[sublimit]

Haha oh wow. They're charging hundreds of dollars to add a free OS into a smartphone. And they expect to get 32 million just for the promise. Someone lock these people up before they do some real damage.

[shock]

I would downvote you if I could. I'm pretty tired of seeing snark like this and thinking how many people get discouraged of trying something new and bold for fear it would be met with an attitude like yours. Piss off.

[sublimit]

Except it's not "new and bold", it's literally Ubuntu on a smartphone for far above the market price. Add some marketing buzzwords about how it will revolutionize computing and people start seeing clothes on the emperor.

[rlpb]

It looks like the money is for building the hardware too, not just the software.

[sublimit]

That's no excuse for an $800 price tag. It just means they're charging customers for their bad decisions (as in not using others' hardware).