No Android, no iOS, no problem? Why some people will embrace this old-school $1,999 American-made smartphone

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Built in California, powered by Linux, the Liberty Phone says no to tech giants With no Android or iOS, it’s the loneliest smartphone on the market today It costs more, does less, and still claims to be the best smartphone for privacy Despite rising political pressure to bring tech manufacturing back to the US, building a premium smartphone domestically remains a costly and technically difficult challenge. The Liberty Phone by Purism, priced at $1,999, offers a rare example of how close a company can get to building an America-made device, but it comes with significant trade-offs in performance and practicality....