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The details are available on the Purism[0] site. I really like that they are adding physical switches to control the microphone, camera, baseband, and bluetooth
by robto 9y ago
The details are available on the Purism[0] site. I really like that they are adding physical switches to control the microphone, camera, baseband, and bluetooth. And that they are giving a lot of thought to separating the baseband procecessor from the cpu. And that it will be an ip-based phone handset, which means I can use a regular linux os that respects my freedom. I'll have to learn more about PureOS!
With matrix's e2e encryption based on the OWS system, we may see the first reasonable take on a privacy conscious smartphone.
I was looking at the Dragonbox Pyra, but this seems even better. I'm pretty excited, I may actually upgrade from a dumbphone for the first time now if this comes out.
[0]https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
- nathcd 9y ago> I was looking at the Dragonbox Pyra, but this seems even better. I've been following the Dragonbox Pyra for a while too -- I actually just sent a link to a co-worker this morning. The Librem 5 does seem really awesome, but what I really like about the Pyra is the physical keyboard. If I could have the Librem 5-alike in a Blackberry KeyOne or Pyra-like form factor, I would be one happy camper. In other words, I really want a device that could replace both my laptop and phone, in terms of productivity. It seems like the Dragonbox Pyra is more closely aligned to that ideal than the Librem 5.
- robto 9y agoWell the nice thing about that is that this project will bring a nice telephony stack to all of linux, so if they succeed you can do exactly that!