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Yesterday we brought you the news that Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical had formally introduced the world to Ubuntu Edge and before the first day was out they had raised 10% of the $32 million goal. This was accomplished by selling out of the initial 500 units of the phone which were priced at $600 giving them a cool $3 million, but that’s where the campaign stalled. Over the next 20 hours they managed to raise around $600 000 only, probably because the asking price of the Ubuntu Edge went to a bonkers $830. An hour ago the campaign was reshuffled giving users the chance to pick up an Ubuntu Edge a lot cheaper than $830, in fact right now one can be bought for as little as $625. The pricing tiers have limited numbers of units available and the price will increase over time as the tiers start to be snapped up.
So if you’re looking for a phone with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage that runs Android and a full desktop OS, then you better get in on the Ubuntu Edge race before the price gets too high.
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Pricing Tiers:
Units | Price | Total | |
Tier 1 | 5000 | $ 600,00 | $ 3 000 000,00 |
Tier 2 | 1250 | $ 625,00 | $ 781 250,00 |
Tier 3 | 1250 | $ 675,00 | $ 843 750,00 |
Tier 4 | 1250 | $ 725,00 | $ 906 250,00 |
Tier 5 | 1250 | $ 775,00 | $ 968 750,00 |
Tier 6 | 4500 | $ 780,00 | $ 3 510 000,00 |
Tier 7 | 3000 | $ 790,00 | $ 2 370 000,00 |
Tier 8 | 4000 | $ 80,00 | $ 320 000,00 |
Tier 9 | 5000 | $ 810,00 | $ 4 050 000,00 |
Tier 10 | 7000 | $ 820,00 | $ 5 740 000,00 |
Double Edge | 2000 | $ 1 400,00 | $ 2 800 000,00 |
One of a Kind | 50 | $ 10 000,00 | $ 500 000,00 |
Enterprise 100 | 50 | $ 80 000,00 | $ 4 000 000,00 |
Grand Total | $ 29 790 000,00 |
Even if they sell out of all of the tiers, Canonical will still need an additional $2.2 million to reach their goal.
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