I would love a Linux phone but so far graphene OS is the way.
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I mean technically graphene is a linux phone OS, can even run X11 desktop environments in a container!
I would love a Linux phone but so far graphene OS is the way.
This is just ridiculous. $2200 for a phone with only 4GB Ram.
You and I are probably not the target market for this phone, I can see it being a viable option for certain parts of the American government though, particularly if Purism is able to switch US-made chips in the coming years.
This is a tragedy.
This is greed and insanity.
I'm not sure why anyone would buy a Linux phone from Purism these days. Buying one from Pine64 seems like a better option in every way.
All the electronics of the Liberty Phone are made in our USA facility, and the entire phone is assembled at that same facility.
I suppose that this is the reason for the high price. It's built all in one single factory in the US (I was too lazy to research if it's their factory). I hope that their target groups are real and that they can afford the phone.
That is a lie. They are not fabbing their own SOC or any of the camera modules.
Also the SOC in this thing is ancient. Purism seems to be cashing in on the paranoid and gullible.
Eh I personally feel like having an established phone manufacturing line over in the USA could be a big advantage when their country's new foundries open up, especially if they manage to get a government contract.
That is a lie. They are not fabbing their own SOC or any of the camera modules.
Also the SOC in this thing is ancient. Purism seems to be cashing in on the paranoid and gullible.
That is a lie. They are not fabbing their own SOC or any of the camera modules.
Also the SOC in this thing is ancient. Purism seems to be cashing in on the paranoid and gullible.
I don't see anyone addressing what should be the main concern: purism as a long history of internal toxicity and screws up. There were problem and their CTO left a long time ago, since then everything went downhill. Their communication is also one of the worse I've seen. They don't mind lying, it feels borderline scam sometimes.
Whatever the price and the alleged goal I would not get behind a shady organization.
Nothing is perfect but Purism has been way passed the limits for me a long time ago.
Read it as Putin at first glance.
I'm not sure if the actual headline is particularly better or worse.
A phone outside of Apple/Google would be interesting, but not at that price point/specs.
I'd love to use Linux on my smartphone, but unfortunately it isn't viable yet and I'll keep using Android instead :/
I have high hopes that PostmarketOS will be a viable option at some point.
Why are Linux phones always Like This?
What are they trying. What's the idea behind selling low spec phones with flagship pricing?
Are there any cheaper/higher spec phones that are assembled in the USA? Most of the price difference when compared to their models that are assembled in China are simply due to the the different operating costs between the countries.
I don't know, I'm not from there. Anyway I don't think this is a good way to make a business mainstream.
I'm not from the US either, but Purism sells a version that is made in China for a fraction of the price so I'd say that this version of the phone is specifically for people who want a phone assembled over in the states.
But Chinese version is not that cheap, it's the half maybe but not less than that. And a 1000 dollars doesn't look fair for 4GB phone. I don't know if I'm right if not but that's my opinion.
This feels like a very bad joke.
You could buy one of those embedded CPU/RAM motherboard, 3d print a tablet like case for it + design a screen for that case, install linux with a GUI supporting touchscreen and you created a much better product for the fraction of the cost.
How do they even find customers to buy this thing?
Or just buy a OnePlus 6 and put postmarketos on it.
Love my Oneplus 6T!! Currently running /e/OS on it.
It even double posts for ya on Lemmy, how nice!
Lemmy.ml was / is having issues yesterday and today and i guess each "fail" attempt was actually posted
And they continue pestering anyone who ever bought from them to "invest"
They honestly think that phone is worth more than a fucking foldable?
I like what Librem is trying to do, but their way of doing it is completely impractical. No phone is worth $2199. The PinePhone is a much better option, it's basically trying to do the same thing but it comes in at a practical price.
I'm honestly more surprised liliputing still exists, that used to be an awesome diy in car computer forum
Lmao. At this point buy any android phone and just put a custom ROM on it.
I think the appeal was supposed to be all drivers are open source. where as even with custom roms, you still have proprietary firmware blobs that must be updated by the manufacturer to prevent any exploits
Funnily enough, this is for running Linux not Android and the best devices for running mobile Linux are all either older models (used Oneplus 6t doesn't cost much) or pretty cheap (Pinephone pro).
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