No China – only American production
The American company Purism, which relies on free software, computer security and privacy, has introduced its new smartphone. A model called Liberty Phone turned out to be the most expensive in the Purism line of smartphones and outperforms even the flagships of Apple and Samsung, while offering very modest and, for the most part, long-outdated technical specifications.
According to the company, Liberty is an updated version of the popular Librem 5 USA model, which received more RAM and built-in flash memory – 4 and 128 GB, respectively.
The main highlight was that all Liberty Phone electronics are made in the USA and received the Made in USA marking.
“anti-spyware” Linux-based Purism Liberty smartphone received a record price
The company emphasized:
Liberty Phone offers a secure supply chain within the United States in compliance with strict US labor, environment and materials laws. Liberty Phone includes Made in USA electronics from the Purism factory, where US workers combine best-in-class regulatory compliance with the most secure supply chain.
Specifications include NXP i.MX 8M platform debuted in 2017 (four ARM Cortex-A53s with a maximum frequency of 1.5 GHz), 5.7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels, support for WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 4, port USB 3.0 Type-C, 13 and 8 MP cameras, 4500 mAh battery, 3.5 mm audio jack and microSD card slot. The smartphone comes with proprietary PureOS with built-in privacy protections, but other mobile Linux distributions can be installed. Purism notes:
Liberty Phone is a phone built on PureOS, a completely free, open source, ethical operating system that is not based on Android or iOS
For all this, they ask for $ 2,199, sales of the Purism Liberty Phone have already begun.
