One of the objectives of the administration Trumprepeated on several occasions in what we have been for the year, is that Apple produce its iPhone In the United States, something that the company alleges that it is not feasible. The Trump Organization announced last week the next launch of the Trump T1a smartphone under the brand of the current president of the United States that promises to be completely manufactured in that country and will arrive in September by $ 500. The news was received with Much skepticism in the sectorbut we will have to wait for its launch to confirm what is true in the statement. But we can get an idea with the case of Liberty Phone.
It is a smartphone that has launched the technological startup Purismbased in California, manufactured largely in the United States, which uses components not precisely premium, although its price is: 2,000 dollars, about 1,860 euros.
According to Purism, the Liberty Phone is Centered on privacy and assemble, test and packaging in the US. The development of the software, including the operating system Pureosis performed entirely in US territory and Its motherboard and other modules used are also local production.
However, other components such as telephone body, camera, modem and Wi -Fi/Bluetooth modules They are acquired to foreign suppliersmainly from China and India. The screen and battery come from the first, while the camera is manufactured in South Korea. The processor is designed by a company Dutch and is also manufactured in South Korea or other countries in Asia or Europe.
Despite its price, the specifications are modest. Use a processor with 4 Cortex A-53 cores called NXP I.mx 8m that runs 1.5 GHz, a GPU VIVANTE GC7000LITE, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage, with the option of using a memory card MicroSD up to 2 TB. The type screen IPSpresents 5.7 diagonal inches and a resolution of 720 x 1,440 pixels, and the battery has a capacity to 4,500 mAh. Specifications that in 2025 are considered low range, but that in this case have a premium smartphone cost.
Todd Weaverfounder and executive director of Purism, has pointed out to Wall Street Journal that ‘I have been working on this for 10 years and we have done everything possible to manufacture in the US. There are components that simply do not yet have a national supply chain. We will continue advancing until I achieve it. ‘
The assembly chain has only 4 people who assemble the phones by hand; Purism states that this can manufacture until 10,000 units per month. From its foundation in 2014the company has sold just under 100,000 devices.
Compared, FoxconnApple’s manufacturing partner, can produce up to 500,000 iPhone per day In times peak, equivalent to about 10,000 every 12 minutes at full capacity.
Weaver has explained to NBC News that the development of the phone, from the initial idea to production, took 6 years. Before the Liberty Phone, launched this month of June, Purism had brought the market Freem 5 and the FreeM 5 USAa variant of the previous ‘manufactured in the US.’
Purism stands out from your Liberty Phone the national manufacture of the most sensitive components in terms of securityalthough it recognizes the global nature of its supply chain. Despite not being able to compete in price or benefits with technological giants, their main trick is attract consumers concerned about their privacy and do not want companies such as Apple or Google to collect their data.
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He Liberty Phone Execute Pureosan open source operating system based on Linux. The device incorporates physical switches that completely disconnect the microphone, camera, wifi, bluetooth and base modemsomething unusual in conventional smartphones. Purism also offers a telephone and data plan, Awesimwhich includes encrypted voice calls.
Beyond these privacy options, according to Wall Street Journal, Pureos only allows basic functions such as calls, messages, web navigation and some simple applications such as calculator.
Half of the buyers of Liberty Phone are US government employees, interested in their strict privacy functionsaccording to the same medium. ‘Among consumers, our clients are usually security enthusiasts, parents who want a phone for their children, older people or who wish to avoid great technological ones. Someone who needs a very potentary camera is not our audience‘, says Weaver.