Liberty Phone is a $2200 Phone That Neither Runs on a Popular Mobile Operating System Nor is it Made Out of Premium Materials

The smartphone industry is dominated by Android and iOS and for a good reason. It's not that they have deliberately pushed other competitors out of the market; the other operating systems we used have never managed to evolve with the times and were slowly phased out on their own. Well, now, a company in America is trying to bring a Linux-based smartphone into the market for those who are a bit more concerned about their privacy. Aptly named Liberty Phone is the name, it costs a whopping $2,199

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Now, the Liberty Phone is the most expensive smartphone in the market that is a non-luxury phone, which means that it is not made out of precious materials. So why does it cost as much as it does? Honestly, even I don't know.

One would expect that for the price you are paying, you are at least getting some nice specs, but things do get worse as you read more about it., Apparently, the Liberty Phone features an NXQ quad-core processor, 4 gigs of RAM, 128 gigs of storage, and a 5.7-inch IPS display with 720p resolution. You are also getting a 4,500 mAh removable battery, 18W charging, a 3.5mm charging port, a 13-megapixel rear camera, and an 8-megapixel camera on the front. In other words, this phone is from almost a decade ago in terms of what it's offering. I mean, even the "testimonial" on the website looks delusional at best.

None of the specs are good enough to warrant a $2,199 price tag, so why are you spending that much money in the first place? Well, the company claims that the Liberty Phone has a hardware kill switch for connectivity, and you also have a lot of software features that will help improve security and privacy. The phone is assembled in the U.S., which explains why it costs so much because labor is expensive in the country, but seriously, it's still not justified.

The Liberty Phone does not run on Android. It actually is running the PureOS platform, which is actually based on Debian. This means that you would actually have a fully-fledged desktop mode when you connect your phone to a display. Honestly, the tech world is an interesting one, and almost every day, we see something that makes little to no sense and this time, it's this new phone that, for some reason, is costing $2,199. I'd happily pay this much for a phone if it's made by a well-established brand like Apple or Samsung, it's still a lot of money, but in some way, it would make sense.

Written by Furqan Shahid