In regard to sales, I want to remind the WSJ and everyone that 0 < 100,000. So, while the statement is true, I would be surprised to learn that the number of Liberty phones sold is more than 10,000.
In regard to production capacity, I want to remind everyone that in Sep or Oct 2019 Todd said, in regard to production capability for the LIbrem 5: “we’re talking 50,000 units in Q1 [2020]”. And while Purism has never published actual sales or production numbers, we could estimate those given the data collected on the “estimated delivery date” thread and AFAICT they have never produced more than 1,500 in a quarter when they were fulfilling the initial backlog ( Estimate your Librem 5 shipping ) . That’s a far cry from the “about 10,000 a month”.
I LOL at this. Especially the “elderly people” part. Unless these elderly people are also security geeks (which is what we see in the forums), I just don’t see it.
And while NXP is headquartered in the Netherlands and has a presence in Austin Texas (due to its merger with Freescale), AFAIK the current SoC is being fabbed in South Korea (every example I’ve seen has that indication on the chip) and IIRC that’s what Amos found (fabbed by Samsung in S. Korea). That can always change, but NXP seems to intentionally not discuss where an SoC is currently being fabbed.
I don’t like the way Todd Weaver markets —> I don’t trust him.