Recently, Purism, the company known for creating laptops which are focused on security and privacy is betting into a new arena to manufacture smartphones. Their first smartphone goes by the name Librem 5 is priced at $599. Todd Weaver, Founder & CEO of Purism said: “I believe digital rights should mirror physical rights, our Librem 5 phone will get humanity closer to that goal.” Librem 5 is “built to protect you by default. It will never exploit you for profit. It will be a phone for the people, by the people.” Here are the key features of Librem 5 from Purism:
Does not run Google Android Does not run Apple iOS Runs PureOS by default, can run most GNU+Linux distributions World’s first ever IP-native mobile handset End-to-end decentralized communications via Matrix 5″ screen Security focused by design Privacy protection by default Works with 2G/3G/4G, GSM, UMTS, and LTE networks CPU separate from Baseband Hardware Kill Switches for Camera, Microphone, WiFi/Bluetooth, and Baseband
Well, right now Purism is running a crowdfunding campaign for Librem 5. For more details, you need to visit this link. So, what do you think about Librem 5? Share your views in the comment box below.
