[jan_g]

I tend to agree with Gruber on this one. Modular phone might be perfect for me (will see when and if it gets released), but I am not sure it can attract the masses as well as polished, high-end phones from Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc. Size, weight and appearance do matter a lot to average customer.

[venomsnake]

I suppose someone has said that about the PC clones in the middle of the 1980s in some hardware vendor central.

If it is properly though out and with the ability to get high end performance on BOM + change prices ... they may have a winner.

[anigbrowl]

But so what? It's perfectly OK for a product to appeal to a small niche as long as it breaks even. I am so tired of the conceit (mostly put about by lazy journalists) that there must be only one best product in any category. That just leads to lowest-common-denominator approaches in which quality is judged on popularity alone.

[personZ]

It's worth noting that Gruber was among the chorus that were outright mocking the Samsung Note.