Helix_X_DomeLevel 3 - Gold Member
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actually I went digging around a bit and came across those same phones on alibaba and struck up a chat with the manufacturer, Shenzhen Qimei Electronic co ltd, and I got into a chat with an employee named Jianfeng Li("Jeff Li"), and asked a few questions.
One of those were of I can receive a sample of the Alibaba 70$ phone with a higher resolution. He says sure and sends me this picture . I notice that his thumb and index fingers are covering something, namely the fig logo. But he gave it away by not covering the app that says FIG messenger. I tell him that this looked like a product ordered by FIG. He replys yes and quickly deletes the picture,but I already got a screenshot in. He asked my how I knew and I told him from the FIG messenger app. He then says that they (the company) are developing the 2nd gen of fig devices.
I proned for more details, asked if I could buy a sample, and he said that the "shape mold and pcba are all customized by FIG so they cannot sell them to other customers", even though he told me before that they designed alot of shapes and FIG chose one of them. Anyway, I digress.
He then posted a few images of a few colors that I could order.Some of them have some sort of blur applied in certain parts, probably to cover the FIG logo, lol. Although none of the prototypes have a back camera, they all resemble the fig phone, even the middle button under the center button (unlike the photo he shared which actually was prototype, or final,not sure).
I got a little friendly with him, and he asked if I was Jewish, and I said yes, and he shared some more info. He told me that the Hebrew keyboard input was difficult to implement, and he also told me that their company developed the custom android os on the phone and disabled app installation, and fig supplied the apk which I'm assuming he meant the fig messaging app, and they integrated it into the system.