Privacy-loving Luddite needs some translation help <3

[eugenr]

You wanted some translation, that’s way I asked about what do you hope a few months to mean…

Here is a personal opinion from the current vice-president of Purism:

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I’ve always personally thought of “a few” as meaning generically “three or more” because you’d say “one” or “two” if less. If someone told me they’d pay me a few thousand dollars for my used car, then showed up with $1000 or $2000 I’d be surprised. In the context of months I suppose personally speaking the range would be (this is not some official Purism statement here, so please don’t jump to conclusions) I’d reasonably conclude “a few months” to range from as little as 3 months to maybe as ma…

If you pre-order now, don’t expect your phone to come earlier than 6 months. Purism knows that very well.

Also make sure you understand the current refund policy as well, before pre-ordering:

If you want to draw funds from any product that you: crowdfund, back, pre-order, early purchase, pre-purchase: when your pre-order is reached in the shipping queue you can decide whether to have it shipped or opt for some other option.

Translation: they don’t specify full refund anymore for pre-orders. Until now, there was a case where “some other option” meant vouchers to spent on their store.

Also, it seems they are changing their refund policy whenever they want, without notice, and applies it retroactively.

Other things you might not know: the phone is about 270 g heavy, it has no FCC certification yet (still after more than 3 months after the “big launch” in November). The price doesn’t include any taxes.

I was enthusiastic too. I’m not that anymore about Purism. Buy a PinePhone as an interim (out of stock now, may come back later this month or in April).