It’s because they want all the benefits of the iPhone and all of the openness and repair ability of the PinePhone, but they don’t want to have to compromise any

It’s because they want all the benefits of the iPhone and all of the openness and repair ability of the PinePhone, but they don’t want to have to compromise anywhere. The reality is that the magical solution doesn’t exist and can’t practically exist. There would be major tradeoffs with much of what’s being suggested in this thread, many of which would make the phone undesirable to the people demanding it.