A couple of weeks ago, a new smartphone “made in Germany” was introduced to the smartphone world, called: the Linshof i8. The Linshof i8 was known as a low cost – high specs with the customization of Android, the ability to look like a Windows Phone, and the security similar to that of a BlackBerry device. But it seems that this phone will not come in reality. Let search for it!

As you know, this phone is designed with an oddly octagon-shaped Android smartphone with a display of 5″ full HD, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). The phone will back that up with an octa-core processor clocked at2.1GHz and 3GB of RAM, likes some other flagship devices, as well as 80GB of storage.  The special thing is that 64GB of storage will use for media, etc., and 16GB will use  for apps and the operating system itself. The i8 reports a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. 13-megapixel cameras is now seemingly becoming the new trend for main camera. It also plans to launch in Q1 2015 at the price of $380 (PHP 17004).

According to Dr. Tomas Bencik, the CEO of Linshof, “i8 is everything you need it to be and goes beyond a consumer device. It’s a true business tool. It meets enterprise-grade security requirements and runs smoothly, even while using the most demanding programs.”

But now, when we search on the official website of this phone company and suddently we see the message:  “Linshof is closed. We understood that it would be a difficult project and we are grateful for having the opportunity to work on it. Unfortunately, our investors decided to close the project due to their own internal reasons. Thank you all for your wonderful support. Note: We have never accepted any kind of pre-orders, donations, or third party investments. All our liabilities and obligations were paid in full.”

Moreover, another message in attempt to explain about the reason of this thing: “We understood that it would be a difficult project and we are grateful for having the opportunity to work on it. Unfortunately, our investors decided to close the project due to challenging political and economic relations between our EU structures and our Russian-based funding support. Our performance tablet was still in the concept phase, however the i8 Smartphone, as a completed and functional prototype, was offered to our partners and may be produced in the future (either as a whole per the original design, or as part of another project).”

While some one is in surprise with amazing design and all of beautiful specs of the Linshof i8 and wait for January to get in hands this phone. Now, everything seems impossible. According to some news, Linshof has no tax number, no impressum and hidden Whois for the Domain. We want to provide the short screen of its official website.