I used the original Android handsets -- the first first ones that never made it to market. I remember their quality (still have one), and I'd fully expect that as the first thing coming out of the gate from Purism.
Oh no, of course the individual(s) that promised those things aren't divorced from reality. It's the consumer that paid money and expected the product they were that's divorced from reality...
Funny how quick you are to point the blame at someone who just went ahead and thought they'd get what they paid for, on time.
What a skewed perception.
I didn't say that. From a business standpoint, it seems like a very long shot.
What did you expect the advertising campaign to be like?
"We don't really know what we're doing, we're going to fuck this up, give us your money!"
CAVEAT EMPTOR (Kickstarter terms of service, paraphrased)
Oh sure, that's the problem. Instead of improper engineering, they should've gone with proper engineering. They really should've known better.
In all seriousness, if you expect such a small company could build a decent phone, on a new Linux platform, on their first try, on schedule, then you're divorced from reality.
Version 1 of this thing was going to suck, no matter what. Remember, the first Android handsets by reputable manufacturers were utter garbage.