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Re:Essential Phone, available now by TrickyRick on Friday August 18, 2017 @02:30AM (#15044021)
Also don't forget:

> Premium materials and true craftsmanship shouldn’t just be for the few.

Then maybe they should not have priced it in line with the iPhone?

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Re:Essential Phone, available now by mangecoeur on Friday August 18, 2017 @04:34AM (#15044517)
Maybe when you live in the Valley you get a very skewed idea of who 'the few' are :P Maybe they think anyone who doesn't buy a new flagship smartphone every 6 months is living in destitution :)
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Re:Essential Phone, available now by roryisok on Friday August 18, 2017 @05:14AM (#15044677)
Exactly. The many can't afford to drop €699 on the "base" model phone, especially an unproven one.
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