I always wondered why Purism seemed quite secretive around the status of Librem 5 HW. And it still continues, with the Librem 5's supposed shipping a month ago - I was interested in people's experiences so I regularly check youtube's newest videos. Noone has Librem 5 yet, if I judge by that. Yet if they were actually shipping people would have phones for three weeks already.<p>Seems like they've bitten off quite a chunk of really hard work, that they can't finish by themselves, which this article confirms.<p>It would be nice if they opened up a little about issues they're having. All they're doing by hiding things is helping spread rumors. For example this one:<p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1133747-an-interview-with-zlatan-todoric-open-source-developer-former-purism-cto?p=1133868#post1133868" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoron...</a><p>It doesn't help, that the rumors seem plausible. From the disassembly video, it was clear that the SoC has no cooling whatsoever, outside of the thermal connection to the mainboard. Power management is always an issue with mobile devices, so that doesn't surprise me either.