All of the individual credentials of the people founding or working at the company are great and they seem to be onto a good idea, however, we know that is no guarantee of future success or even existance. Look at the Essential Phone, for example, the pedigree and concept there were both top tier and it disappeared, what, a year later?
This has exactly that potential, it could end up going under in 9 months time despite being very good, because unless a LOT of people buy into it and provide a market for future funding and updates, it'll diseappear.
Look at something like Motorola's Moto Mods for phones, or the LG G series phone accessories like camera cases or VR glasses. Those things come from far larger companies with marketing budgets that likely dwarf Framework's entire budget many times over.
It doesn't matter that the idea is good, people need faith it'll last, and a continuous market, and it has to not cost the same or more than the current competition which isn't upgradable but is pretty guaranteed to come from a company that'll still exist next year.
And it doesn't sound like it's affordable at all, in fact they're not releasing prices which makes me think it's going to be at the top end not the mid or bottom.
Love the idea, but I've bought into proprietary tech from companies too many times and seen it fold. Now an idea isn't enough.
While Framework isn't yet announcing a price for the laptop, which will launch this summer, Patel says it'll be on par with other premium laptops that have similar tech specs, such as Dell's XPS 13 and Microsoft's Surface Laptop. (Those devices can range from around $1,000 to $2,000, depending on configuration.)
[ad_2]
0 Comments: