> I have a PinePhone but it is not yet ready as a daily driver, and also the difference in hardware performance between my Android phone (which I bought this ye

> I have a PinePhone but it is not yet ready as a daily driver, and also the difference in hardware performance between my Android phone (which I bought this year) and PinePhone (or even Librem) is abismal. I don't know about it being so much a hardware performance issue, rather than a software optimization issue. Personally, I don't think I need much performance, but I have had issues unlocking my Pinephone because the lockscreen seems to have a hard time keeping track of my finger as I slide it or press the keypad buttons. I've also had a number of kernel panics in the few times that I've used it (I got it just recently). For the Pinephone to be my daily driver I just need to be able to run Whatsapp on it (so run an Android emulator with access to the SIM card, I imagine; haven't tried) and take real 5MP images. That's all I really need to switch the SIM card and leave my Android phone at home. It can even drop calls and I won't really care (not that it does; I haven't tried). EDIT: I see I misread a bit and thought you meant its low performance prevented its use as a daily driver. I don't think it makes sense for linux phones to be offered with more expensive hardware until the software catches up to enable their use as daily drivers for more people. I think we're at a stage where the buyers are primarily people that are looking to possibly contribute to the software to get it to that point. Being a cheap phone is important for that.