I keep wondering whether they still have something up their sleeve, but judging by them dropping the price, its not the case. This is the pinnacle of Mark Shuttleworth's "convergence" dream, I wonder whether he will carry the rest of this campaign if it looks like it will not get funded in the end? Also if it does fail, it is going to look mighty bad for Canonical.
> Also if it does fail, it is going to look mighty bad for Canonical.
I also thought about this, but I'm not sure that's the case. At the very least, they managed to collect close to $10 million in a a two week period, without much of an advertising budget and only some vague on-paper specs and a few renders.
I think that gives them some leverage when negotiating with manufacturers to show that there is at least some demand for high-priced smartphones running their software stack.
Why is it going to look mighty bad for Canonical if it fails? For one, this was a self-claimed experiment. And two, these phones are priced the same as a decent laptop. If anything it proves people aren't willing to shell out $800 for a phone 9 months from now. However, I think it also shows that people do in fact want an Ubuntu phone.
