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Even if it was 300$ it would still be a terrible phone. It's extremely inefficient and battery life is hilariously bad, the device itself is advertised as an extremely secure device but it is actually not secure at all, you can't even easily update the modem firmware. The company itself has a history of lying and their CEO is a habitual liar. The PinePhone, while not secure either, provides basically the exact same thing at a fraction of the cost (150$) and slightly weaker specs. Pine64 is now making a PinePhone Pro which is significantly faster than the Librem 5 at a fraction of the cost so why even bother with Purism at all?

Librem 5 is basically a scam at this point, many people who ordered it 4 years ago still haven't received it. It barely qualifies as a "mobile phone" with how bad it's battery life and efficiency is. Plus it's 1200$. Hard Pass.

There are Android OSes like GrapheneOS with sensors permission so that apps won't have access to them unless you grant them access.

GrapheneOS has a Sensors permission toggle to allow/disallow an app accessing sensors.