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Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by crazygringo »

selectodude wrote: post #15
afavour wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad reflection of the realities of manufacturing, I suspect. They won’t ever achieve the kind of scale you’d need to make it cheaper. IMO it is what it is. Especially when you consider the hardware kill switches etc this is a niche product that the right small audience will pay $1.2k for.

It was $700 two years ago and has almost doubled. I have no issue with a $1300 phone (I own one) but generally tech things get cheaper as time passes.

> but generally tech things get cheaper as time passes.

I don't think that applies at all to super small high-skill manufacturing runs.

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by Matl »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #14

> Purism is the first to release a truly convergent operating system, beating Apple, Google, and Microsoft to this goal by years. I guess we're discounting Samsung and their Dex engine, then?

There were things before Dex even, but I guess they're talking about the OS vendors.

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by Matl »

selectodude wrote: post #15
afavour wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad reflection of the realities of manufacturing, I suspect. They won’t ever achieve the kind of scale you’d need to make it cheaper. IMO it is what it is. Especially when you consider the hardware kill switches etc this is a niche product that the right small audience will pay $1.2k for.

It was $700 two years ago and has almost doubled. I have no issue with a $1300 phone (I own one) but generally tech things get cheaper as time passes.

There's the USA edition and the standard edition. AFAIK it's the US-manufactured one that's so expensive, they're also short of parts AFAIK.

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by andrewmutz »

Has anyone actually tried using the "convergent os" features for work?

Could I hook this up to a monitor and actually enjoy using it for web/email/slack?

I don't expect a good experience for using VSCode to develop locally on the device, but perhaps using VSCode via github codespaces or gitpod

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by asddubs »

howmayiannoyyou wrote: post #19

My Purism phone worked for about 48 hours. Then it bricked. Disgusted with myself for buying it on an impulse, though in my defense I was - at the time - happy with my Purism laptop. Purism is forever on my do-not-buy list after my phone experience.

did you try to exchange it?

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by izacus »

howmayiannoyyou wrote: post #19

My Purism phone worked for about 48 hours. Then it bricked. Disgusted with myself for buying it on an impulse, though in my defense I was - at the time - happy with my Purism laptop. Purism is forever on my do-not-buy list after my phone experience.

Doesn't it come with standard warranty?

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by pengaru »

howmayiannoyyou wrote: post #19

My Purism phone worked for about 48 hours. Then it bricked. Disgusted with myself for buying it on an impulse, though in my defense I was - at the time - happy with my Purism laptop. Purism is forever on my do-not-buy list after my phone experience.

Have you given them an opportunity to repair/replace your new bricked phone?

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by asddubs »

stonogo wrote: post #12
afavour wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad reflection of the realities of manufacturing, I suspect. They won’t ever achieve the kind of scale you’d need to make it cheaper. IMO it is what it is. Especially when you consider the hardware kill switches etc this is a niche product that the right small audience will pay $1.2k for.

Two generations of pinephone disagree. I think the price is due to labor costs for software.

pine also puts $0 into software though

Re: All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped

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Post by martin8412 »

Matl wrote: post #24
selectodude wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was $700 two years ago and has almost doubled. I have no issue with a $1300 phone (I own one) but generally tech things get cheaper as time passes.

There's the USA edition and the standard edition. AFAIK it's the US-manufactured one that's so expensive, they're also short of parts AFAIK.

USA edition is around $2k
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