When is the Pandora 2 release?

[Perusa]

Question is above.

i mean which year.

Because i save my money. I think i now have 120€ or something.

And it will take years to buy a Pandora, so i tought i just saving the money for the P2.

 

[Nintendo]

Maybe late 2014

 

[TrashyMG]

Like Sony said, 2014 was thrown around as a possible date.. but really, no one knows for sure.

 

[Perusa]

if it is 2014 its sounds good to me.

 

[Nintendo]

I'm actually hoping for 2015 launch, because there's way too many awesome technology (PS4, ONE, Shield, ASUS products, Samsung products, SONY TVs, Sharp TVs and the list goes on) coming out this year and next year, which means I'll be broke as fudge.

 

[Perusa]

uhhh...your right. But then early 2015.

 

[Binky]

2014 seems too early to me - ED's gotta pay back the investors

 

[Perusa]

true.

2015 is a good date.

Is there a fixed date to pay back?

 

[EssoAir]

I would say that summer 2015 is the most realistic time frame

 

[WizardStan]

I would say dates are very scary things to be avoided entirely right now

 

[ShleeDragon]

It's going to be released in the year 2000!

 

[Binky]

It's going to be released in the year 3000!

ftfy

 

[Grench]

Question is above.

i mean which year.

Because i save my money. I think i now have 120€ or something.

And it will take years to buy a Pandora, so i tought i just saving the money for the P2.

I'd assume it's at least 2 years out if ever.

Note the last part - a P2 is far from a 'shoe in' or 'done deal'.  It's still in the 'pipe dream' realm.

So, if you want a Pandora but can not afford the new price, you might consider purchasing a used one or one of the highly discounted refurbished units.

 

[TrashyMG]

It's going to be released in the year 2000!

?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g-s7XN20HE


well it was funny in 1999

 

[Asiyura]

There won't be any Pandora 2… maybe a handheld done with the same philosophy, but there are absolutely no date.

ED said that he might eventually think about making a pandora successor… when he will have recouped his losses from the Pandora.

 

[Mr_Loon]

Have we reached the end of the road in terms of hardware upgrades to the existing Pandora?

I'm pretty sure that the SOC can't be upgraded but could the screen / wifi / nand size etc. get a 'refresh?' this may help with sales and therefore speed up the coming of Dragonfly or whatever the spiritual successor of Pandora will be called?

 

[Exophase]

None of those things would be possible as drop-in replacements like the SoC and RAM upgrades were.

NAND or RAM: It's part of the package on top of the SoC, you get what Micron offers and AFAIK the 512/512MB option is the best there is.

Wifi: There's no upgrade that is pin compatible, would need a new board.

LCD: Would need to have the same LCD connector pinout and form factor, which is a problem because those aren't really standardized between products. And the parallel style is losing favor. You'd also be limited to whatever the SoC can support.

If you're doing a new PCB you'd may as well do a new design, even if it's a conservative one.

 

[Asiyura]

AFAIK :

The flash, RAM and CPU are on the same package (it's a package on package design), no way to easily improve any of those.

A new wifi chip would need a redesign of the mainboard.

LCD need to be pin to pin compatible to be swappable.

EDIT : Exo was faster

 

[WolfSpider]

2 Decades™

 

[Exophase]

AFAIK :

The flash, RAM and CPU are on the same package (it's a package on package design), no way to easily improve any of those.

A new wifi chip would need a redesign of the mainboard.

LCD need to be pin to pin compatible to be swappable.

EDIT : Exo was faster

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