Hello dear backers, After over one hundred updates, it has been quite a journey to say the least, and this will be the final one. We’ve been blessed with getting many backers. This kept us motivated so we could fulfill our promises. Considering our delays, we experienced a good amount of disappointed […]..Read more
Hello backers, Before the final update, we thought you would appreciate more information concerning the earbuds. Here are the links to the videos. Pairing & Controls Waterproof Testing Unboxing Tracking numbers Some of you already received their pre-order but no worries, you will receive your tracking number by Friday evening. The final update will be […]..Read more
Hello backers, We are glad to announce that the manufacturing went without a hitch and the shipping is going as planned. We have documented the manufacturing & shipping process, in a 2 min video. By Friday, we will individually email all the backers by providing their tracking number. Before that event, […]..Read more
Dear backer, Following up on the last update, pre-production units have been sent & it’s time to reveal the model we have chosen. We tested dozens of variations and evaluated them in order to represent the best experience for our backers, considering our initial offering. More importantly, you’ll need to update your address […]..Read more
Dear backers, Starting out a new production, as a new project, as a new company & with a new supplier is quite a challenge. Now, let’s imagine that supplier is oversea, in a foreign language, and the cherry on top they are in pandemic lockdown for years so we can’t even work closely with them. […]..Read more
Hello backers, It’s been a while since the last update. We were awaiting a key batch of PCBs and I prefer relevance over consistency at this point in our long journey. We almost gave up in late September; we tried so many manufacturers and none could make reliable PCBs as Sylvain designed them. […]..Read more
Hi backers, Sylvain (our CTO), is responsible for the technical development at Phazon. He has a message for you: Here’s the transcript: Hi backers, I’m Sylvain, I’ve been responsible for the technical development of Phazon since the beginning of the project. In the last update, we were hoping to get many pairs […]..Read more
Dear backers, In this update, you’ll find the following: – Summary of the past weeks – What’s next – Chip shortage (resolved) – Applying for the early shipping SUMMARY OF THE PAST WEEKS After a number of video calls with our PCB manufacturer, we finally found what happened with the boards that […]..Read more
Hey guys, Been a while since the last update. I delayed this update because I wanted to provide more value. I think you’ll prefer this instead of keeping consistent updates with more or less value in them. While I’d love to provide this update with exciting positive news and deep value… well, […]..Read more
Dear backers, The molds’ revision is now completed. We will receive the plastic parts next week to evaluate them. While the molds were being reworked, we assembled new pairs of prototypes. We initially had some struggles to make them work, for 2 reasons: The antenna circuit needed a new tuning since the […]..Read more
Hey backers, We finally received the 1st plastic (polycarbonate) shots of the molds. While it’s pretty good for 1st shots, some modifications are needed and required to make the earbuds sound & waterproof. We sent them detailed comments on the corrections needed. Some of our comments sent to our manufacturer The plastic (polycarbonate) […]..Read more
Hello backers, Quick update this time. In the last 4 weeks, our mold manufacturer has already provided the 1st shots of the mold, which is awesome. (see pictures at the bottom) In the meantime, Sylvain enhanced the connectivity for the earbuds. Therefore, the spotty connectivity that a few beta testers pointed out should […]..Read more
Hi backers, Things are starting to move forward in a significant way. We officially requested the mold adjustments 2 weeks ago with our Chinese manufacturing partner. After the failed charging case enlargement we showed you in the last update, they sent a new prototype which is now pretty accurate & finely working. […]..Read more
Hi backers, If we had one sentence to say about this update is: we can’t wait for the borders to reopen. I almost called the shot to start the mold modifications last month. The last mechanical prototypes we received were near perfect, it only needed tighter tolerances. We told them exactly what to correct. […]..Read more
Hey backers, The main topic of this update is the pre-production prototype feedback. There is also a bunch of points you might be interested in: Activating Deep sleep Mic adjustments Switching touch controls Back & forth – 3d prints Plan for the next month Let’s jump in. Pre-production unit feedback Not all […]..Read more
Hi everyone, Following on the building of pre-production prototypes, the first batch got shipped. It’s very long to manually assemble from scratch, programmed and then packaged in the earbuds and chargers. At this moment, the 1st batch is currently in transit so we are awaiting for their input. We appreciate everyone submitting their […]..Read more
Dear backers, This last month we’ve been rolling full speed to get the pre-production prototypes ready to be shipped to a few backers. A lot of you applied and there are only 8 prototypes (earbuds + charger) available. I’ve made a shortlist of who’s getting them but it’s not yet final. The backers’ […]..Read more
Hi backers, Notwithstanding this unfortunate pandemic, we are ready to build out the pre-production prototypes. The last prototypes were working really well with the connectivity but there were noticeable sub performances around them. To prevent a potential bottleneck, we made an improved electronic circuit design that would fix all the identified […]..Read more
Hey backers, Most of our manufacturers are shut down due to the Wuhan virus. Around 25% of global manufacturing occurs in China so you can guess the consequences on the supply chain. This bottleneck is quite unfortunate. That being said, we’ve been able to do significant progress on the design of the […]..Read more
Hey backers, I hope you guys had sweet Holidays and got up to a great start in this first month. Since the connectivity is now fixed, which is by far the biggest challenge, we’re on track to get the smaller details to follow suit. Those details mainly revolve around the following: […]..Read more
Hi backers, We are excited to announce that the connectivity was finally, successfully achieved in multiple earbuds sets. We had 8 people coming for this third round of Beta testing, 7 of them were new beta testers. The results were impressive. All of them found the connectivity to be a 10/10. *They […]..Read more
Hey backers, Yesterday & today were days of mixed emotions. We worked relentlessly to provide beta testing units so our backers could say that the earbuds are indeed working great. But 2 out of 3 the working units slightly broke so the good connectivity was compromised. Bringing only 1 pair for […]..Read more
Hey backers, Early this month, we succeeded in getting the earbuds to connect extremely well in different environments. That was such a relief for the team. The best scenario is when you are inside a structure, such as a room or else. Urban areas work surprisingly well too. The […]..Read more
Hey backers, The new antenna we implement in the last month is starting to be paying out. That was a painful change since we bet a lot in the previous one. We had from time to time great results but the results were just not sustainable for mass production, so we needed to […]..Read more
Hey backers, So we finished understanding the new software and we saw a performance improvement, but it was not enough. Sylvain had to turn in a particular way the earbud in his ear to get a great signal strength. Let’s just say it’s not convenient. BTW, Sylvain had to go the hospital for kidney […]..Read more
Hey guys, Let’s chat about the beta testings and the new firmware. It was nice to see some of our backers, face to face during the beta testings. Sylvain and I explained our delays and why it was so hard. Of course, people played and experienced with the earbuds. People like the sound […]..Read more
Hey backers, We noticed that when taking measurements in the ear for the tuning, the instrument itself is affecting the results. We could not think of a better way nonetheless. Sylvain then had the brilliant idea to 3D print the ear and take measures as if we were inside the head. After […]..Read more
Hey backers, A month in electronics quickly goes by… You design a new version of a PCB, send them to the manufacturer, goes back & forth with design modifications. Once agreed, they start the job and finish it within a week (which is super fast, normally +2 weeks). You then […]..Read more
Dear backers, When we finished the campaign in January 2016, we had a working prototype and our goal was to make it smaller so virtually anyone could fit in. The miniaturization process was a hell lot more complicated than we thought. You guys saw updates after updates what we went through. […]..Read more
Hey backers, Very interesting stuff happened during this first month of the year. So as Sylvain predicted, we got a fully functional pair of earbuds that worked flawlessly (woohoo!). It worked perfectly on Chris… but not on everyone. Sylvain and Hoang (RF specialist) got some disconnects from time to time, which is pretty annoying […]..Read more
Hey backers, The antenna expert we hired about 2 months ago… well, it’s starting to pay off. His advanced antenna skills combined with Sylvain’s electronic experience makes a powerful technical team in nailing the antenna circuit. Well, I’m glad to announce the following: Yesterday, we’ve been able to establish a solid 30 feet distance […]..Read more
Hi backers, 2 points will be covered in this update: Results of the audit from the RF specialist Our progress thus far The ‘audit’ we requested from the RF engineer (Hoang Nguyen) on our electronics, more specifically the RF (antenna) circuit, has proven to be a good move so far. Here are the general […]..Read more
Hey backers, Let’s see what happened last month: New circuits with an antenna friendly material Antenna tech revised by a specialist Let’s jump right to it: Written (and more detailed) update below. New circuits with an antenna friendly material: Alright, so the previous batch of circuits was made with a certain material […]..Read more
Hey backers, Let’s make it short for this one. Our engineer Sylvain (responsible for all the tech) is going to tell you what is going on concerning our development. In addition, we’ll show you, in a timelapse format, all the process from getting the PCBs to tuning them. This is what we do each […]..Read more
Hello backers, Okay so this month is about 3 main components: The crazy stuff we did to make and assemble PCBs (nobody thought it was possible) Why we delayed the big guns Debriefing the 1st meeting of the Phazon backers committee Let’s check them out: CRAZY (smart) STUFF WE DID We made extensive […]..Read more
Hey backers! It’s common that in startups – as in life – to have things that work like planned and others that are bumps on the road. Fortunately, we prepared accordingly for those bumps. We resume the whole month in here: DEVELOPMENT STATUS We went quite in details in the video of what happened last […]..Read more
Hey guys, From your feedback, we learned that most of you liked updates with videos more than just text and image-based updates. To better serve you, here’s the first of our new series of video updates with supporting text. Today, we’ll be highlighting 3 items: An interview with Sylvain, our CTO (the responsible for […]..Read more
Hello guys, We got the earbuds’ plastic parts just in time for this update, so we prepared a short video showing them off to you. Enjoy! Of course, this was just a snapshot of the whole month, dig down below for a more complete picture. DEVELOPMENT STATUS We’ll try to be more focused on videos […]..Read more
Hola Backers, So we’re in the middle of the molding process with the charger and earbuds. That doesn’t mean we’ve been taking it slow, hell no! We used that time to make a few tweaks and a light drop test. Molds are scheduled to be ready at the end of May (most likely) or beginning […]..Read more
Hello backers, There was a lot of back & forth with our contract manufacturer in the last month. We’ve been able to secure the deal we had already initiated for mass manufacturing a while ago and get the ball rolling for pre-production. Check out below for the details. DEVELOPMENT STATUS The last update was […]..Read more
Hey backers, We’ve been able to get our PCBs in time, just before the Chinese New Year. We assembled them with all the components we need and… we nailed connectivity again 🙂 Check out below what’s next, because there’s a lot of relevant stuff going on. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Alright, so during the last month, […]..Read more
Dear backers, We’re actively pursuing the journey with fresh PCBs incoming soon. We’re expecting these new boards to be the ones we could basically start pre-production with. Check out below for more details. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Alright, so we fine-tuned the PCBs as hell this early January to make sure they would work out […]..Read more
Hey backers, Hope you’re having great holidays so far. The development of the earbuds is going strong and about to be completed so check out below what happened in the last weeks. DEVELOPMENT STATUS The technical staff got back from China 3 weeks ago. They made the awaited working prototype in China and […]..Read more
Hey backers, We spent the last month in China working hand in hand with our new suppliers. I am happy to announce that it was time well spent as it has yielded the results that we all have long waited for. Let me tell you about the progress below. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Alright, the […]..Read more
Dear backers, As you are well aware, we keep pushing our PCB manufacturers in North America to the limits of what they can do. It seems that their limit was reached 2 weeks ago. We anticipated this limit and figured out a strong plan to get to production ASAP in China. This update is […]..Read more
Dear backers, Today’s update will be a shorter one since we received the updated PCBs yesterday, which means we couldn’t assemble them in time for the update. DEVELOPMENT STATUS We made a few adjustments to the PCB (aka the green wafer) to improve the antenna’s performance. We had to adjust the internal mechanical […]..Read more
Backers, Mastering the RF (Radio Frequency aka Bluetooth connectivity for us) is incredibly hard. While we are extremely close, I have to admit there are hurdles getting to the finish line. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Let’s see what happened in the last 2 weeks on the tech side. The good news: We have been successful […]..Read more
Dear backers, We’re proud to announce that we achieved a significant improvement to the earbuds. We doubled the Bluetooth distance between the smartphone and the earbuds. Check out the details below. DEVELOPMENT STATUS In the last update, we mentioned that we were able to get a perfect Bluetooth connectivity for a distance of 10 […]..Read more
Dear backers, Building a startup with groundbreaking tech is no small feat. There are highs and lows, as you experienced firsthand. Today, I’m glad to announce that we’ve achieved another primordial milestone: perfect connectivity between the 2 earbuds (inside the shells)! Check out the details below. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Yes, finally, we made it work. In […]..Read more
Hey backers, We completed an important milestone today. The fine-tuning of the antenna is completed 😀 Check out the full story below. DEVELOPMENT STATUS We’re super happy to announce that we’ve nailed down the antenna, which proved to be quite a challenge, and is still the #1 defect on the vast majority of truly […]..Read more
Hey backers, Our long-standing quest to find the right PCB manufacturer for our prototypes has come to an end! We also received painted prototypes, so make sure you look at that too. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Since the last update, we ordered two batches of PCBs from Canadian manufacturers. We did this to be able to […]..Read more
Hi guys, The majority of the last fifteen days were spent on finding the right PCB supplier, as this proved to be an increasingly major bottleneck in the project. We took this matter in hands as never before. Let’s check it out. DEVELOPMENT STATUS In the last update, we mentioned it was excessively hard […]..Read more
Dear backers, As you’re certainly aware, building a great company doesn’t happen overnight. It’s especially true with any hardware company who goes above and beyond standard products. Maybe a relatively new well-known car company can remind you of this (now the world’s largest automaker by market capitalization). In our context, the process of designing the […]..Read more
Hey guys, Chris here, Chief Nerd at Phazon. In case you did not know, I write all the updates myself. It’s super important for me that backers get the most updated, clear and accurate info on the development directly from me. We believe we identified the source of the antenna connection issue. We also squashed […]..Read more
Hola Backers, This update will mostly focus on the fine-tuning of the earbuds and how things are getting along. DEVELOPMENT STATUS Sylvain and the tech team are making steady progress with the fine-tuning of the antenna, using a variety of tools and resources, among them: A mathematical formula borrowed from the mining industry to get […]..Read more
Hey backers, We’ve got big pressure from everywhere to ship those sweet earbuds as fast as possible. Would it be awesome to enjoy them for this upcoming summer? Hell yeah! That’s why we’re maximizing everything we got to fix the antenna challenge. DEVELOPMENT STATUS You guys have been tremendously patient and that’s why […]..Read more
Hey backers, For most of you, spring is right around the corner with its beautiful sunshine. It certainly feels good. The other thing looking good is how the Phazon earbuds are coming to fruition. DEVELOPMENT STATUS We’re glad to announce the final dimensions of the earbuds. We’ve been tweaking with it for a while to […]..Read more
Hi Backers, I’m sure you guys know that some companies jumped into the true wireless bandwagon. Some even launched a product on the market but failed to provide the reliability and quality we all crave for. We know, we tested them all. Others are still banging their heads in labs. Our super smart lead engineer, […]..Read more
Hello Backers, Let’s start with really interesting topics, we have 2 good news to announce! – The charging case is upgraded to offer 4 full extra charges for the earbuds – Volume control is now enabled on the earbuds..Read more
Hello backers, Oddly enough, we did NOT announce a delay in the last update, but some of you reacted as if it was a delay. This probably happened because we apologized for the ones we had before...Read more
Dear backers, There are things we regret and others we don’t. We spent a lot of time working with Canadian manufacturers because it was important for us to build the earbuds in our own country. These partners did their best, but at some point we realized they just wouldn’t get us to production. Reliability and […]..Read more
Hey backers, It’s me, Chris, your chief nerd writing here. The last update was hard to write but we’re fortunate to have great backers that support our journey, we can’t thank you guys enough! SHIPPING STATUS So as scheduled, the tech team is currently in Shenzhen, China. It’s not an ideal timing in China: it is […]..Read more
Hey backers, Again, lots of stuff to tell you about, especially that we’re in a big crunch time period. We also included a little educational piece at the end. SHIPPING STATUS This December month was just totally insane on the technical side. We even surpassed the straight 18 hours workday. Because we wanted to be […]..Read more
Hey guys, A tremendous amount of time was spent into the final prototypes so we can be ready for the beta testers. Let’s dig down below!..Read more
Hey guys, A lot of things happened recently… must_reduce_wording to include them all...Read more
Oh boy, So much to say, the 2,500 characters update limit is killing us! Let’s jump in asap...Read more
MICROPHONE & SHIPPING STATUS (continued) Some of you requested to have the earbuds without a mic earlier. We had discussions with our manufacturer and having 2 different lines of the product is cost prohibitive at this point. Hey, we clearly understand it can be frustrating to have another delay...Read more
Saluton! (Hello in Esperanto) We can see & feel you have high expectations for our product. It’s okay, we want to make it truly awesome too! We’re quite a small team – only 5 working full time right now. We’re small, yes, but super talented and incredibly focused, working around 80h/week. We plan to hire […]..Read more
Bonsoir backers! As promised, we made a short video showing you the miniature working prototypes. Here it goes! (Definitely important to see)..Read more
Hallo backers, We stopped videos with cool intros for a while. We’re gladly showing you a new one. Thanks to Edge Dimension for their incredible 3D rendering in the intro and Otakus & Geeks for the interview at the CE Week...Read more
Konichiwa backers! The last 2 weeks have been highly focused on our PCB manufacturers while testing the audio quality in parallel… scroll me to learn more..Read more
Ciao backers! Hope you’re enjoying the summer so far. Here at Phazon we’ve been incredibly busy securing the supply chain. We’ve also got very good news for the audiophiles out there 🙂..Read more
Hello dear backers! Hope you’re having a blast for this summer. We sure know it would have been better with the Phazon earbuds, but we can assure you the wait will be worth it!..Read more
Hey backers! I’m Chris, the Chief Nerd here at Phazon. I’ll write this entire update so you’ll have a clear picture of what’s going on. For the first time, we won’t put a cool intro video in this update. It will be all about transparency...Read more
Hola backers! Last month we made the fully functional miniature prototypes. The result has been outstanding in terms of the sound quality and connectivity. A lot more details will be provided in the next update. Check out our senior engineer working on them..Read more
Hey backers! Before anything else, here’s a short video of our factory making the working prototypes! (Go watch it – The intro is way too cool!)..Read more
Hey backers! Even in our wildest dreams, we did not anticipate that kind of response! Our Indiegogo campaign is over but our journey together has just begun,..Read more
Some of you noticed that we extended the campaign for 3 days! We’ve raised so much in our final days that Indiegogo has been nice enough to allow us this little extension. We’re now at the maximum days allowed to run a campaign. No worries, our engineers are fully focus into the product development so […]..Read more
At Phazon, we’re obsessed at getting for our backers an incredible customer experience. We understand that shipping on time is part of this experience...Read more
We are actually at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. It’s the biggest tech show in the world. This is a huge opportunity to meet up with a lot of people that could help us in our journey. We have talked with media, investors and suppliers!..Read more
We have reached today the $1M milestone! With 7 days left, the $1.2M stretch goal is not so far away 🙂 Let’s keep up this pace! P.S. For your information, we’ll provide about 1 update/day until the end of the campaign. So please don’t put us in the spam folder 😉..Read more
Quick update here: A few hours ago, we’ve been featured on ProductHunt. It’s a trendy website that attracts new projects. People vote on those projects. The more votes you have, the more visibility you get. You vote by clicking on the small triangle (see picture below)...Read more
Yes, you have read correctly, we have not 1 but 2 stretch goals! The first stretch goal was hardware related while the second was software related. This time, we are incorporating both!..Read more
As promised, we are adding a new stretch goal. It’s not as funky as tie dye earbuds, but it’s definitely a huge addition for music lovers! Introducing you the equalizer app..Read more
We’re about to lay a new stretch goal… on MONDAY. We have an idea of what it would be, but we’re very open to suggestions (time travel: the Midnight blue color was the most popular amongst backers)...Read more
The incredible crowdfunding journey of Phazon will end soon. Yes, the 10 days remaining will go by really quickly. Fortunately, you made it in time to benefit the huge discounts available ($199 retail price)...Read more
You asked, we listened! There are now 5 colors and we are adding a new one IF we reach 400K. After carefully reading all your emails, the favorite color amongst our backer is blue!..Read more
Hey guys, in just 6 days, we raised $250 000! That’s quite an impressive feat, a big clap for everyone from around the world!..Read more
