you are posting in?
But until now it has even been hard to find what threads got comments awaiting approval. I had to browse through all seven pages with over a 100 threads, to see if each thread had one waiting…. So I have checked less frequent than with a simple F5 and threads at the top of the list....but I can not find the comment you are referring to. I see no comments from you awaiting moderation. What thread have you commented in?.
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Waxberry, the main guy from fxtec, posts and replies periodically.
Yup.
As far as I know any user in here marked as "Keymaster" below the user name is a member of the staff (except me as just a moderator)
...But would be nice if it was more obvious.
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never even noticed the spam posts this was meant to stop, it never bothered me.
Well we had over 500 spam threads making the overview close to useless, but luckily it was handled quickly by the team, so glad to hear that you were not affected by it.
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I don’t think something based on thanks would work too well, cuz wouldn’t scammers just make multiple accounts and thank themselves or something.
Well at the least that could be handled by only counting thanks from previously white-listed accounts. :)
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(See this newer thread)
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Well hey that’s pretty good, better than all my phones before :).
I tried my Samsung S8- and it goes down a bit further (something like 8x6).
BUT the limitation is NOT the optics! Trying a lot of times with a high contrast image, It can get sharp MUCH closer than the above. Something like 6.4x4.8 I guess.
It is clear on the display when the autofocus is hunting, that the optical focus limit is way lower than the 10cm the OpenCamera displays as the lowest limit for manual focus!! So it might be simply a matter of reporting a lower limit to the API - or could be a bug in OpenCamera???
With Snapdragon Camera app I can get about 8x6 images - just like the S8- can (Autofocous in Flower mode I do not think the app offers manual focus - did not find it)
Attached a reduced image with the centre from the original copied in
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Additional Platform for Brainstorming and Conversation
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On one hand I -and others- complain about a lack of a common entry with 'all' the info that is dripped out through various fora and narcissistic media. And then you guys wants even more diversification of the info for people wanting to know all about the Pro1 with yet another entry? And the other way round too, yet another place the team should keep an eye on for feedback.
Sure this forum has had moderation delay issues the last weeks after the spam attacks, but as new forum software is expected to be launched very soon, why not await to see if this will fulfil your wishes?