Ubuntu Edge pricing drops to $625 minimum on Indiegogo after initial sellout

After all 5,000 Ubuntu Edge smartphones in the lowest $600 Indiegogo pricing tier sold out, Canonical has added three new pledge levels. Initially, those who missed out on the one-day-only offer would've needed to cough up $830, but there are now $625, $675 and $725 rungs prior to that price, each with 1,250 of the linux-coated handsets available. Meanwhile, the counter at the original $830 second level -- which had already been in the hundreds -- has been reset, with Canonical promising it would "refund the difference (to those buyers) at the end of the campaign." Though it hasn't clarified directly, that presumably means it's moved them to the new, lower tiers, and it promised to reach out directly soon. After it raised $3.5 million in 40 hours, it's not clear if the new pricing is a sign of a slowdown in the $32 million campaign, but we've reached out to Canonical for more information.

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