Hook 2,959 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, windraver said: The email said we get a 10 minute early bird notice at 1:50pm but didn't say what time zone? I assume that is London time. It arrived at 9:50 EST which, given the US is not on DST yet should be correct, Edited October 26, 2020 by Hook Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michael.bosscha 142 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Yeah, ten minutes is a really short time. I'm not entirely sure what they're getting at here, but a ten minute time frame is way too short for people who have normal jobs 'n stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,997 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 51 minutes ago, michael.bosscha said: Yeah, ten minutes is a really short time. I'm not entirely sure what they're getting at here, but a ten minute time frame is way too short for people who have normal jobs 'n stuff. Also e-mail delivery time may cause some problems comparable to this timeframe... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CornholioGSM 319 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) soo where is it? where is info about new misterious and secret new device with 256GB? 😄 Edited October 27, 2020 by CornholioGSM 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, michael.bosscha said: Yeah, ten minutes is a really short time. I'm not entirely sure what they're getting at here, but a ten minute time frame is way too short for people who have normal jobs 'n stuff. It's just marketing. They are saying buy early or you will pass on a great opportunity. Depending of how many of those early IGG perks they put up for sell they may or may not be gone within that 10mn timeframe. If it's a gold plated Pro1 they can have my money 🤣 Joking aside I'll probably pass on this one for financial reasons unless maybe if they have an AZERTY variant 😀 Edited October 27, 2020 by Slion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Slion said: If it's a gold plated Pro1 they can have my money One thing I would like to see improved on the Pro1 is the screen frame assembly from one made of plastic to one made of metal alloy. Maybe that would help with that infamous rattle too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netman 1,424 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Slion said: One thing I would like to see improved on the Pro1 is the screen frame assembly from one made of plastic to one made of metal alloy. Maybe that would help with that infamous rattle too. I actually prefer phones built mostly out of plastic, at least for the outside parts, as long as it's good quality and well designed (I guess plastic cases tend to have to be made a bit thicker). Plastic tends to look better when worn a bit, and absorbs impacts better, etc. The main downside of course is higher thermal resistance. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteffenWi 139 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Found the specs on the new device Head here for details! SCNR 1 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maplesteel 97 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Well, it is 7:00 a.m. eastern time here on the 27th and I have not received any indiegogo emails so I hope you all enjoy the gold-plated FX Tech pro1 with UB ports powered battery pack 😋 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteffenWi 139 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 1:50 pm has come and passed without any email. Now what? Or are we playing Timezone bingo here? Edited October 27, 2020 by SteffenWi 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, SteffenWi said: 1:50 pm has come and passed without any email. Now what? Or are we playing Timezone bingo here? London time it's only 13:20. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ToniCipriani 194 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/27/fxtecs-new-pro1-x-keyboard-slider-is-the-first-phone-to-ship-with-lineageos/ Now about the software on our current phones... 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eldarion 46 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pro1-x-smartphone-functionality-choice-control The indiegogo page is still in draft mode though.. (link is from the androidpolice article, so it's probably a mistake that the page is still a draft...) Edited October 27, 2020 by eldarion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, eldarion said: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pro1-x-smartphone-functionality-choice-control The indiegogo page is still in draft mode though.. (link is from the androidpolice article, so it's probably a mistake that the page is still a draft...) Android Police published it too early. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,431 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Ordered.... 🙂 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasmachineman_NL 99 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 So it's a Pro1 with preinstalled LOS and 256GB storage/8GB RAM. Interesting but not interesting for someone who already owns a Pro1. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,997 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, EskeRahn said: Ordered.... 🙂 I have also ordered one for some reason. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ktharsia 10 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 to late for me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eldarion 46 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) I don't see the value of the specs, there's literally no reason to have 8gb ram on android... the thing is there's a case included, which is awesome. But if the hardware is still as wonky, I won't be ordering one. Would be interesting to know, what has changed compared to the pro1 assembly. If the QA and assembly is still as unreliable, or if it has improved. Some of the stuff on the kickstarter is also quite dishonest, there's a benchmark plot (because of course there is) and it has the oneplus nord as "2020 5g flagship". What are you guys smoking, it's literally a budget phone. Put something with a snapdragon 865+ on there and you need to change to log scale -_- Edited October 27, 2020 by eldarion typo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,431 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wasmachineman_NL said: So it's a Pro1 with preinstalled LOS and 256GB storage/8GB RAM. Interesting but not interesting for someone who already owns a Pro1. Except if you want one of the additional layout offered: Azerty and Scandinavian. (I doubt many will buy it for the colour alone) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zamasu 258 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 So basically the same hardware, with some added storage and RAM. Biggest differentiating factor is the software. This seems like good news for LineageOS support on the original at least, I'm guessing a lot of that overlaps. But this doesn't bode good for "official" Android support, that was already subpar I think, and now that seems to be dropped even further. I do hope firmware and the like will be kept up to date for longer now. The similar hardware is also good and bad. Good in that repair support is likely to be possible for longer since the hardware is similar. But on the other hand, I do feel like this is possibly going to cannibalize the current pre-orders. Pro1 is still not "generally available", people are still waiting (far past the original delivery date), and the last time a group of people that ordered later were given preference it wasn't a good look either. If these start to ship before general availability, then I'd be pissed if I didn't already have my phone. Also, I'm not sure what XDA has to do with this aside from branding? It's being posed as the reason for LineageOS, but I don't see that link? And apparently it's currently running 17.1, which is further than the current Pro1? And that early Christmas edition gives me some bad flashbacks. Fancy look by the way, but I prefer plain black. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,997 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, EskeRahn said: Except if you want one of the additional layout offered: Azerty and Scandinavian. (I doubt many will buy it for the colour alone) Basically I find black is far better than blue, so for me, really not the colour what matters... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nadsanm 8 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I wonder how it says 32 backers when only 30 backers claimed in total. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,997 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Zamasu said: The similar hardware is also good and bad. Good in that repair support is likely to be possible for longer since the hardware is similar. Basically the hardware should be the same, except two components have changed to their "higher" versions in the same package. 5 minutes ago, Zamasu said: I do feel like this is possibly going to cannibalize the current pre-orders. Pro1 is still not "generally available", people are still waiting (far past the original delivery date), and the last time a group of people that ordered later were given preference it wasn't a good look either. I think they will ship all preorders before this new IGG offer, but as the Pro1-X also has a similar version what Pro1 had, it doesn't really matter if everyone will have their phones before March next year which was stated there (except the 10 units which ship this December). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slion 1,201 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Crap I just missed that very early bird pricing. Too bad cause they have AZERTY layout. Other pricing is not as tempting and I'm not crazy about that blue. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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