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I came across these devices about four days ago - and purchased one which arrived yesterday - so I'm playing with this hardware which is really neat.
The chipset in this device is the one mentioned at the end of this [article](https://lobste.rs/s/khfqif/from_gongkai_to_open_source) from [bunnie s...
>Element14 also shipped a $40 Moto Mods HAT Adapter Board that lets you add commercially available Raspberry Pi HAT add-ons to the phone. The adapter lets you attach most commercial Raspberry Pi HATs and control them from the Moto Z phone, as if it were a Raspberry Pi.
Siempo is a phone that minimises distractions.
The crowdfunder reached its goal after 6 weeks, and still has [2 weeks to go](https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/). The stretch goals are as follows:
* 4 million $: VOIP phone number, call-in, call-out features
* 6 million $: Reverse engineering faster WiFi/BT firmware
* 8 million $: Free encrypted ...
They mention that their OS is open-source but it seems you need to join a wait list to get an access to the code.