Is the screen really a show-stopper? If not, how about getting a PinePhone CE, and running Mobian or postmarketOS on it?
https://store.pine64.org/product/pinephone-community-edition-postmarketos-with-convergence-package-limited-edition-linux-smartphone/ -r > From: Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com> > Subject: non-smart debian phone > Date: August 5, 2020 at 21:38:40 PDT > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. > > By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. > > However, it might be reasonable for it to have a usb port not just for > charging, but for communication with my computer. Conceivably it might be > useful to download voice mail to my computer, for example, or maybe to play > through its speakers. > > It would be nice if it ran a free operating system, such as debian. > > Does anybody have any experience along these lines, or advice? > > Thanks in advance! > > dan
