i wanted the librem5 to be awesome.
some things really bothered me about it , as a smartphone alternative:
shitty screen
shitty camera
shitty cpu
shitty battery life
shitty os
shitty support for modern video codecs
shitty physical security
if i cant take decent pictures, watch locally stored hd h264/265 videos, have a full day of battery life, and resist cellebrite extraction attempts... what is it really good for.
they shoulda targetted it as a secure hotspot for a wifi only or tethered device, rather than the smartphone usecase.
That is because it is modular and supports hardware upgrades (like a computer which it is), something unheard of in the mobile world.
Purism already released a Wifi/Bluetooth hardware upgrade, and according to their newsletter, a cellular modem upgrade is in the works.