Purism found a way to make its Linux phone even more expensive: meet the $2,199 Liberty Phone
  • Cmar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 years ago

    What’s not to like about a device sporting a 5 year old CPU paired with a 720p display and 4GB of RAM costing 2.2k usd?

  • schizosfera@feddit.deEnglish
    4·
    3 years ago

    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.

    • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 years ago

      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.

    • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      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.

    • krolden@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      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.

  • cdsigma@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
    41·
    3 years ago

    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.

  • Irisos@lemmy.umainfo.liveEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    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?

  • Dhopper@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    I’d love to use Linux on my smartphone, but unfortunately it isn’t viable yet and I’ll keep using Android instead :/

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Bummer, I thought people on Lemmy might be excited. I agree its pricey but voting with your wallet isn’t always cheap. (Typed from my Librem 5 :))

  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    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.