> Without a way to discard and resurrect applications, the way Android does Well, there obviously are handheld devices that are underpowered and definitely are

> Without a way to discard and resurrect applications, the way Android does Well, there obviously are handheld devices that are underpowered and definitely are not even close to any modern Android phone, like for instance, the OpenPandora. And yet it was (probably is tbh) capable of doing everything I needed for many years (I used it while travelling into 2019) without issues. Which includes browsing. It's not comfortable because it's so slow, but it works and I rarely have anything crash on it (which is why i'm very surprised the pinephone is so crash prone) while I worked extensive periods on time on it (the battery life is amazing and I can replace the battery); when travelling, I code on 9-12 hour plane rides on it. And before that, there was the Zaurus, which also had no issues like this; it ran fine on very constraint hardware. I took it on my travels to the US to work on (and send photos from my camera sd card to my family back in the Netherlands) about 20 years ago with a linux distro on it. That was definitely phone form factor. Lovely machines actually outside the keyboard (but still better than without keyboard). It seems very possible to me to make a good experience on a handheld in a mobile phone form factor, because it has been done.