Hey thanks for the write-up!

Glad I had it kind of almost correct 😬 Sorry if I implied that you weren’t popular enough to make it work. I really was just guessing based on the numbers and a vague idea of “I guess he needs x amount of money to make it happen.” I’ve been burned on a couple kick starters, so I was a bit pessimistic on what might constitute “success”.

I really do like the project, and my buddies kid heard about your project and bought it as well, he found it organically by himself, I was amazed.

I’m glad you’ve taken this personal project and put it out into the world. I’m excited to get my kit, I bought a clear shell and I plan to leave my LCD in the old shell, so I don’t rush destroying it.

An install service is a nice idea, to give more people access. But that also sounds like a lot of work, depending on how popular it is.

I’m fairly handy with a heat gun and soldering iron. I’ve kicked around the idea of the RAM increase, but I’m not convinced the performance boost is worth the effort and risk.

Anywho thanks again! Looking forward to more cool stuff from your way!

They just announced EU/UK availability!

Thanks!

Recommendations?

Thanks, I hope you can buy one too. Is this something you could buy and have forwarded to you?

If you need a US address, and someone to forward it to you, feel free to PM me 👍

The only cred I have on here is from a guy I met in Canada to sell some phones to. But I promise I’m trustworthy haha

It takes money to make money. The whole project is a bit of a gamble. While paying for CE certification would probably pay off if this thing got popular, if it flops as a whole, then it would flop even harder.

Basically, because it costs more to do, it’s an even bigger gamble. Even though it could work out, they must’ve done the math and said, hmmm, let’s wait and get some legs under us first.

Heck, interest stalled out already and they barely made their funding. I feel like everyone who was gonna buy one, in the US anyway, has bought one. So how much bigger would Europe be for them? And how much does it cost to get CE certification? I don’t know the answers to these questions. But it’s foggy enough that I can see why they might not want to do it just yet.

For the record I bought one 🤷‍♂️