Canonical Crowdfunding Project for Ubuntu Edge Phone

[exfileme]

Canonical is looking to raise $32 million in thirty days to produce the dual-boot Ubuntu Edge phone.

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[nevilence]

This "phone" has some intense specs. 29 days to go and its already at 3.6 million

 

[eklipz330]

so im guessing im the only person that believes crowd funding is a bad idea?

 

[roger smith]

@eklipz330 it has its risks but great things can come from risk. risk large corporations wont make.

 

[vmem]

@eklipz330 it has its risks but great things can come from risk. risk large corporations wont make.

not just large corporations, but venture capitalists and wealthy private investors as well. if you don't have the man-power or the connections to secure these funding sources, crowd funding is one way to get off the ground and gain the attention of the bigger players

 

[eddieroolz]

The 128GB SSD alone is going to be a price hog, and so will the 4GB SoC. Good luck to Ubuntu, but nobody wants to see a phone cost $1000.

 

[teh_chem]

I support this in principle. But 32M is very aggressive. Also sucks no love for Sprint/CDMA networks. Oh well...

 

[acadia11]

The 128GB SSD alone is going to be a price hog, and so will the 4GB SoC. Good luck to Ubuntu, but nobody wants to see a phone cost $1000.

Says no iPhone 5 64gb owner, and the margin on this $900 phone is huge, Ubuntu should be Abe to build the phone in the 400-500 range including labor. 128gb storage is not that expensive, less than 80 retail.

 

[DjEaZy]

... if apple don't get the S#!T together with the next iPhone+iOS... then this phone will bee the way to go...

 

[eddieroolz]

The 128GB SSD alone is going to be a price hog, and so will the 4GB SoC. Good luck to Ubuntu, but nobody wants to see a phone cost $1000.

Says no iPhone 5 64gb owner, and the margin on this $900 phone is huge, Ubuntu should be Abe to build the phone in the 400-500 range including labor. 128gb storage is not that expensive, less than 80 retail.

You're thinking about SSD prices - which I agree is cheap, but keep in mind the 128GB has to be offered in the palm of your hand. There's a reason why even Apple only goes up to 64GB for phone storage, as 128GB is simply not cost efficient to put inside a phone at this point.

Source: Experience working in the telecommunications industry in R&D.

 

[Vorador2]

Ridiculously high objective. I would be really surprised if they can meet it.

 

[shahrooz]

a bold move, I'd love to have one in my pocket

 

[Grandmastersexsay]

Why would you design a phone with computer like capabilities yet give it such a small screen with such low resolution?

Ubuntu is going about this all wrong. Instead of trying to get phones to sell with Ubuntu installed, they should be trying to penetrate the custom rom market. Make it so people with a Galaxy S4 or equivalent phone could easily install and run a full fledged linux distro. Let the phone enthusiasts realize how locked down and limited android really is and demand will propogate to the masses.

 

[antilycus]

This is PERFECT. If I had the money I would give it now. Problem is 30 days seems too short. We will find out.

 

[g-unit1111]

Oh if I only had $675, this sounds like the most awesome phone on the market to date.