You're right that it doesn't feel like a Linux desktop port which is its primary selling point: doing a mobile-centric Linux. They do seem to have a vision for

You're right that it doesn't feel like a Linux desktop port which is its primary selling point: doing a mobile-centric Linux. They do seem to have a vision for where they want to go once they get fully updated to the final Canonical release (they are already starting to diverge from Ubuntu Touch with the current release), but it's definitely not going to be for everyone. One nice thing now that I actually have my Pinephone is that I can start seriously exploring and answer the question: 'what do I want in a mobile Linux device and experience?' Which I suspect is the real point of the Pinephone: to stop theorizing and figure out where we want Linux to go on (relatively modern) mobile devices. My biggest complaint right now is the rough state of power management on all the distros. The good news is progress is being made on this front very quickly.