[Discuss] smart phones

Arthur Ralfs arthur at mathbrane.ca
Sun Jan 13 18:39:44 PST 2019


On 1/11/19 6:52 AM, Znoteer wrote:
> Hi Arthur,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 05:03:25PM -0800, Arthur Ralfs wrote:
>> Hi List
>>
>> Well I've resisted getting a mobile phone all these years but now I need to
>> get one.  Apple has always been out of the question for me and I used to
>> think I'd get an Android.  However I'm increasingly wary of anything
>> associated with Google.  I know at one time there was talk of open source
>> phones.  Anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> If you don't need the phone tomorrow (they are currently taking pre-orders),
> there is the Librem 5 by Purism.  PureOS is based on Debian.
> 
> https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
> 

This looks interesting but maybe a little risky without a track record. 
Ideally it would be nice to see some reviews before buying.

Arthur



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