Brave Heart First Impressions ?

[bcnaz]

There have been a few outside sites stating that "shipping" started on the 17th,  but yeah I guess there could be different definitions to the word shipping.

  Besides Luke and others here on the forum stating that as well

But I have not yet seen with my own eyes someone posting, saying they received their shipping notice.

I attempted to get in at the moment they started accepting orders, but it may have been 30 minutes or so before I successfully completed my transaction.

UPDATE :   February 08,  2020

  Finally !
   I received my Brave Heart phone about lunch time today.
 After holding it and taking it all in,  removed the rear case,  slightly different than I expected, it is not flat but rather kind of wraps around the phone.
  Pull the battery out using the notch at the bottom of the battery, no problem, not tight, just slightly 'snug'
   Remove the in transit isolation tape from the contacts.

   Replace the rear cover and plug in the battery charger,  the phone did start up then, maybe I bumped the power switch,
     or maybe it started just from being plugged in ? ?
   I did look through the test software, but no Sim card yet and no SD card installed yet.

   I left it on the charger for 3 or 4 hours,
             meanwhile I downloaded the latest UBPorts Pine phone OS release...
           I waited until now,   so I would have the most recent version.
    Using Etcher is a bit slow, but it seems to produce perfect results.... 
           (I have used Etcher for SD cards for my Pinebook Pro's.)

            Finally :  I plugged in the SD card and took it for my first "Test Drive"

  Lots of apps on the Ubuntu Touch, but only a few actually work so far.
  I did make a few Posts elsewhere on the forum using my new Brave Heart,
               it is a bit of effort scrolling across the pages  Horizonaly,  
           as the screen is only portrait mode for now, no landscape mode yet.
    ( With only the one mode, I would prefer just landscape over just portrait,  Oh Well )

     I am just getting started, but it is very interesting !  Kinda "FUN"

          UPDATE :
           Tested the Post Market OS,  errr  

   Cannot hardly use this, the user-name and password they give at their website does not work.

      Their wifi never did connect...!

           One redeeming item :  Their screen does rotate both Portrait and Landscape..