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Purism's Privacy and Security-Focused Librem 5 Linux Phone to Arrive in Q3 2019

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of February 2019 07:20:11 PM Filed under
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Initially planned to ship in early 2019, the revolutionary Librem 5 mobile phone was delayed for April 2019, but now it suffered just one more delay due to the CPU choices the development team had to make to deliver a stable and reliable device that won't heat up or discharge too quickly.

Purism had to choose between the i.MX8M Quad or the i.MX8M Mini processors for their Librem 5 Linux-powered smartphone, but after many trials and errors they decided to go with the i.MX8M Quad CPU as manufacturer NXP recently released a new software stack solving all previous power consumption and heating issues.

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Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 21st of February 2019 07:35:20 PM.
  • Massive Progress, Exact CPU Selected & Minor Shipping Adjustment

    Progress has been quick and steady, and because we only use components that respect both our ethical values and your personal privacy and freedoms, you can imagine the layers of complexity that go into delivering such a revolutionary mobile phone – from new hardware to a new kernel, from a new operating system to new applications, all of it culminating into the Librem 5 phone.

    We want you to have the best possible solutions when it comes both to hardware, and to user experience.
    Being able to show that what we’re doing corresponds to our exact intentions is very important, for it will allow you to see this progress for yourself – and we do think the video below, running on the Librem 5 dev kit hardware we shipped in December, speaks volumes.

  • Librem 5 Smartphone Specs Firmed Up, But Now Delayed To Q3

    The Librem 5 Linux-powered smartphone originally planned to ship in January 2019 but last year was delayed to April to allow for more time to finish up work on the hardware and software. Today Purism is announcing that the Librem 5 is being delayed to "Q3" but they have been making progress particularly on the hardware side.

Purism Librem 5 Linux phone specs mostly finalized, delayed

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 23rd of February 2019 05:15:58 PM.
  • Purism Librem 5 Linux phone specs mostly finalized, delayed to Q3

    It’s a “good news, bad news” kind of thing over at Purism. The small company that continues to deliver privacy and security-focused “ethical” Linux laptops have generated quite a lot of hype, interest, and support for the promise of a similar device in phone form factor. The Purism Librem 5 is still coming, or at least there doesn’t seem to be any more major obstacles in sight. But while the company has finally settled on what CPU to use, it has also announced that, for the second time, the phone will be delayed by another quarter.

Purism Librem 5 Linux phone release date pushed back to Q3, 2019

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 23rd of February 2019 05:54:00 PM.
  • Purism Librem 5 Linux phone release date pushed back to Q3, 2019

    There are a couple of efforts underway to develop smartphones that run GNU/Linux software. But Purism’s Librem 5 might be the most ambitious.

    It’s been under development for a few years, the company raised more than $1.5 million for the project during a crowdfunding campaign in 2017, and Purism started sending out development kits a few months ago.

Processor issues delay shipping of Linux phone by a quarter

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 25th of February 2019 07:21:57 AM.
  • Processor issues delay shipping of Linux phone by a quarter

    The company that is building a Linux-based phone, which is based on free software and is expected to be released in the third quarter, says it has been able to settle on a suitable processor for the device after the manufacturer released a new software stack that solved power consumption and heating issues.

    Purism spokesperson Sriram Ramkrishna said in an update, to those who have pre-ordered the device, that initially the i.MX 8M Quad CPU had some known errata in the silicon and the project had been delayed due to this.

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