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One of the things I have started to feel as I read their recent design posts is that the phone will ship but be described as in a basic dev state and not ready
by batoure 7y ago
One of the things I have started to feel as I read their recent design posts is that the phone will ship but be described as in a basic dev state and not ready for consumer use.
I have written and seen written several posts on twitter at purism that have consistently been replied to as recently as last week saying that pre-orders are still on track to ship before end of Q3.
It makes me feel like the hardware is ready and built and they are working through software management issues like power management before a launch date.
- hedora 7y agoThe same thing happened with Openmoko. Neither company focused on a single UI stack, and (last I checked with purism) instead shipped 3+ semi-working UI demos (gtk, qt and enlightenment). If they focused on one stack, they’d be much more likely to ship solid product, which would lead to revenue. That would give them runway to build support for a bigger ecosystem.
- em-bee 7y agoi can't agree enough. i got an openmoko second hand after a friend who got it gave up on it because he couldn't use the device for actual phonecalls and messaging. he was very frustrated and disappointed. i managed, after trying a few stacks to find one that mostly worked (it was the qt one). i am now using /e/ which tries to add more privacy to lineageOS, and they manage to produce a much more polished experience than raw lineageOS. it makes a huge difference. things that i was struggling with on lineageOS, like searching addresses and getting directions suddenly work out of the box and if anyone asks for recommendations for a privacy oriented phone i'd point them to the models that e.foundation sells with /e/ preinstalled. i do hope that someday i'll be able to recommend a purism model too.