Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5.
Cool if the PinePhone didn't exist, but against it it doesn't look that good, I would say.
A Pinephone 2 / Pro wouldn't be that much more expensive.
That said: They are funding a lot of phone software development, especially libhandy seems to come ... in handy pretty often.
There is no information when Pinephone 2 arrives and how much it will cost.
> Cool if the PinePhone didn't exist, but against it it doesn't look that good, I would say.
Yes, it does: https://social.librem.one/@ozmik/105939468751642844
The problem might be that we don't have a quality comparison yet (or I haven't found it), but I wonder if there is a performance bottle neck in the hardware. Maybe the software is still better optimized for the pine and the Librem will start to pull ahead as more developers get a chance to work on it.
It just depends on what your "daily use tasks" are.
Recently I've compiled GTK4 on both phones and it took my PinePhone almost twice as long as my Librem 5.
Disclaimer: I work for Purism on the Librem 5, although I'm very excited with the PinePhone as well - I'd say it's good for its price.
Standard edition costs $800.
Pine64 sells their devices at rock bottom prices and lets the community develop software.
I personally would buy the Librem5 if they solved the battery life issues.
Either way, there are enormous numbers of people happy to drop $1000 on a phone, maybe more. It's a lot of money in that my first car was cheaper, sure..
Allow me, however, to go one step further. You're 'working' class. You're not 'lower' than anybody else.