As early 9 Purism company announced that, in order to honor their commitments to start shipping in Q3, the first open-source Linux smartphone Librem 5 was formally delivered yesterday, and the arrangements for delivery .
According to Phoronix reports , the first shipments of mobile phones with a single polished shell, all hardware components and unfinished switch cover. Quality substantially in alpha / beta phase. But quality in the coming months / quarters, this emphasis on privacy Linux smartphones will continue to be improved.
Because of Todd Weaver, founder of Purism expressed: "Librem 5 uses an iterative delivery schedules , it's an iterative version with increasing volume shipments each iteration of the previous version will be improved in fast scrolling version of the first edition of the phone. including the context for the second time to modify the plan. "
Iteration Plan makes Purism to collect user feedback and quickly make improvements to the next generation of mobile phones. Librem 5 of each iteration will include updates to the hardware, software and mechanical design, and buyers can choose wish to receive batches. From September to the end of next year, complete iteration plan is divided into six lots, respectively, from A to F, to trees to name.
- The initial version of Batch Aspen will provide all hardware components. In terms of software, the user can obtain an initial version of the core applications and software updates from PureOS Store through the terminal. Delivery time for the September 24 to October 22.
- The second version Batch Birch equipped with the next round of Librem 5 board, more optimized mechanical design, software and power management will also be improved. Delivery time for the October 29 to November 26.
- Incidental "final set" in the third batch Batch Chestnut , will ship December 3 to December 31.
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2020 January 7 to March 31 delivery of the fourth batch Batch Dogwood , from mechanical to software design and other aspects will be more refined.
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The fifth batch Batch Evergreen and sixth batches Batch Fir will have long-term support (LTS) software, will be held in the second quarter of 2020 and fourth quarter shipments. Wherein the fifth batch will provide a molded housing; sixth batch are upgraded Librem 5 Linux second generation mobile phones, equipped with 14nm CPU.
Here are some official photos, you can see, Librem 5 overall appearance of mobile phones and the iPhone is somewhat similar.
Librem 5 is a user privacy and encryption at the core of free and open source Linux smartphone, which runs Debian-based GNU / Linux operating system, desktop environments KDE Plasma Mobile or GNOME Shell, running only open source applications. The project was launched in 2017, and received more than $ 1.5 million in crowdfunding , then the hardware will enter the production stage.