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> So how come we got this smartphone , instead of actual portable computers that could, among other things, work as cellphones?

I have been looking for such a thing for a long time. Sadly, there is no good solution. If you want a not-horrible one, get a samsung tablet with cellular capabilities and run linux on dex on it.

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The Librem 5 (only dev kit is out so far) is similar to this. You can run some Gnome software unmodified, they have been doing a Youtube series showing various apps running on it. My understanding is the phone will be able to connect to a large monitor as well.

Yes, when / if it is available. I really really really hope they deliver at least hw platform and drivers... Fingers crossed.

Not out yet but maybe the PINEPHONE [1].

[1] https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

That seems very nice.

It uses the radio "Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands". I wonder how well isolated that is from the OS.

Better or worse than the Librem 5 radio?

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