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Saygus Founder Finally Sentenced to Jail for Fraud, But He Also Did More Fraud

Kellen July 16, 2024 16

Long-time readers of the site know about a company named Saygus, as its story led us through a period of crowd-funded phones that were scams on another level. Saygus happened to be one of those we shared several updates on, because the phone first arrived at...

Saygus is Back, Not Delivering a Phone, But Being Charged With Fraud

Kellen August 18, 2021 14

Long time readers of the site will know the name Saygus. The company who made a big splash at CES 2015 with a phone that promised the world, only to lie and delay the device for years without ever shipping it, was a punching bag around these parts as we...

Look! Saygus V2 Did Actually Show Up at the FCC!

Kellen November 7, 2017 30

As much as I would love to never talk about Saygus and the V2 phone again (that's probably a lie - talking about disasters is fun), we can't quit until we see this thing through. And guess what? After supposedly clearing the FCC a couple of months back, the...

Guys, the Saygus V2 Supposedly “Passed the FCC”

Kellen August 14, 2017 45

It has been 8 months since we last checked in on smartphone crowdfunder Saygus and their V2 phone, but that changes today because over the weekend, huge news arrived. Also, yes, the Saygus V2 is still apparently in the works after over two years of lies and...

#TBT: Saygus Announced the V-Squared 2 Years Ago at CES, Still Hasn’t Shipped a Single Phone

Kellen January 5, 2017 35

Almost exactly 2 years ago to the day, a company named Saygus introduced a phone called the V-Squared at CES that was billed as the ultimate power user package. It had dual everything, tech supposedly never seen before in a phone, “Fractal Antenna Technology,”...

Saygus V2 was Supposed to Have Shipped by Yesterday…

Kellen April 1, 2016 39

Guys, I have failed you. I had already forgotten about the Saygus V2 and the fact that it was supposed to ship by March 31, at the latest, and missed out on the latest round of excuses and random circuit board chatter that came across Twitter yesterday from...

Backing a Crowdfunded Smartphone is a Terrible Idea. [Opinion]

Kellen January 22, 2016 49

If there is one, almost guaranteed to be terrible, financial decision you could make in tech today, it would be by backing a crowdfunded smartphone. That includes those from random companies you have never heard of that open up "pre-orders" for break-through...

The Saygus V2…You Already Asked for a Refund, Right?

Kellen January 19, 2016 75

The Saygus V2 or V-Squared is back in the news this week, unfortunately. I don't really have much to say about it, other than we met with them at CES and came away shaking our heads at the disaster that they have become since announcing their phone at last...