08-05-2019, 01:54 PM
(08-05-2019, 11:58 AM)Zaf9670 Wrote:(08-05-2019, 10:25 AM)InsideJob Wrote: As someone new to the Pine world, this is the second time I got all excited just to be let down. First was all the buzz about the PineTab. This time you even had a countdown timer like an ARM64 bomb was going to go off. Instead it's wait two weeks for a coupon then wait two months for the laptop.
I believe the best word to describe my experience thus far it anticlimactic.
Have you ever been a crowdfunding backer or beta tester for a product in the past?
I feel like their transparency is better than a majority of other attempts by Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaigns. They're fairly responsive to questions on the forum (for now). But that's just my view into the situation.
But... If you ever expect someone who is not a major brand company to announce and release in under a 90-day window then I would suggest you not follow beta/crowdfunding campaigns. Anticlimactic is the rule general process.
@InsideJob This team spends a significant amount of time answering all of these repeated questions regarding sources, timeline, orders when all of this information gets updated to the initial posts. All the answers can be found by a simple search. For this type of project (I agree @Zaf9670 similar to crowd funded beta programs) or most public tested beta projects. It could be far worse.
I commend the team for doing a solid job of communicating, we do not know the half of what sourcing, manufacturing challenges they are facing, or what show stopping bugs have come up that a board spin, or rework is demanding.
-Happy Testing
(Posted from my Pinebook PRO Mate)
Getting Paid to break your product (and make it better) since 2005
(Posted from my Pinebook PRO Mate)
Getting Paid to break your product (and make it better) since 2005