I’ve been waiting yeeears for a Linux phone. Can’t wait until the day finally comes. Tried Ubuntu touch out on an old nexus 4, but it was slow due to old hardware, and I didn’t like the fact you couldn’t just run Linux apps, they had to be special built for Ubuntu touch (unless you did a container and vnc kind of thing). I’ve been eyeing postmarketOS but I’m a little confused if it supports VoLTE which I think is a requirement now on most USA towers.

I think once the hardware support gets there with better battery life, ability to sleep and still get calls notifications, etc, the app ecosystem shouldn’t be a problem with waydroid as a backup

It feels like we are at the “Linux phone daily driver” equivalent to 2004 Linux desktop right now. It’s probably a decade or more away from being a useable device.

It needs a champion–an Ubuntu or Redhat to drive it but the economics of open source being what they are, means it’s probably not worth the effort. Whoever does it needs to provide quality hardware with it imo. Maybe a system76-type company for phones?

If whoever takes up the mantel can nail the camera and video, they could potentially over one all of the other weaknesses of Linux phones (like shit maps/directions, and lack of support for things like banking apps).