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Why does the Librem 5 cost so much more than the Pinephone?


Reselling Pinephones on ebay to make money out of it?

I'd really only spend $250 for the Librem 5 as it is, which has better specs and more convenience with the kill switches. More than that, it's not a good value ...

Purism found a way to make its Linux phone even more expensive

Of course, it would be more expensive than those made in China, but no so much like Librem phones. The problem here is low volume product: it ...

PinePhone vs Librem 5 - Purism community

The real risk for Purism is that the bad economy will cause a collapse in demand for expensive phones, which could drive Purism into bankruptcy.

I got my Librem 5 Phone. My thoughts? + Q&A - YouTube

Finally after ordering the year before COVID, the Purism made Librem 5, which is a Linux phone arrived a couple of weeks ago. I will show it ...

Linux Smartphones Are Here. - DEV Community

4. Purism's Librem5. Purism has it all, a mostly working phone, a working OS of their own, and a sim card. · 3. Pine64 Pinephone. While Pinephone ...

Open source smartphone - is it feasible? - EEVblog

... pinephone/) and the Librem 5 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/). Looks like the PinePhone is making good progress with a much lower price tag than the Librem ...

PinePhone: trying out a Linux-based smartphone - LWN.net

It is good to hear from someone actually using a librem5. My own experiences are only with a firefox phone (sony experia) and more recently a ...

Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones

The Librem 5 offers much better cameras and longer battery life, whereas the PinePhone comes first in terms of price and quick charging support.

Y'all like your PinePhones? - Manjaro Linux Forum

... more durable than many other smartphones is that the battery can be replaced. ... Librem 5 or even PinePhone Pro would work better. For ...

Where is librem 5? - UBports Forum

I think the PinePhone will contribute more to the popularity of Phosh than ... So much so that there were more contributions than could fit in OTA ...

So, I bought a PinePhone :) (I used to be, well still am in fact, a ...

At some point I guess I realized that PinePhone and Librem 5 are not competing with one another, and that none of this is an either/or ...

Librem 5 or PinePhone - Artix Linux Forum

The other problem is the price, this phone looks like too expensive and I don't know if it worth if. On the other hand there is the Pinephone ...

The PinePhone -- Can It Replace Your Smartphone?

... than *one-fifth *of the cost of the Librem 5. It might have less ... even further with the use of the killswitches that are included in the ...

Librem 5 vs PinePhone -- which Linux phone are you most excited for?

Specs of Pine phone are too low, Librem 5 costs way too much. I would simply ... of phone is the better one. 5 yrs. Lobo Tommy. For their prices all the 2 ...

Librem 5 - smartphone based on Debian > android-free \o/ - Page 2

Yes I understand that development costs time & money and that costs need to be recovered but at that kind of a price they are obviously not ...

Suggestion: better performing pinephone - Pine64 Forum

... that has more premium specs, you can always check out Purism's Librem 5. It costs 750 USD, and will be plagued with more or less all of the ...

PinePhone and PineTime | Will Webberley

Other similar devices exist - such as the Librem 5 from Purism - however the unopinionated nature of the PinePhone, and its cost ($150 compared ...

PinePhone review | Lobsters

Honestly, the cost isn't too bad for the intent - the Librem 5 wants to be a ready-out-of-the-box device with an ecosystem, whereas the ...

My first year with the PinePhone. Not a review. - LINMob

Also, as a Librem 5 backer, I feared that ... While frustrating at times, it's been fun much more often than this and I think I've learned a lot.

Librem 5 Phone Review - August 2023 - Lemmy.ml

Their phone is way worse specs than similar products, such as the PinePhone Pro, the Pro¹ X, the Fairphone 4 and the Volla Phone, and for a significantly higher ...