It'll be black. 3000 already produced
[doublepost=1493663736,1493663281][/doublepost]Well, if nothing has been posted then the status from last time hasn't changed.
Well, i think you know the parts better than me.
Case: If you finally receive the 50. How long do they need for mass production? Will they all be black?
Mass production can be done in a couple of days, depending on the plastic used.
If it's no special color, then the plastic should be available from stock.
I want to offer transparent ones as well (as people requested them), but I don't want to make too many colors from the beginning, as that would increase the costs A LOT.
keymat: When does the mass production start? How long does it take?
Mass production takes roughly four weeks, only thing needed to be tweaked now is the DPad (see the "Test the keymat"-Thread), and I'll receive new ones end of next week.
PCBs: Any more fixes needed? Ordered? When? How long?
Nothing new has been found yet, but the applied fixes need to be tested thoroughly.
Mainboards take about 4 weeks to be produced then they'll be ready for mass production.
LCD Cables: Same, when can the new ones be ready?
Hasn't changed, about 3 - 4 weeks (plus shipping).
We had to revert back to a rolled one though (still with redundancy), as simulations showed the S-Curve the other cable made put too much stress on them.
Boxes: Design? Production?
2 weeks production time, so that's one of the late things to be done.
Aditional:
USB tested and workung?
Wifi tested and workung? How good?
LTE tested and workung? How good?
Bluetooth tested and workung?
HDMI tested and workung?
Functionality of those has been tested over a year ago (way before the second prototype production run), so they basically work.
Some more hardcore testing will be needed, but so far no issues have been found.