Re:Crowdfunding the Ubuntu Edge will fail
by toble on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:24AM
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I've always assumed that perks overload the viewer from a usability perspective. If your goal is to sell bleeding edge phones and you hide that ability with a load of miscellaneous merchandise, then you might end up losing those high value purchases.
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Re:Crowdfunding the Ubuntu Edge will fail
by workbench on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @07:00AM
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They targeted it wrong, the early adopter bonus shouldn't have been a cheaper phone it should have been a more expensive but exclusive colourway.
Re:Crowdfunding the Ubuntu Edge will fail
by alistairjcbrown on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @07:16AM
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You're completely right - to me the phone is worth $600-650 because that's what I could have bought it for early on.
There's no way they'll get me to shell out +$200 now. The reward system feels like penalising those who back late, rather than rewarding those who back early.