haremlover wrote:The friend is a vendor in China. She keeps her eye open for new sources. I mentioned a possible alternative to DS and she responded
I have viewed the manufacturer, they are a beginner, long way to go.
This is all the information I have.
This thread relates to DS in particular. If anyone wants to promote an alternative to DS with an as yet to be proved newcomer, it should be done in the Chinese dolls section. However, upon the information available from reputable sources so far, to put it in my friend's words, there is a long way to go.
DS are head and shoulders beyond their competition in China. Perhaps Steven will get their new robot to say so herself . . .
Best wishes
Harem
Thanks for clarifying. Some thoughts I have are:
The A.I. capability of sex dolls should sometimes be considered a different game, or embodiment altogether, as I’m pretty sure not everyone wishes for, or gets too impressed with their sex dolls coming more alive in this manner. What many of us do go for, are the hands-on experience of an actual doll that delivers as sensuous or sexy via simply handling or admiring them. Sure, DS is a highly developed and sophisticated doll as compared their present major competitors, but it does not necessarily translate to being ahead in their game. Their unusual skeletal structure and design used may not be as close to our ideal doll design solution or feel as close to what a better sex doll should feel like, impressive as they may be. Inner foam tears and relatively easy delamination issues etc. plague their doll designs/products anyway, and well if this means extensively tested before release I don’t know what to say as regards any true difference that makes.
While I generally agree that DS is much a veteran than this newcomer, for instance, it also does not guarantee more insight into what makes for a really good sex doll. Take for e.g. the more recently released DS Evo body that includes a built-in ‘upgrade’ among other improvements, I see it as their realization finally that this is something real doll buyers want and need, while having insisted on taking the route of the removable insert designs all the way before till now. This simply translates to market competition/pressure that likely plays a role in this move, with closely tier-ed competitors doing better with their dolls’ user feedback recently despite those companies being of a lesser scale, sophistication or track record. Some small interruptions in brand specialized forum/threads should be welcome, as we generally will find them helpful for extra cross- referencing and considerations for our future purchasing needs, as long as they don’t come across as too untimely or abrupt without concern for the topic context. This is a thread that could directly/indirectly promote/appeal to us with a showcase of enticing DS capabilities and design, and to drop in as a reminder a new (silicone) newcomer that happens to be starting out is nothing too offending here imho.
Newcomers and ‘newer’ comers may very well hit the nail on its head right from the start, plus the fact that there’s going to be likely more noise and interference for the larger/more established doll companies when it comes to decision-making on a certain design path to follow for each aspect of their doll products, to frequently lose out or develop persistent blind spots on some important features that the relatively smaller/less structurally complex doll companies could, being more highly artisan-based should they choose to be so.
Welp, just some ideas here
it really amazes me how many newcomers to manufacturing dolls haven't got the faintest clue about what a sexdoll might be expected to do. 
