• regnskog@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    One of my harder earned life lessons is it’s structurally impossible to run a company that develops and sells a product based on this kind of soft values and buying devices from them is almost always a recipe for disappointment. It doesn’t even have to be the fault of the company (though it often is)

  • schizosfera@feddit.de
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    1 year 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.

  • Cmar@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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?

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    1 year ago

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

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    1 year 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.

  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
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    1 year 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.

  • muaveri@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago
    • entry-level Librem 5 sells for $1,299
    • made-in-the-USA model $1,999
    • Liberty Phone also made-in-the-USA with more memory & storage $2,199