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Purism Librem 5 USA review: US-manufactured Linux.

Item: Purism Librem 5 USA
Rating: 65
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2021·$1999

Overall

65/100

Class rank

#3 of 5

Tier

Specialty

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Librem 5 USA.

Librem 5 USA is Purism's US-assembled Linux phone — PureOS with kill switches at $1,999.

01Display

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2021.

TypeIPS LCD

Size5.7"

Resolution1440 x 720

02Performance

52/100

52/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2021.

Chipseti.MX 8M

RAM3 GB

Storage32 GB

03Camera

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among specialty phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.

Main13 MP

Front8 MP

04Battery

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 75-point average for specialty phones of 2021.

Capacity4,500 mAh (replaceable)

Charging15 W

05Software

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for specialty phones of 2021.

What works

Made in USA.
PureOS Linux.
3 kill switches.
Replaceable battery.

What doesn't

$1,999 boutique pricing.
i.MX 8M slow.
3 GB RAM.
PureOS limited app ecosystem.

Cross-shop it against

Planet Astro Slide 5G

$900 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .