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Coming up on a year with my Librem 5 USA. So much has changed. I started with no video. You had to manually adjust the camera for pictures. Maps app was opening with only the upper left corner of the application viewable on screen. Heck, the gps would place me just off of Ivory Coast(from USA). Pictures sent by text had to be opened in the file browser. No suspend feature had you scrambling for a plug after 2-3 hours use. Well, Video is here(barely), auto adjusting settings for pictures is here. Open maps works and gps gets me within 15 miles. Pictures render in text threads. Auto suspend is here. So many other things have come a long way in just <365 days. I suppose one could argue this is all just low hanging fruit, but the community is there. I am constantly getting updates, every few months there are big changes. It does suck that so many people haven't gotten the phone they paid for. And it saddens me more that many are so relieved to return it or sell it off when they finally do get it and beg others to avoid it. I remember when my best friend in highschool got the first iPhone. It was slow, buggy, no 3rd party apps. All it had was two things, a browser, and excitement about what the future could hold. The iPhone launched when smart phones were in infancy. The Librem 5 is almost 20 years behind. It is going to take some time to get up to speed. It is not going to take remotely close to 20y, but it won't be tomorrow either. All I can really say is, I really feel the excitement and wonder all over again with the Librem 5 , plus, it has a decent browser.

-Sent from my Librem



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