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Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Collaboration

22 points by jethronethro 3y ago

jvanveen 3y ago
Just updated my Librem 5, to see where it's at after catching dust in a drawer for a year. No bluetooth audio, sluggish browsing, no maps, no suspend, nice terminal, sweaty hands from the heat exhaust. So... still no battery life, and charging takes a couple of hours. I didn't even bother to try calls. Been there, done that with the PP & PPP. Great idea, nice proof of concept, but this is not a usable phone at all. Back to Fairphone + CalyxOS for me...
- neilsimp1 3y ago
  Something must be wrong with yours. BT audio with my headphones and car works fine. Browsing is fine in FF unless the website is very JS intensive. Maps works with Puremaps. The terminal is fine? Unless there is something specific you want out of it. I tried getting kitty to run but it doesn't without opengl. Heat used to be a bit much but it doesn't get more than a little warm now and hasn't been hot since I first got it almost a year ago.
- fsflover 3y ago
  Something is wrong with your unit. Try to update the firmware: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-firmware-updates/20604 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-firmware-updates/20604 See also: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-professional-use-success/22303/40 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-profession... and https://forums.puri.sm/t/i-am-getting-17h-of-battery-time-on-my-librem5-are-you/21889 https://forums.puri.sm/t/i-am-getting-17h-of-battery-time-on... Bluetooth audio, maps work for me. NoScript make browsing quite fast.
TheNewAndy 3y ago
Careful with this company. Do some research before buying anything from them so you know what you are getting into. Still waiting for my refund...
- asdfqwertzxcv 3y ago
  Same.
- fsflover 3y ago
  They are indeed bad with refunds. But if you need a device, not money, they will deliver it to you. Sent from my Librem 5.
  - Hackbraten 3y ago
    Can confirm both points.
- heartag 3y ago
  While you're waiting would you like to play a game of "is this cold-call email offering a return on investment phishing, or just poorly worded?" [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35896833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35896833
- strangus 3y ago
  Took me almost a year to get a refund, and I had to escalate to an insider that I personally knew.
mouse_ 3y ago
"Made in USA" is disingenuous, at best.
- fsflover 3y ago
  Care to elaborate? AFAIK it's well regulated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA
  - bitwize 3y ago
    It also means the phone costs over $2000.
    - fsflover 3y ago
      So what? Where are the cheaper alternatives?
    - nickserv 3y ago
      That's probably the real price if you add in the externalities like workplace and environmental regulations which don't apply to Chinese products.
- snakeyjake 3y ago
  If you want to play the "where is this ACTUALLY made" game you can play it all of the way back to the origin of the crude oil refined into diesel for the excavator that scooped up the raw silicon. "Made in Alberta" That being said, many ICs are still made in the USA. They might be packaged in Singapore or elsewhere, but they are lithograph'd in Texas, Virginia, and other places in the US.

22 points by jethronethro 3y ago

Just updated my Librem 5, to see where it's at after catching dust in a drawer for a year. No bluetooth audio, sluggish browsing, no maps, no suspend, nice terminal, sweaty hands from the heat exhaust. So... still no battery life, and charging takes a couple of hours. I didn't even bother to try calls. Been there, done that with the PP & PPP. Great idea, nice proof of concept, but this is not a usable phone at all. Back to Fairphone + CalyxOS for me...

neilsimp1 3y ago
Something must be wrong with yours. BT audio with my headphones and car works fine. Browsing is fine in FF unless the website is very JS intensive. Maps works with Puremaps. The terminal is fine? Unless there is something specific you want out of it. I tried getting kitty to run but it doesn't without opengl. Heat used to be a bit much but it doesn't get more than a little warm now and hasn't been hot since I first got it almost a year ago.
fsflover 3y ago
Something is wrong with your unit. Try to update the firmware: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-firmware-updates/20604 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-firmware-updates/20604 See also: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-professional-use-success/22303/40 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-profession... and https://forums.puri.sm/t/i-am-getting-17h-of-battery-time-on-my-librem5-are-you/21889 https://forums.puri.sm/t/i-am-getting-17h-of-battery-time-on... Bluetooth audio, maps work for me. NoScript make browsing quite fast.

TheNewAndy 3y ago

Careful with this company. Do some research before buying anything from them so you know what you are getting into. Still waiting for my refund...

asdfqwertzxcv 3y ago
Same.
fsflover 3y ago
They are indeed bad with refunds. But if you need a device, not money, they will deliver it to you. Sent from my Librem 5.
- Hackbraten 3y ago
  Can confirm both points.
heartag 3y ago
While you're waiting would you like to play a game of "is this cold-call email offering a return on investment phishing, or just poorly worded?" [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35896833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35896833
strangus 3y ago
Took me almost a year to get a refund, and I had to escalate to an insider that I personally knew.

mouse_ 3y ago

"Made in USA" is disingenuous, at best.

fsflover 3y ago
Care to elaborate? AFAIK it's well regulated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA
- bitwize 3y ago
  It also means the phone costs over $2000.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    So what? Where are the cheaper alternatives?
  - nickserv 3y ago
    That's probably the real price if you add in the externalities like workplace and environmental regulations which don't apply to Chinese products.
snakeyjake 3y ago
If you want to play the "where is this ACTUALLY made" game you can play it all of the way back to the origin of the crude oil refined into diesel for the excavator that scooped up the raw silicon. "Made in Alberta" That being said, many ICs are still made in the USA. They might be packaged in Singapore or elsewhere, but they are lithograph'd in Texas, Virginia, and other places in the US.