Earlier this month, Purism announced an iterative sales schedule for your highly anticipated Librem 5 smartphone, focused on security and privacy. Yesterday, September 24, 2019, marked the beginning of this process., with more Librem 5 to deliver in the next batches.
Whereupon the company began to deliver the smartphone and appear from this first batch will continue with the delivery of the following batches of which will be followed based on the iteration schedule in which Librem 5 will be shipped in batches with incremental code names.
"This is a great moment," said Todd Weaver, founder and CEO of Purism.
«Not only for us as a company, but for all those concerned about privacy, security and user freedom issues. The Librem 5 represents years of work and aims to design the software and hardware necessary for this phone to become a reality.
Now, The delivery periods in batches are detailed:
- 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 Bundle: January 7, 2020 - March 31, 2020
- Evergreen Lot - Estimated Delivery Period in Q2020 XNUMX
- Fir lot: estimated delivery period in the fourth quarter of 2020.
With which Everyone who has ordered the Librem 5 will receive an email informing them which shipment lot and which ship date they are scheduled for.
The parallel with the software industry is easy to understand. In fact, the thing to glimpse here is that some of the consumers will receive alpha species (or beta) of the final product, depending on the batch 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 to announce a new postponement of the launch.
"Seeing the remarkable efforts of the Purism team and having the first fully functional Librem 5 have been the most inspiring moments in Purism history for five years," said Todd Weaver. "To achieve this, each employee had to dedicate their expertise to get to where we are, and we also have the support of a remarkable community of people who understand that we need to create a company-ready phone."
Now we just have to wait for the first reviews about the Librem 5 by users who wanted to receive this first batch after a long wait.
And it is that the Librem 5 did not have an easy start iEven after receiving financial success on the Purism crowdfunding platform for its development, the Librem 5 fundraising campaign announced on a platform at the end of August ended with more than $ 2 million against the required $ 1.5 million.
However, after a year of delay, the first units of the device are finally delivered to the main funders of the concept.
The designers have positioned the device as the manifestation of the promise of full control of a user on their smartphone.
The project is based on ambition from the founder Company to protect your telephone communications with your 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.
Purism also advertises preconfigured VPN services. Regarding software aspects, initial announcements indicate that Librem 5 will only run free and open source software components starting with PureOS,
Until last July 31, the smartphone was available in presale at a price of $ 649. While now, people who intend to obtain the product have to pay $ 699, with which the cost only increases by $ 50 which is relatively insignificant for many.