Dustin Knie wrote: > Absolutely. I'm hoping they post some sort of stats for the first few > days after shipping catches up. And based on the order numbers, i'm > leaning toward probably an intial run around 1500-2k. > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Francesco Cat > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I must admit I am really courious about how many FRs will be sold > within the end of 2008. I really hope someone will tell us this > number, don't matter when :P > > 2008/7/10 Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Ron K. Jeffries > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > >> My gut says OpenMoko first mass production run was approx > >> 1,000 to 1,500. > >> > > > > I think you're dramatically low-balling it. You're basing that > on the > > number of phones ordered, but aren't factoring in the number shipped > > to resellers who have the item in stock but haven't sold it to a > > customer yet, the number in transit to those retailers and the > > distribution centers (one can assume that they're producing are > a rate > > faster than they're shipping to customers), the number put into > > people's hands as "test equipment" for major media outlets, > > universities and the like. I'm willing to bet that, like Koolu, > there > > are people or organizations with devices that aren't in end-user > hands > > yet - an Android based Freerunner like the W.E. Phone (for instance) > > doesn't exist yet, but it's safe to say they're developing it on > some > > form of hardware. > > > > Realistically speaking, the number of people with Freerunner's in > > their hands don't matter too much. The only reason I care at all > about > > how many devices Openmoko fabricated is to know if they're > generating > > revenue to be secure in a future product line. The number of devices > > produced doesn't correlate the the number of community members (one > > can assume there are device owners who will never join the OM > > community and that there are members without devices) and the number > > of users with devices doesn't correlate to Openmoko's profitability. > > Openmoko earns profit on devices that end up in closets and > warehouses > > just the same. > > > > And... A bit more bluntly... I think there's a reason that the sales > > figures haven't been released. :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org <mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org> > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org <mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > On the where's my freerunner wiki page there are numbers in the 3000's, and you have to consider that many orders are 10-pack orders, so you're probably looking at something like 10% (guess?) orders are 10 packs. 10% of 3000 = 300 x 10 = 3000 + 90% of 3000 = 5700 from the online shop. Again, a complete guess ballpark figure, but it's something to think about.
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