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azdle's notes
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azdle's notes is a personal blog at azdle.net about programming. Since 2019, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this hands-on review of an early Librem 5 phone, which measures the device's dimensions, compares them with iPhone XS models, and notes its call-audio problem. Commenters cite it as evidence.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-12-03
What Hacker News says?
review of an early phone: "The phone is chonky. I measure it at 15.6 mm thick, 150.2 mm tall, and 75.2 mm wide." https://azdle.net/2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/ I assume that the specs will change batch to batch. for comparison: iPhone XS: 7.5mm x 143.6 x 70.9 iPhone XS max: 7.7mm x 157.5 x 77.4
Comment linking /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
on “Purism Librem 5 Hardware Schematics”Also: https://azdle.net/2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
Comment linking /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
on “Purism Librem 5 Hardware Schematics”> There's nothing preventing that hardware to become a perfectly capable smartphone in near future. That's dishonest, misleading, and you know it. You are trying to do linguistic gymnastics to justify/hand wave away the fact that the "phone" is far from what is promised. The FAQ didn't say that the phones will be capable smartphones "in near future". The FAQ said that the phones will be shipped in that state. https:…
Comment linking /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
on “Librem 5 USA”The FAQ says that the earliest batches will be capable smartphones and will have core cell phone functionality. Purism says that phones from "one of the first batches" will be capable smartphones will all core cell phone functionality. Those sentences are true. There's nothing preventing that hardware to become a perfectly capable smartphone in near future. >What opinions? https://old.reddit.com/r/Purism/comments/e2…
Comment linking /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
on “Librem 5 USA”This isn't hyperbole. The speaker used to not work during voice calls: > The other [problem] is that call audio isn't routed to the speaker. I haven't personally hit this, I'm just using a data-only SIM and can't remember the last time I actually used a phone to make a voice call. https://azdle.net/2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
Comment linking /2019/11/comparing-apples-and-gnomes/
on “Librem 5 USA”
