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Librem 5: A Practical Review
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this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2024
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Nice review. I agree with others here that this phone is borderline scam for the price and with all the delays people had in receiving them. Performance seems on par with the $200 original PinePhone which I had a similar experience with.
The one good thing that came out of Purism/Librem 5 is Phosh. It's a pretty good phone shell/UI for other more capable Linux phones to use. I particularly like Phosh for its on-screen keyboard Squeekboard which allows for custom keymaps.
That's the thing. It would be pretty much fine if they'd said that you're supporting the development of the mobile software ecosystem, and get a toy device to play with, but their marketing can be pretty misleading.
The question, of course, is whether it would work any other way. But it still leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.
(Then again, they're expensive enough that I hope anyone buying them has done enough research beforehand to know what things are really like, or doesn't care about the money that much.)