Do we have any update on the shipping? Status of the board right now? Thank you
Introduce ROCK 5B - ARM Desktop level SBC
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Akhi, you are diving too much in it. Let it go. You cant change peopleās behavior, but you can change your own. If somebody or some company does something thats is not to your liking, just drop them like a stone from a high building. That is the advice that i go by these days and i can tell you i am sooo much more happier. No more nonsense and shallow discussions with shallow people, no more devices that that steal my money and take space while i am not happy with it. Quality above quantity with people and devices.
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So @jack, can we get some news on how development/manufacturing is going? These R5 coupons are burning a hole in my pocket, and it seems everyone elseās boards are available now while thereās complete silence hereā¦
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We will post some updates soon. I think it might be some developer debug party. Everyone else is selling samples, in small quantities. We are preparing the MP. There is a lot difference if you are familiar with hardware development.
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Its looking like the rk3588 has been a huge $200-300 small qty success with another brand coming out each month.
If they keep selling at that price, I wouldnāt be surprised if we are in for a long wait but not as surprised at the price some are obviously paying which is just crazy high for general performance capabilities.
@jack any news on the Radxa Zero2 and if a311 vs a311d2 is worth the price difference?
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Actually I sent email to allnetchina asking if I should receive a discount code in a separate email, but they say the order number in itself is the discount code, so it should be all fine.
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Any updates on the EU distributor?
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Iām waiting for this too!
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did you figure out the Ameridroid pricing issue?
Ameridroid is cheaper for shipping to me (within USA) vs. Allnet - but i did not find any pricing posted on their site. Allnet is transparent that pricing is the same as this postā¦
UPDATE: Ameridroid responded via e-mail to me and clarified their pricing is higher. Iām going to order from allnet china instead.
Hi @thelinuxguy, glad you determined what works best for you.
For others in North America, Iād like to shout out the stellar service Iāve received from Ameridroid!
With my past orders, the difference in shipping cost from Allnet aborbed a chunk of the potential savings. As an industrial user, the reduced time enroute, above noted quality of service, and being free from any import tax more than balanced out the difference.
As they say, YMMV 
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Hi @dande, looks like Allnet has multiple distribution points in the EU:
https://wiki.radxa.com/Buy
At the top, two are listed from Germany, then if you scroll down and choose Europe, other options are listed. Some require creating an account to see pricing/place orders.
Cheers!
wait how did you figure that??
There is no shipping price listed for allnet
I am also in the US
are we to assume that the shipping is included in the price then?
if not how did you get the price for shipping and can you share how much shipping is from allnet
,thanks
Pick any other āavailableā board of the same size and try to checkout to see the shipping cost. Safe assumption that it will be the same cost (size / weight)
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I thought imports for personal usage have a $600 (or something like that) exemption from taxes?
I have ordered many things directly from China (taobao) and never paid any taxes. Including a $100 computer NAS chassis.
Hi @thelinuxguy, youāre likely correct, however:
Since Iām ordering for work the lack of import tax and rapid issue resolution Iāve experienced from Ameridroid are tangible value adds.
Either way, Iām looking forward to all of us putting the Rock5 through its paces soon!
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In the UK small items under $15 where tax free but Brexit ended that and much of the Tax exemptions everywhere seemed to end during Trumps time & Brexit.
I think the EU fairs better.
Alllnet add the taxes into the final costs for UK delivery dunno if its the same for the US.
The advantage to buying local is returns and on the cheaper boards its not even worth my while returning them with the uk-china courier prices we have avail.
Guys any news about Rock Pi 6B?
4xA78P 3.20 GHz 4xA55e 2.00 GHz with G78MP24?
We are in Q2 and no others leaks.someone update me
Wonder if this is a serious question. As even the Rock Pi 5B is not yet readily available. Let alone the 6B.
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RK3588 is Rockchipās highest-performance processor to date so yeah likely just youthful enthusiasm.
I guess much will go on how well Rockchip do with a high end arm base incorporating relatively new arm architectures.
But nope apart from a figment of imagination prob has been looking at some of the latest Mediatek & Snapdragon chips
If thing go well something around that mark or an Arm X2 might be on the guesstimate horizon but its a strange market as the likes of Intel & especially AMD are providing performance at ever lower watts that is starting to converge with Arm from different directions.
There are some quite bargain priced AMD Athlon 300U (15 watt) if you do a trawl of aliexpress with 8gb/120gb for approx $220 and if I had the cash would be buying one just to benchmark and evaluate.
The RDNA 2-based integrated graphics in Ryzen 6000 mobile CPUs are pretty damn powerful and currently out of Rock style pricing but its only a few years at current rate where they will be older budget chips as the Athlon 300U is now.
Its all interesting and my enthused question is are we hitting a process nm barrier with next gen being like TMSC N4 (4nm-class) apparently quantum tunnelling is a thing at that level and below where electrons mysteriously pass through without hitting the transistor substrate.
I guess you are aiming too low: we should expect a new Rockchip SoC coming with 2 Cortex-X3, 2 Cortex-720 and 4 Cortex-A520 plus a Mali-G720MP16 for US$50 be released in 2023, or 2024 the latest 
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