I have a Pinephone and it depends on what you need. If you just need basic web stuff it should be adequate. I'm using UT on mine but going to give Mobian a try. UT is kind of limited and it is root only, changing it can break the system. No auto-mounting of drives so you have to do it manually on logging every time. It's also annoying that there is no automute in alsa so when you plug in your headphones, it doesn't silent the phone. At least it is still that way in the release candidate channel that I'm using. The music player it uses is limited and very sluggish, and the media player for movies I could never get to play movies, at least not the .avi's that I have. Also saying the camera is sluggish is being too generous.
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2020
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@[email protected] has one. Might not be ready to be a daily driver yet tho.
Mine is just lying around. When I tried it a few weeks ago, the interface was so laggy that it was completely unusable. Not to mention that there arent any apps made for mobile (or they are very hard to find). Hopefully the situation will get better soon.
I have one, but I don't use it as my primary phone. There's calling, SMS, and data so you can do the phone stuff, but it's hard to do anything complex. I myself won't be able to use it as my daily driver until MMS works.