The Librem 5 can be used in any of three ways:
- With a cellular carrier provided phone number, data plan, and WiFi
- With a cellular carrier data plan, and WiFi
- With no carrier, and using only WiFi
WiFi calling and VoIP calling will be able to be provided in WiFi or data plan modes. We expect to offer call-out, and call-in with phone numbers in all of these plans as well. If you still require a “traditional” phone number through a carrier and want to make unencrypted phone calls or messaging, it will be an option you can choose, but is not required (we recommend avoiding unencrypted phone calls).
Make and receive calls
Send and receive text messages
Wifi hotspot
If you put a goddamn rad camera on it, it would be a winner.>Yes, you will be able to make regular unencrypted phone calls to any phone number. You will also be able to communicate securely by using the phone dialing application and messaging application, that can run on the Librem 5 phone, Android based phones, and iOS based phones, and any computing device.
The FAQ is at the bottom of the kickstarter.