[Serious] Pinephone availability in volumes?

[oobdev]

Hey,

I am open source developer, who has been doing software for Pinephone. It's gaining traction and there are now commercial entities approached me and they like to ship Pinephone with my SW in volumes. I said go ahead, get Pinephones and install SW.

However,

They have been contacting with Pine64 sales, business developers and such. But with little luck. They tell me that Pine64 sales is not responding to their inquiries about volume orders and communication with Pine64 is generally hard!

I just cannot believe this is a case, please DM me an email to some North American business development contacts at Pine64 so I can pass it to these pretty serious actors. Backup plan for me of course is to look into Librem5 or something.

[zetabeta]

Hey,

I am open source developer, who has been doing software for Pinephone. It's gaining traction and there are now commercial entities approached me and they like to ship Pinephone with my SW in volumes. I said go ahead, get Pinephones and install SW.

However,

They have bee contacted with Pine64 sales, business developers and such. But with little luck. They tell me that Pine64 sales is not responding to their inquiries about volume orders and communication with Pine64 is generally hard!

I just cannot believe this is a case, please DM me an email to some North American business development contacts at Pine64 so I can pass it to these pretty serious actors. Backup plan for me of course is to look into Librem5 or something.

i do not represent pine org and i do not know inner workings behind the scenes.

may i ask how big quantities "they" are buying, 100, 1000 or even 10000. my guess is that pine production is so fine tuned that there is not going to be giant discounts, not even small ones. if pine org sells big batches, it probably reduces batches for individuals. price might be even higher for big batches, although production could be quicker.

[oobdev]

i do not represent pine org and i do not know inner workings behind the scenes.

may i ask how big quantities "they" are buying, 100, 1000 or even 10000. my guess is that pine production is so fine tuned that there is not going to be giant discounts, not even small ones. if pine org sells big batches, it probably reduces batches for individuals. price might be even higher for big batches, although production could be quicker.

I don't know the exact details, I think they've asked hundreds to thousands, availability, lead time and pricing. I think they've had some communication with Pine64 sales - but left without replies and confirmations - that Pine64 is actually able to deliver any quantities over single pieces.

I think price is not even an issue here, just uncertainty and professionalism on communication with Pine64.

Pretty frustrating, I have to say.

[barray]

Try Discord, I don't think Pine staff really monitor the forum.

[tllim]

Hey,

I am open source developer, who has been doing software for Pinephone. It's gaining traction and there are now commercial entities approached me and they like to ship Pinephone with my SW in volumes. I said go ahead, get Pinephones and install SW.

However,

They have been contacting with Pine64 sales, business developers and such. But with little luck. They tell me that Pine64 sales is not responding to their inquiries about volume orders and communication with Pine64 is generally hard!

I just cannot believe this is a case, please DM me an email to some North American business development contacts at Pine64 so I can pass it to these pretty serious actors. Backup plan for me of course is to look into Librem5 or something.

Please PM me.