Linux handheld devices are mostly just toys for people a bit too excited and with too much disposable income. There might be a couple of uses, such as IT admin

Linux handheld devices are mostly just toys for people a bit too excited and with too much disposable income. There might be a couple of uses, such as IT admin or on-location surveyor, where having a very small device with desktop functionalities and ports to plug in instrumentation could be useful. For the rest of us, smartphones really hit the nail of what people need to do with a pocketable device: the interface has to be simple, the features cannot be extensive and the battery should last quite a bit. I bought a PinePhone because I think it can succeed in being a smartphone with the right software, but I would never waste money on glorified PDAs because they seem useless to me regardless of their capabilities