Hey everyone, we can't do a smartphone right now, I've tried every avenue and there's unfortunately no one that can give us pricing that makes sense. I am in contact with the One Plus people via email, and we might be able to work with them in a few months, but not right now.
I'll re-open this poll in the future when we can get something listed.
I do want to update everyone and let them know that I haven't heard back from OnePlus, and there is essentially no chance that Apple or Google (Asus) will be doing a drop with us. I'm closing this poll at the end of this week if I don't hear back from them, so don't get your hopes too high.
Couldn't say. If the deal was worked out, Massdrop would probably place the orders /after/ receiving them so that people around the world got the right phone for them.
Can we just make this a normal poll and not a Android vs Apple vs Windows Phone vs Blackberry flame war? These polls are like brainstorming - no negative thoughts allowed. Just vote.
There is no flame war. To qualify as one, there would have had to be genuine hostility like insult flinging. It isn't present. People can have civil conversations on Massdrop. That's kind of the nature of the website: discuss what could, would, and should be eligible for a drop. It's a community, so you're inevitably going to deal with disagreements. Nothing wrong with that.
I reached out to One Plus last week and they said no, however there is now a poll with hundreds of you voting to help our case, so we will see what they have to say! I'll post updates here in this thread.
That doesn't make sense. Where is your evidence to support such a claim? Point to me any instances of Apple ever marketing their phones exclusively towards professionals, while I point you to the Apple YouTube channel. Assuming you mean the camera, then photo filters do not a professional make.
More to the point, who is to say that a company that makes professional products cannot make consumer products? Asus is one example. They make monitors and computer hardware designed for use by professionals, as well as for consumers such as PC gamers. Logitech is another example. As is Samsung. Yet Apple gets this label because... well, as far as I can tell, because of "reasons."
If Apple sold only Mac Pros, you'd have a point. If they specifically marketed their products to professionals only, you'd have another. But as it stands, I can shoot down both of these arguments easily. Even if someone inevitably makes the strawman accusation, I genuinely cannot see why anyone would draw the erroneous conclusion that Apple is solely dedicated to professional users.
Not that that matters, anymore. You could say that about anything and someone would agree with you. I use Windows and so do professionals. So what?