It's default low-end configuration with 8GB of RAM and a 250GB drive is available for pre-order now with an "early bird" base price of $1199. Later, the same model will, it appears, sell for $1,499.

After raising more than $2 million last year to build a Linux-powered smartphone with a focus on privacy and open source software, Purism hopes to deliver the first Librem 5 smartphones early next ...