After two postponements of the launch of your Librem 5 smartphone, Purism announcement recently that the first deliveries will begin at the end of the current month. With this in a first start the company begins with the deliveries of the phone this month and will continue in batches.
Beyond the launch delays that caused the annoyance of many users, designers position it as the promise of full control of a user on their smartphone. The project is based on the ambition of the founder of the company to protect his telephone communications with his children.
This is probably one of the reasons why the Librem 5 fundraising campaign was marked by Purism's entry into a partnership with a company called the Matrix. The partnership has resulted in the adaptation of a decentralized and encrypted calling protocol to Librem 5, but SMS will also be end-to-end encrypted. Purism also advertises preconfigured VPN services.
"The iteration schedule begins in September 2019 and Librem 5 will ship in batches with incremental code names," the company writes.
Purism has gradually divided the deliveries into four batches, each of which brings improvements in hardware, design, and software over those that will precede them.
"We will contact each customer to confirm their delivery address, desired modem and power supply, as well as the shipping package they have partnered with and to give them the opportunity to dock with an iteration," he adds. the company.
Below are the batch delivery periods:
- Aspen Lot: September 24, 2019 - October 22, 2019
- Birch lot: October 29, 2019 - November 26, 2019
- Chestnut Lot: December 3, 2019 - December 31, 2019
- Dogwood Lot: January 7, 2020 - March 31, 2020
- Evergreen Lot: estimated delivery period in the second quarter of 2020
- Fir Lot: Estimated delivery period in the fourth quarter of 2020.
From this part of the lots what noteworthy is that some of the consumers will receive alpha species (or beta) of the final product, depending on the lot they choose.
But since the company offers consumers the opportunity to choose their batch And in principle, any consumer who wants to get a complete product will choose Fir, it can be seen as a subtle way of announcing a new postponement of the launch of the phone for the fourth quarter of next year.
Although in this the boys of purism argue that:
Most companies keep their launch plans and products secret until mass production launch, so they can avoid publicizing any setbacks or delays; But we have decided to take our community and customers with us for the Librem 5 journey, and we have been transparent about our progress from the beginning.
On the hardware side, consumers know what to expect in no time:
- screen: 5.5 to 5.7 inches
- RAM: 3 GB
- quad-core iMX8M processor
- Storage: 32GB eMMC internal memory
- Wireless: 802.11abgn 2.4 Ghz / 5Ghz + Bluetooth 4
- Gemalto PLS8 3G / 4G baseband modem with single sim on replaceable M.2 board
- GPS receiver: TESEO LIF3
- smart cards in 2FF format
- off switches: 3: WiFi, cellular, microphone / cameras (all 3 will disable GPS)
- external storage: microSD storage extension
- 9-axis accelerometer IMU (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer)
- front camera: 8 MP
- rear camera: 13 MP with flash
- USB C connector dedicated to charging, USB client function, USB host function, AC power
- user replaceable battery - 3500 mAh
- sound: a speaker; 3.5mm headphone jack.
Until July 31, the Librem smartphone was available for pre-sale at a cost of $ 649.
Now with the announcement of the release of the first installmentss those who are interested in obtaining a team have to pay $ 699 ($ 50 more, relatively the cost only increases less than the initial 10%).
In the opinion of observers, the cost of the device is also one of the factors for which it may not be necessary.
If you want to know more about the announcement as well as the specifications that each batch will have, you can visit the following link.
Source: https://puri.sm