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[John Kim <johnkim.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Farewell to 3G is more than welcome. Glad Ubuntu edge will be a 4G phone! 

Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx>이 씀:
>No Problem, I bout fell over when I read it! :-)  we really need to
>spread the word about this as there are probably ALOT of people that
>are on Verizon or Sprint that looked, seen it was most likely was GSM
>and moved on. 
>
>OMG Ububtu needs to cover this with a BIG article and include at least
>one if not multiple source stating Verizon will completely switch to
>LTE.  More recent the better.
>
>Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>That's astonishing. I thought it would be about 2016 before LTE would
>>be
>>used for voice and texting, but apparently Verizon is moving things
>>along
>>quite rapidly:
>>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57591213-94/verizon-says-first-lte-only-phones-to-arrive-in-late-2014/
>>
>>That says late 2014. This is a short production run of an ultra
>>advanced
>>product. A few months early is less than surprising. So yes, this
>>sounds
>>like it will work on Verizon. I apologize for being wrong earlier, I
>>had no
>>idea that they would roll this out.
>>On Jul 29, 2013 7:05 PM, "Daniel Clem" <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> NEW UPDATE!!! The Indiegogo page now states specifically states the
>>Edge
>>> will work with "LTE and GSM networks, including Verizon and Sprint”
>>!!!
>>>
>>> Taking it exactly as it reads, that means it will not work on CDMA
>>3G. But
>>> once Verizon's LTE spreads to rural areas, the both voice and data
>>will
>>> most likely switch to all LTE and phase out CDMA over a few years
>>until all
>>> the (at that point) 3G legacy phones are no longer uses.
>>>
>>> What do you guys think??
>>>
>>> Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I deleted the more relevant mail already, so sorry for being out of
>>>> order. But we have a GSM phone and account from a pay as you go
>>company
>>>> called "Tracfone”. Is this Sim card compatible with?? If so I will
>>>> definitely pledge one I have 830 saved.
>>>>
>>>> "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice, thx for recording the data and the graph.
>>>>>
>>>>> did you get any data on individuals who may had purchased multiple
>>times
>>>>> consecutively? , how many each individual got ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I Think indiegogo only lets you select one perk even if you add
>>more
>>>>> cash to the amount.
>>>>>
>>>>> So it wouldn't be a surprise if some made multiple purchases
>>>>> consecutively.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway this will be a crucial week, hope their double edge and
>>other
>>>>> perks get mass acceptance.
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> From: coder543@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:41:00 -0500
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Edge (the Ubuntu handset)
>>>>> To: estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, this will probably help. This is the amount of funding
>>the
>>>>> project had received over time. The data was sampled at a rate of
>>once
>>>>> every 90 seconds. You can clearly see the moment when the $600
>>phone option
>>>>> ran out. Calculating the trend line for the second half of the
>>graph
>>>>> indicates that the campaign will raise about $20,000,000 total
>over
>>the
>>>>> full period of the campaign, which is not enough. I believe that
>>this is
>>>>> the reason Canonical introduced the Double Edge option a few
>>minutes ago,
>>>>> which might boost sales by a little bit more. Hopefully this
>>clarifies my
>>>>> point. There lines are very smooth. If a company bought 100 units
>>all at
>>>>> once, there would be a visible blip on the graph, in my opinion.
>>That would
>>>>> be $60,000 in pledges all at once, which would break the monotony
>>of the
>>>>> graph.
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Josh Leverette
>><coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not saying companies *couldn't* buy from the indiegogo deal.
>>I'm
>>>>> just saying the companies with the money to buy from this
>>fundraiser
>>>>> wouldn't be able to move fast enough to have gotten in on the 1st
>>day of
>>>>> sales. Companies move slowly for the most part, and I was watching
>>the
>>>>> sales figures carefully. I've even plotted them on a graph over
>>time as the
>>>>> data has come in, starting at about $1.5million dollars in sales.
>I
>>>>> should've started the data collection earlier, but I stupidly
>>didn't think
>>>>> to. I watched the number from the start though, even though they
>>weren't
>>>>> being recorded. The rates were constant. There was no bulk
>purchase
>>done by
>>>>> any one company. If you would like to review my numbers, I can
>send
>>you the
>>>>> spreadsheet.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >Stores and resellers were not purchasing from indiegogo
>yesterday.
>>>>> There might have been one or two, but that's simply not what
>>happened. This
>>>>> whole campaign is all about individuals buying these phones. I
>>don't want
>>>>> to see this campaign fail anymore than you do. People will either
>>buy them
>>>>> at $830, or they won't.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> yes... sure.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't see anywhere that said limited one per client.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or that you shouldn't get involved with business reasons in mind
>>and get
>>>>> a bunch of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's nothing to lose at the moment, which makes it even better.
>>In
>>>>> fact anyone can come in and buy most of the 35k remaining, I don't
>>think
>>>>> its prohibited.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe even companies got into the discounted 600 tier and took
>>their
>>>>> share and is why you see 0 in the enterprise tier. Why would you
>as
>>a
>>>>> company pay 80/160k when you can pay 60/120k right there (Big
>>discount in
>>>>> one go), is a no brainer, they wouldn't survive as companies by
>>being dumb
>>>>> about $, specially on this economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>     Josh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>     Josh
>>>>>
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