Yota Devices今天透露，该公司取消了在美国推出YotaPhone 2的计划，理由是与生产合作伙伴关系复杂。根据Verge通过Indiegogo发给**支持者的电子邮件，该公司表示，“我们取消发射的原因是由于不可预见的延迟，包括生产和交付我们的**商的YotaPhone 2的北美变种”，“物流是无法克服的，设备将只是到达太晚。”它说，延迟交付YotaPhone 2到北美客户可能会与2016年的计划产生冲突，Indiegogo的支持者仍在等待这款设备，而其他地区的Yotaphone已经在更新、更好、更便宜。

该公司为那些支持本月早些时候发起的众筹活动的人提供了两种选择。支持者可以选择接收国际版的**，不过它在美国缺乏对LTE的支持，只能在T-Mobile和AT&T上获得HSPA+服务。或者，他们可以要求退款，但具体的物流退款将如何交付给他们仍在制定中，根据电子邮件。

支持者可以选择国际版或要求退款

Indiegogo的活动从那些对这款**感兴趣的支持者那里筹集了近30万美元，并且为获得一部**至少支付了500美元。它在7月26日关闭之前完成了融资目标。Yota现在表示，它正在与一家新的**商合作，这家**商可以“支持我们所需的可扩展性，以便将YotaPhone快速带到世界各地，包括北美。”但它似乎只会与该合作伙伴合作，为其下一代设备增加生产，这一点尚未公布。

下一代YotaPhone将迎来一个新的生产合作伙伴

YotaPhone的概念很有趣，也很吸引人：它背面有一个低功耗的E Ink显示屏，可以用来显示各种信息，而不会影响电池寿命，几乎和设备正面的标准彩色LCD一样。这是目前其他智能**无法提供的，很明显，至少对这一概念有一定的需求。不过，尽管今天似乎任何人都能**出智能**，但很明显，大规模**智能**并将其交付给全球的客户并非易事，而Yota不幸的是从艰难的道路上学会了这一点。你可以阅读下面发给Indiegogo支持者的电子邮件的全部内容。

Dear Indiegogo backer,

It’s with a very heavy heart that I have to share the news that we are canceling our launch of YotaPhone 2 in North America. This has been a difficult decision for us as a company, and we’d like to offer our sincerest apologies to the many people who have supported us.

What Happened:

The reason for our cancelled launch is due to unforeseen delays including both production and delivery of the North American variant of YotaPhone 2 from our manufacturer. This despite spending months finalizing and securing the deal to bring to life the North American variant of YotaPhone 2, and when we launched this campaign we were confident our supplier would be able to follow through with their commitment. This was a shock to everyone at Yota Devices, and our leadership team, including our CEO, met with the manufacturer last week in a last-ditch effort to find a solution but the logistics were insurmountable and the device would simply arrive too late. In turn, we believe that the likelihood of a severe delay in these shipments would have created a conflict with our international road map for 2016, leaving Indiegogo supporters behind when customers in other regi*** will be offered a newer, cheaper and better YotaPhone.

What Happens Now:

As a result of this situation, we have two proposed opti*** for our loyal Indiegogo YotaPhone backers.

1. For those who are avid fans of our hardware and innovation, we offer you the option to receive an International version of YotaPhone 2 (YD201) in Black only. For those backers living outside of North America, this is the exact phone we already planned to send you. For those living in the US, this phone will work with major GSM carriers including AT&T and T-Mobile. The unfortunate situation is that it will remain locked to HSPA+ (3G/3G+) bands and will not be active on 4G/LTE.

2. For those of you who are not interested in the International YotaPhone 2, you’ll have the option to request a refund. We’re still figuring out the logistics for this, but the refunds will not be charged back to your credit card. We will instead send a reimbursement to you directly.

In the next week we’ll follow up separately with each of you to confirm your choice and share refund updates or shipping timelines based on your choice.

Moving Forward:

The good news is that, as a result of our growth, we are bringing on a new manufacturing partner who can support the scalability we need in order to quickly bring YotaPhone to various regi*** around the world, including North America. This includes delivering a new generation YotaPhone with the latest specs and technologies, but also at a lower cost, to allow us to offer better value to our customers in 2016. We hope that you'll stay patient with us long enough so that we can deliver on this.

On a personal note, this news is a shot to the stomach for me as I started with Yota Devices last year with one goal: to put YotaPhone in the hands of customers in North America. In fact, I was such a huge fan of YotaPhone that I personally contacted Vlad, our CEO, to offer to lead these efforts which he was kind enough to grant me. Since then it’s been an amazing experience introducing YotaPhone 2 throughout the country and seeing the genuine excitement around our innovative **artphone from operator, retail, media and development partners. Though, as you can imagine, it’s not an easy life for a startup **artphone company and the aforementioned manufacturing difficulties have been one of the biggest challenges we've faced. However, I personally remain committed to delivering YotaPhone to the Americas and now I shift my focus to 2016.

In closing, and despite the circumstances, I want to say Thank You to all of you, for your support and excitement around YotaPhone 2. I also want to extend my thanks to the Indiegogo team for the opportunity and support they've given us.

谢谢，杰里米！

更新，3:35PM，2015年7月31日：Yota已经发布了一个更新到其Indiegogo活动页面，为支持者提供更多信息。