Totally different animals. De-googled Android (including GrapheneOS) is easily a daily driver if you can avoid Google services by finding alternatives.

The Pinephone is totally a beta product and so far only one of the distros I've tried works properly.

They state this clearly when you buy it so it's not a criticism, just saying it's not an alternative to Android, it's not ready for daily use and definitely not ready for normies.

Meanwhile I put GrapheneOS on my gf's phone and she can use it fine and she's not a tech nerd at all.

Pinephone is for trying out cool new shit that won't work 100%.

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Sweeeet gunna check out pine phone

If you're into fucking with Linux it's well worth it. Only $200 for the one I got too.

Glad to see you get it. I love to tinker with such things myself as a bit of fun. Helps alleviate the old itch I had to root devices etc.

However when I woke up to taking my mobile life's security/privacy seriously and discovered GrapheneOS that obviously went by the wayside.

So long as people, like you do, get that the way the phones and OS are set up they serve very different purposes.

Glad you're enjoying your experience, I am following with interest. 😃👍