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Symetium Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for a "Smartphone PC"

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 30 2015, @07:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the an-interesting-idea-but-will-it-get-traction dept.

takyon writes:

Tom's Hardware is reporting on an IndieGoGo campaign to fund a dockable "smartphone PC". Symetium is pitching a customized UI Android 6.0 smartphone with a Snapdragon 820 SoC, 6 GB of RAM, and from 64 to 256 GB of flash storage along with an SD card slot. The Symetium IndieGoGo claims that the device "features an operating system designed to work seamlessly as a desktop OS and a mobile one". When docked with an external display (wirelessly or by USB), the phone can act as a keyboard and mouse.

If any of this sounds familiar, you may be remembering the Ubuntu Edge, a similar concept phone from Canonical that also used an IndieGoGo fixed funding campaign. Canonical sought $32 million for the Ubuntu Edge but only raised $12,809,906. Symetium is looking for just $1.25 million. Prices range from $499 to $999 and it is expected to ship by July 2016.

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  • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday September 30 2015, @08:17PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Wednesday September 30 2015, @08:17PM (#243682)

    He has it set to Fixed Funding, which means they don't get a dime if they don't hit their target. Usually anything on Indigogo with "Flexible" is a scam or at least something people are not actually serious about making a real product and plan to shovel crap and run with the money.

    Still, no prototype, really cheezy and cheap looking 3d renderings that a high school kid could come up with, and no actual company backing it, just some random guy named Jonathan Gustafsson. I couldn't even find any articles about him on a quick google search. Website contains no pictures of the people or mentions of anyone else being involved. And he wants 1.25 million dollars? Smells very scammy to me.

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  • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday September 30 2015, @08:19PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Wednesday September 30 2015, @08:19PM (#243683)

    Before someone says "Well of course they don't have prototypes, they cant afford to build them yet!" No, that isn't how the real world works. You can't even come close to judging the scope and price for a project this big unless you have at least done some testing and prototyping first.

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