Phones in 2009 worked though. You could buy an iPhone or Android and be confident that you could send a text, or make a phone call, or set an alarm and rely on

Phones in 2009 worked though. You could buy an iPhone or Android and be confident that you could send a text, or make a phone call, or set an alarm and rely on it to wake you up in the morning. I wouldn't trust my PinePhone to do any of that, I don't even trust it to reliably boot. I have a feeling mobile is a moving target that FOSS won't ever be able to catch up with. I think we enjoy quality FOSS desktop hardware because the platform is so stable.