The ambitions of the project Ubuntu Edge was revalued at $ 20 million

The project to create Ubuntu Edge smartphone proved to be very unpopular, as evidenced by the results of the campaign Indiegogo. In July, the company Canonical started a campaign to raise funds planned to receive $ 32 million in 30 days to create a "phone-dreams» Ubuntu Edge. Crowd-fanding started very successfully managed to collect $ 2 million for the first 8 hours, and then set a record for such projects, having received more than $ 10 million, surpassing the popularity of the campaign to create hours of Pebble. However, this success come to an end. Unlike hours Pebble smartphone from Canonical has not appeared. Moreover Crowd-fandinga goal was not achieved, as the total amount of funds raised was just under 13 million Dallara. More specifically, 12.8 million. Against the need to $ 32 million. At this moment the campaign is discontinued, but Canonical has not abandoned plans to build a smartphone. According to Mark Shattlevorfa (Mark Shuttleworth) have shown interest in the project, some large manufacturers, so maybe, Ubuntu Edge still see the light.