Do you have a vested interest in purism? Because you seem hell bent on simply denying facts, which is the PR policy of Purism.

> I know what to expect from an early pre-release, and these early owners seem to know it as well. Otherwise I doubt they would opt into receiving an early batch months before actual mass produced one.

There is another possibility, that you seem to simply discard but without presenting any reasons as to why. And that is, that Purism mislead, lied, and under delivered. Your own source says

> I hate to say it, but at the current state, this phone is even less usable than both my previous linux phones in their initial condition. Maybe I am too optimistic in wanting to use the Librem 5 as my main and only phone from the start.

Even though Purism literally said that people would receive fully functional phones even in one of the first batches:

> Q: If I receive the Librem 5 from one of the first batches, will I have a fully functional phone?

> A: Yes! Even the very earliest batches will be capable smartphone, including a modern web browser and core cell phone functionality.

This is a list of things wrong with the phone off your own sources. Can you point out what this brick can actually even do? Browse web at 130 Kbps for an hour before the battery dies? How do you justify the brick being anything but completely unusable in its current state?

How do you justify the total lack of power management as a "minor bug"? Or any of the problems below as a matter of fact.

> Power management is basically unimplemented.

> The battery dies quickly and (because the power goes straight to the CPU) takes a long time to charge.

> The other is that call audio isn't routed to the speaker

> The cameras don't seem to be enabled yet. Installing & opening up Cheese, I just get a message saying "No device found".

> The phone is chonky.

> The data connection seems to be rather slow. fast.com says I'm getting 130 Kbps

> I can't change the "network mode", every time I try I get an "Access Denied" message, so I'm not sure it's actually using 4G.

> It takes 10-12 seconds of holding the power button before it gives any indication that's it turning on.

> In the settings of the Librem 5, I can set multiple alarm clocks, and specify how to repeat and on which days of the week. So far so good, this is on par with most phones. Problem is, when the time comes, no sound emits from the device, and not even a reminder is visible on the screen.

https://0net.io/1EwAh4KUfGgRw1re7uyrmTUWKZYV9SHVcW/

> The first impression when unpacking was, that it is thick and heavy. In fact it is so thick that my kids make fun of me.

> The on-off button doesn't always work reliably

> When I can't get it to start with the on/off button, I usually open the device, and remove the battery for a moment.

> Unfortunately the phone froze during the initial setup when trying to connect to the office wifi

> The bluetooth configuration doesn't work at all.

> But that I didn't receive regular text messages is bothering me. A friend sent some to me for testing, and none arrived.

> Even before I wanted to place a call, I read in the forum that there is a problem with audio routing. I didn't even get that far. I cannot initiate a call, because below the dial buttons there is a message warning me that there is no voice-capable modem.

> For the first three days, after every reboot, the system date was reverted to February 2019.

> In the settings of the Librem 5, I can set multiple alarm clocks, and specify how to repeat and on which days of the week. So far so good, this is on par with most phones. Problem is, when the time comes, no sound emits from the device, and not even a reminder is visible on the screen.

> Whether the screen is on or off doesn't seem to make a difference. The device gets very, very hot. It is no surprise that the battery doesn't last very long. It doesn't even last an hour.

> But when it is turned on, I don't really know if it is slowly charging or slowly discharging. > When I plug in the phone to my notebook, the notebook often looses internet connectivity.

> As a test I installed my favorite desktop Bitcoin wallet: Electrum. Unfortunately it didn't start.

> I hate to say it, but at the current state, this phone is even less usable than both my previous linux phones in their initial condition.