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If you want an actual (non-Android) Linux phone experience, there's only one that's actually shipping:

https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-beta-edition-with-conve...

But note that it's significantly less performant than Librem 5: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-p....

The thing is, neither of these devices is a usable daily driver yet for people outside of fanatics (and I don't say this with negativity - fanaticism is probably what builds these products, or sub your term here, e.g devoted).

If you're looking to dabble and write apps to contribute to the ecosystem, the PinePhone is arguably a steal. I grabbed one over the Librem 5 mostly due to price and availability.

True, but from $899 to > $2,000, it's also at least 4.5 times as expensive (!!!) as $199 for the PinePhone.

And, it exists today and runs an Arch Linux derivative like the SteamDeck.

As they say in the old country, a device in the hand is worth two in the bush.

My PinePhone runs significantly faster than my Librem 5, on account of my Librem 5 not existing - even after being part of the original kickstarter-esq funding.

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