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That page you linked to is for the Pro-1. The OP is about the newer Pro-1x.

by xearl 5y ago

LilBytes 5y ago
Well, was the Pro-1 ever delivered!?
- Snitch-Thursday 5y ago
  Yes. I have one. Mine was ordered in Feb 2019 for shipping in August 2019. Come February 2020 it finally came in. Biggest favorite is that I love they keyboard. I run the LineageOS 17.1 simply because I've been too lazy to flash LineageOS 18 unofficial. tdm the primary developer did a great job making the keyboard act well, and other developers made it behave via an app in Stock Android. Second biggest favorite is that it has the trifecta of features I require from any phone: unlockable bootloader, microsd card, headphone jack. I prefer a removable battery but alas those are as thin as hen's teeth. My biggest beef with this phone is that it has spotty voice reception. I have to stand in a particular spot in my house to not have my UDP packets drop off. Data reception is fine and when I do calls over signal or duo (wifi) it works a treat. My second biggest beef would be the lack of snap-on case options like the old Nokias. I'm trying to figure out if someone does a 3d printed case or what, but with this curved screen, I'm nervous that each day could be this phone's last with just one fall.
- jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
  Top comment as of right now says [1] they ordered one but was never delivered, and the seller never answered to emails. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26662123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26662123
  - usr1106 5y ago
    Well, the top comment says they waited for 6 months until they requested a chargeback. The grand parent says they got theirs after 7 months. Not a contradiction. The have been numerous such alternative phone and tablet projects during the last 12 years or so. Crowding funding or with a bit more of a commercial touch. All have failed to to deliver on time I would claim. Many if not most have failed to deliver at all. I would not call the founders dishonest. But whoever starts such a project lacks realism. It's incredibly complicated to make a phone, let alone a good one. (I don't say the world would be a better place without optimists and over-optimists.)
    - LilBytes 5y ago
      I've got a 100% fail rate with crowd sourced hardware. You won't see me throw money at hardware through indiegogo or kickstarter again.
- rchaud 5y ago
  Yes, there are several Youtube videos with reviews of the device.

That page you linked to is for the Pro-1. The OP is about the newer Pro-1x.

by xearl 5y ago

That page you linked to is for the Pro-1. The OP is about the newer Pro-1x.

LilBytes 5y ago

Well, was the Pro-1 ever delivered!?

Snitch-Thursday 5y ago
Yes. I have one. Mine was ordered in Feb 2019 for shipping in August 2019. Come February 2020 it finally came in. Biggest favorite is that I love they keyboard. I run the LineageOS 17.1 simply because I've been too lazy to flash LineageOS 18 unofficial. tdm the primary developer did a great job making the keyboard act well, and other developers made it behave via an app in Stock Android. Second biggest favorite is that it has the trifecta of features I require from any phone: unlockable bootloader, microsd card, headphone jack. I prefer a removable battery but alas those are as thin as hen's teeth. My biggest beef with this phone is that it has spotty voice reception. I have to stand in a particular spot in my house to not have my UDP packets drop off. Data reception is fine and when I do calls over signal or duo (wifi) it works a treat. My second biggest beef would be the lack of snap-on case options like the old Nokias. I'm trying to figure out if someone does a 3d printed case or what, but with this curved screen, I'm nervous that each day could be this phone's last with just one fall.
jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y ago
Top comment as of right now says [1] they ordered one but was never delivered, and the seller never answered to emails. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26662123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26662123
- usr1106 5y ago
  Well, the top comment says they waited for 6 months until they requested a chargeback. The grand parent says they got theirs after 7 months. Not a contradiction. The have been numerous such alternative phone and tablet projects during the last 12 years or so. Crowding funding or with a bit more of a commercial touch. All have failed to to deliver on time I would claim. Many if not most have failed to deliver at all. I would not call the founders dishonest. But whoever starts such a project lacks realism. It's incredibly complicated to make a phone, let alone a good one. (I don't say the world would be a better place without optimists and over-optimists.)
  - LilBytes 5y ago
    I've got a 100% fail rate with crowd sourced hardware. You won't see me throw money at hardware through indiegogo or kickstarter again.
rchaud 5y ago
Yes, there are several Youtube videos with reviews of the device.