Oh my God! These are too many posts that either pro or con in the argument of the Librem 5 operation and functionality.
All smartphones are energy guzzlers, guzzling it up no matter how you look at it from any perspective. It matters not as a phone or mini computer role. This is a fact, no more, no less.
Mobile data will definitely require some configuration. Prepare to get techy. If you do need help, I suggest to contact the proper tech support to help on their end.
GPS program seems to be a custom program from the default OS program list. It’s going to have its own rules. The call of tech support is on the burden of the GPS program developer, not Purism.
Camera use is an issue of ethics. We must all consider the safety of oneself, others, and beyond. But yes, of course there be (custom) development for personalized needs.
Don’t plug L5 to PC! L5 is not a storage drive! Instead, use a safe storage device to transfer the files offline. Couldn’t be anymore easier than that? Of course, online services can do the same function with online risks.
As for your convenience of SIM card, I must inform you of the risks of SIM card snooping. Any unauthorized person with access to the SIM card can snoop on the details. It can happen. What you need is a revolutionary innovative idea. You need secure service that can transmit a database of call/message contacts to the secure phone. Maybe, this development will happen in the future.
Your market argument against Librem 5 is unrelated to Librem 5. It’s like comparing oranges to apples.
Librem 5 is not a phone, it’s a (mini) computer in a form of a smartphone and mini operating system. Sure, it has phone and message capabilities, but it can do so more. Compared to other smart phones, Librem 5 does not have a set expiration so that consumers must purchase the next generation of phones just because the current generation is obsolete, but the main reason is the smartphone market wants more of your money. It’s just like the Microsoft Windows scheme. Can’t you feel that nostalgia again? With Librem 5’s OS (and related products and services), updates are continual than definitely finite. You don’t see the need to purchase the PureOS 10.# and up, unlike Windows versions. I would rather hold my faith in Librem 5 development than churn up hundreds, even thousands, of dollars for a few years of smartphone service. That said, I say you are taking a right step in consumer investment.
It’s true that the matter of convenience would be a good thing for the mass market, mainstream media, masses of normies (also more known as another offensive word, but that’s the definition]). Librem 5 is not one of those things. Librem 5 is for GNU/Linux, not Unix, not Android, not smartphone. It’s a being conceived with freedom in mind. I may be a fool to believe in Librem 5 with some fiber, but it is the same fiber as I believe in GNU/Linux. Surely, you didn’t buy this product without knowing the OS that is Linux. I don’t care if there are new people, this is Linux we are talking about. Linux is DIY discipline, it is not supposed to be convenient by nature or design. I don’t know a exact quote about freedom, but it won’t be freely given to you. What else is there to be said?
All I can say is that while the topic context seems to be honest in inexperience, the possibility of negative marketing by agents of competition is plausible. I also want to say that people ought to be more familiar with freedom than follow scenarios in Brave New World.