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San Francisco California based computer Technology Company Purism is now one
step closer to launching its one-of-a-kind privacy-focused phone. With the help
of the ‘All or Nothing’ campaign Purism was able to achieve this milestone. The
company expects to ship the handsets to its backers by January 2019, currently
initial level tests are happening.
Librem
5 as it is called, is a smartphone which primarily focus on privacy and
security, runs on Pure OS, an OS that runs on Linux Kernel and uses GNU Tools,
the software is designed to provide security through isolation. Pure OS currently
includes the basic applications such as phone dialer, email, messaging, voice,
camera and browser.
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| Librem 5, Purism's linux based smart phone |
Other
specification includes: 5” display, 3GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, a microSD
card slot, front and back camera, a headphone jack.
This
will be the world’s first ever IP-native mobile handset with end-to-end
encrypted decentralized communication via Matrix, and thus making it more
secure to place calls.
One
of the most unique property is that it has hardware kill switch for the
baseband as well as camera, mic, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth features. This has been
made possible by placing the CPU of the handset isolated from the baseband and
other components. Another feature of the smartphone is that it can be used like
a full screen desktop view computer through a compatible keyboard, mouse and a
monitor.
The
smart phone will cost around $599, but the company is also providing in bundles,
along with the 24 inch monitor and wireless keyboard, mouse which will cost
around $1399 (free worldwide shipping).
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| Can also be accessed in full desktop view with compatible devices |
If
you want to be one of the first to get the Librem 5 you will need to become a
backer, for just $599(free worldwide shipping) you can reserve it from here, you
can also donate a small amount of $20 or $118 just to show the support.
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