Is that yet another failed kickstarter type thing? The perps have nothing to show, many backers howling, and are now out of pocket.
Yeah. Pretty much.
I can summarize a little:
I'm not sure how fxtec got to the point of creating their first phone, because they only really grabbed my attention when they started working with XDA.
But it seems, they sold their first phone for a while through their official website (which was already
'problematic' according to the first link),
and then partnered up with XDA for some overhauled "special edition" of that first phone.
From what I read and since the company already had the gleam of being established, many backers believed the promises fxtec was making, not realizing what a legal pitfall crowdfunding can be.
And then apparently they screwed their backers real good! (Links 2+3)
I mean, imagine buying a Snapdragon 835-phone for ~$700 and instead
>hopefully< getting a Snapdragon 662-phone for ~$900(!) --- shipped 6 months later than initially promised.
With no chance of getting a refund.
That's about the gist of why people are
'a little worked up'.