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Unihertz, which manufactures the palm-sized ultra-compact smartphone Jelly2, announced on December 23 that the Japanese version of Jelly2 is expected to be returned to Hong Kong due to customs clearance problems at Japanese customs.
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Financing with crowdfunding
The Jelly2 has a screen size of only 3 inches and is a smartphone that fits in the palm of your hand, and was funded by crowdfunding.
Kickstarter, a major overseas crowdfunding site, has succeeded in raising about 980,000 dollars (about 100 million yen) at the target of 50,000 dollars (about 5.2 million yen).
In addition, the Japanese crowdfunding site CAMPFIRE raised more than 37 million yen against the target amount of 1 million yen.
Despite its small size and light weight, it is equipped with FeliCa Osaifu-Keitai function and fingerprint authentication function, and it was available at a low price of 21,999 yen (free shipping) for CAMPFIRE and 179 dollars for Kickstarter, so it is a supporter of crowdfunding. It was a popular project from.
Returned to Hong Kong due to customs trouble
Unihertz’s official Twitter account announced on December 23 that Jelly2, which was shipping to crowdfunding supporters, is expected to be returned to Hong Kong due to a problem with customs clearance in Japan.
Unihertz apologizes to supporters for not being able to deliver by the end of 2020 because the cause of the customs clearance problem is unknown at the time of writing and will need to be reshipped from Hong Kong to Japan.
Since it was a popular crowdfunding project, there are many supporters affected, and it will be interesting to see if Jelly 2 will reach the supporters properly in the future.
To Jelly2 supporters:
As you know, the Japanese version of Jelly2 has been customs clearance for one month.
According to the latest information, Jelly2 will not be able to clear customs and will be returned to Hong Kong.
We’re very sorry, we need to reship in the current situation and will not reach you during December.— UnihertzJapan (@UnihertzJapan) December 23, 2020
Source: Unihertz / Twitter, Kickstarter, CAMPFIRE
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