Difference between revisions of "Production Timeline"
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: Helpers on the production line seem to have been paid in pandora, first one here[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53552-look-who-flew-the-nest/]. By June 25th, the parts which arrived in the first shipment were exhausted, with approximately 400 shipped to GBAX customers, and 200 to EvilDragon's customers in mainland Europe. These shipments went to people who pre-ordered in the first 1.5 hours (roughly). Some 50 odd units shipped with only one fully working nub (to pre-orderers who choose to take one in order to skip the queue). Of these, 5 were left over that nobody had chosen to take and auctioned on eBay by Craig for £279.99. There were an additional 7 units with both nubs not fully functional[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54711-7-dead-nub-units-to-go/]. These were offered at £150.00 on the boards and seem all to have sold at that price. The highest price on eBay for one of the first ~600 units was ~$1600??? | : Helpers on the production line seem to have been paid in pandora, first one here[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53552-look-who-flew-the-nest/]. By June 25th, the parts which arrived in the first shipment were exhausted, with approximately 400 shipped to GBAX customers, and 200 to EvilDragon's customers in mainland Europe. These shipments went to people who pre-ordered in the first 1.5 hours (roughly). Some 50 odd units shipped with only one fully working nub (to pre-orderers who choose to take one in order to skip the queue). Of these, 5 were left over that nobody had chosen to take and auctioned on eBay by Craig for £279.99. There were an additional 7 units with both nubs not fully functional[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54711-7-dead-nub-units-to-go/]. These were offered at £150.00 on the boards and seem all to have sold at that price. The highest price on eBay for one of the first ~600 units was ~$1600??? | ||
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− | |2010/06/01|| | + | |2010/06/01||2nd Batch Pre-order emails start to be sent out. |
: 2nd batch is priced[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54958-just-had-my-2nd-batch-pre-order-email] at £279.99/340 EUR (includes VAT) or $349. Ordering from the 2nd batch is offered as a way of getting a Pandora before Christmas, the shipment of the first 4000 predicted to complete around October 2010 with a continuous progression into the 2nd batch at this point. | : 2nd batch is priced[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54958-just-had-my-2nd-batch-pre-order-email] at £279.99/340 EUR (includes VAT) or $349. Ordering from the 2nd batch is offered as a way of getting a Pandora before Christmas, the shipment of the first 4000 predicted to complete around October 2010 with a continuous progression into the 2nd batch at this point. | ||
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: See the "[[Nubs#Early_Nub_Problems |Nubs]]" page for details. | : See the "[[Nubs#Early_Nub_Problems |Nubs]]" page for details. | ||
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− | |2010/08/04||Another 100 from the first | + | |2010/08/04||Another 100 from the first batch start to ship[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54915-uae4all-additions/page__view__findpost__p__900610] |
: Along with a few more one-nub units, these are the first units to ship since the nub tolerance problems were identified and the factory re-supplied with 100% tested nubs. (requiring some previously 'ready to ship' boards to be re-worked) This small shipment was used for approval before any more populated boards were shipped from the factory. | : Along with a few more one-nub units, these are the first units to ship since the nub tolerance problems were identified and the factory re-supplied with 100% tested nubs. (requiring some previously 'ready to ship' boards to be re-worked) This small shipment was used for approval before any more populated boards were shipped from the factory. | ||
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: By 11th Jan, delivered units had reached orders at 4:30 GMT on 30th Sep'08[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54432-got-your-pandora-tell-us-your-order-date/page__st__105] | : By 11th Jan, delivered units had reached orders at 4:30 GMT on 30th Sep'08[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54432-got-your-pandora-tell-us-your-order-date/page__st__105] | ||
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− | |2011/01/27||Craig announces that | + | |2011/01/27||Craig announces that premium Pandoras can be ordered for delivery within 7 days at a price of $500[http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/1274-instant-pandora-with-a-premium/] |
: This is to fund an immediate increase in the final assembly team and will be in parallel with the pre-order assembly which ought to be sped up (and the premium price units will be limited in quantity) | : This is to fund an immediate increase in the final assembly team and will be in parallel with the pre-order assembly which ought to be sped up (and the premium price units will be limited in quantity) | ||
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Revision as of 07:44, 13 October 2013
The Pandora Production Timeline
2008+
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(yyyy/mm/dd) | Milestone with short description and link to reference if possible. |
2008/09/30 | 3000 units were made available for pre-order, resulting in server overload and crashes. |
2008/09/ | Within first few days pre-order extended to 4000 units.
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2008/10/ | Craig's bank account frozen. Later on, refunds start to be sent out [1] |
2008/10/30 | Amount of ram increased to 256MB (from 128MB), NAND increased to 512MB (from 256MB). [2] |
2009/01 | Re-paying for pre-orders begins [3] |
2009 | Renders of the case shown off [4] |
2009 | Pre-ordering re-opened to fill places freed up after the great banking event. Only cash/bank transfer payments were accepted, no credit payments. |
2009 | Prototype caseworks received. |
2009 | Populated PCBs shown off. |
2010+
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(yyyy/mm/dd) | Milestone with short description and link to reference if possible. |
2010/05/21 | First shipments start[5].
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2010/06/01 | 2nd Batch Pre-order emails start to be sent out.
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2010/07 | Production is stalled to help prevent building more units with faulty nubs.
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2010/08/04 | Another 100 from the first batch start to ship[9]
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2010/08/13 | Another 200 are in the process of being built[10][11] |
2010/09/20 | 100 scheduled to ship[12], taking production past the 1000 mark.
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2010/10/06 | 2000 cases arrive in the UK[13].
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2011/01/05 | First Pandora from a batch of 350 boards that shipped over Christmas has been delivered[14]
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2011/01/07 | 400-550 units shipped to customers this week.[15]
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2011/01/27 | Craig announces that premium Pandoras can be ordered for delivery within 7 days at a price of $500[17]
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2011/07/19 | Last known arrival of a circuit co Pandora in germany.[18] |
2011/08/26 | Pandora production is in the process of being moved to Germany. 1200 preorders remain to be shipped (800 from Craig's queue, 500 from EvilDragon's).[19] |
2011/ | placeholder - anything to mention? please contribute |
2012+
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(yyyy/mm/dd) | Milestone with short description and link to reference if possible. |
2012/02/28 | First Pandora scam site found.[20] |
2012/03/ | (?01-04?) Rebirth! |
2012/03/06 | First rebirth Pandora in germany posted for arrival at its owner[21] |
2012/03/29 | 2nd day preorders completely sent to EDs customers? First 3rd day (2008/10/02) preorder received pandora.[22] |
2012/05/07 | First 6th day (2008/10/05) preorder received pandora.[23] |
2012/06/12 | First 2009 order seen received.[24] |
2012/08/24 | Approx. 75 remaining preorders in EDs batch 1 queue.[25] |
2012/12/10 | Approx. 34 remaining preorders in EDs batch 1 queue. 116 preorders (150-34) in batch 2 queue.[26] |
2013/01/12 | ED announced all batch 1 preorders of the gp2x.de shop are ready for delivery.
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2013/05/11 | ED revealed survey results about the remaining pre-orders of Craig. [28]
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