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      AppLee @wally
      last edited by 21 Nov 2024, 14:18

      @wally said in Brax3 the mysterious:

      In any case, a nice bit of publicity. I figure more publicity, more users, perhaps more developers and also more donations to the foundation 🤞

      That's what we're trying to achieve.
      It would be a nice Christmas present to the community, I guess.
      And a good way to start 2025 with a new sponsor.

      Let's wait and see.

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        libremax
        last edited by libremax 22 Nov 2024, 19:04

        The funding target was exceeded in less than 4 days - not bad

        Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
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          Mario.CH
          last edited by 22 Nov 2024, 20:17

          Sorry guys,
          for my taste, the Brax3 web pages (braxtech.net & indiegogo.com) use way too many scripts and cookies (also from google) to display any decent information at all.
          I miss the promised <the most privacy-friendly smartphone> and <open-sourced> idea - all of them. :face_with_raised_eyebrow: :unamused_face:

          By the way, I'm always online with NoScript.
          Seems very unserious to me. :winking_face:
          Just my opinion.

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            Lakotaubp @Mario.CH
            last edited by 22 Nov 2024, 22:00

            @Mario-CH One of the things we are looking at is a clearer distinction in promo material of what refers to their OS which is what the privacy quote is all about and how we want UT to be described to avoid creating a false impression of UT.
            Not so much with those familier with UT but those who might want to give it a try for the first time or in the future buy a UT pre installed model. We don't want to create any false impression of UT and UBports.

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              libremax
              last edited by libremax 12 Sept 2024, 18:10 9 Dec 2024, 18:09

              500 k$ reached in twenty days, the funding target has now been raised to $1 million and the campaign extended to the end of January.

              https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brax3-the-most-privacy-friendly-smartphone#/updates/all

              Donate anonymously 1€/$ by year to UBports, all Ubuntu Touch users can do it ! Demonstration:
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                stanwood
                last edited by 11 Apr 2025, 22:05

                Just a quick update on the Brax3 devices production & shipment details.

                Although this subject does not specifically concern Ubuntu Touch, new information was published yesterday in a live stream by Rob Braxmann, himself - or at least his company - in partnership with the UBports foundation concerning a future Brax3 version equipped with Ubuntu Touch.

                Due to the new 145% customs duty on products from China to the US, the company has decided to move production to the European Union. Batches already produced in China will have to be dismantled, shipped in parts to a country within the EU (probably Bulgaria, but this information has yet to be confirmed), and then reassembled with certain parts from the EU.

                Purchasers living in the United States will be able to keep their order, for a modest surcharge of $30, which is perfectly acceptable. An over delay is however expected.

                For international buyers outside the US, in principle nothing changes. The devices are likely to be shipped directly from China to the destination countries.

                However, it has not yet been decided whether future batches will be assembled entirely in Europe, or partly in China.

                One thing does however seem certain, once the batches offered on Indiegogo are sold out, the price of the device is likely to rise significantly (we're talking about approx. $399 excluding tax).

                You can watch Rob Braxmann's full talk here:

                https://rumble.com/v6rxvvb-we-have-a-crisis-trade-wars-tariffs-and-brax3-phone-manufacturing-we-need-y.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

                Given the current volatility of the global political and economic situation, further updates may be issued from time to time.

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                  stanwood @stanwood
                  last edited by 12 Apr 2025, 14:59

                  @stanwood Well, it seems that smartphones and computers are finally exempt from the surcharges applied to products from China bound for the United States. I assume that further updates will be published shortly by R. Braxmann.

                  Everything changes so quickly...

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                    AppLee @stanwood
                    last edited by 14 Apr 2025, 09:27

                    @stanwood said in Brax3 the mysterious:

                    Everything changes so quickly...

                    That's the world we now live in.
                    As soon as you say something it's obsolete and turned into rule #34 🤷

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                      AppLee @stanwood
                      last edited by 14 Apr 2025, 10:03

                      They updated the Indiegogo campaign to clarify that they can continue with the initial plan.
                      https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brax3-the-most-privacy-friendly-smartphone#/updates/all

                      So no additional cost.
                      The software development is still in progress for the android version and the port of Ubuntu Touch is in progress...

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                        Vlad Nirky @AppLee
                        last edited by 14 Apr 2025, 16:10

                        @AppLee
                        Thank you for your update.
                        Maybe do you know if i order a brax3 now, if it will be UBT installable?

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                          AppLee @Vlad Nirky
                          last edited by AppLee 14 Apr 2025, 22:22

                          Hi @Vlad-Nirky

                          It will be installable for sure when the port is ready.

                          But will Ubuntu Touch be preinstalled.
                          That I do not know.

                          I don't have insider's news about that, but here is what I foresee based on my readings online and what has been announced by Brax Technologies.
                          Trump's tariffs are postponed but they are still on the table from what I read.
                          So assembly in the EU might happen at some point I would say.

                          But that's a gambit and we don't know what the future might hold.

                          One the one hand, I would say that if one is interested in the Brax3, that would be the time to buy.
                          Because manufacturing or assembling in the EU will be more expensive for sure and if you add the shipment costs that's an even higher price.
                          But on the other hand it's hard to predict what Trump will really do, so it is also possible that nothing changes from the initial plans of Brax.

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                            Vlad Nirky @AppLee
                            last edited by 15 Apr 2025, 04:08

                            @AppLee
                            Ok i have joined the crowdfunding campain.
                            Let's cross fingers now.
                            🙂

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