and a camera; and a wallet with all the cards you use? maybe the landscape of featurephones is different now, but i only knew of 1 or two (kyocera) that allowed tethering, so now you also have to figure out how to get internet onto your pocket computer - another sim, another bill. Perhaps you need a GPS device too (my car has one built in, but my wife's doesn't, for example).

I was going to just post a link to a picture of my cellphone graveyard drawer; i've been saying this same sentiment for the 12 or so years i've owned a smartphone. I even bought two Nikon 1 cameras to obviate the need for a decent cellphone camera. I have a servicable netbook (eeePC), too.

The most expensive cellphone i ever bought was $300. In theory, i could carry a Nintendo Switch, Nikon 1, feature phone, GPS unit, and a netbook around with me... or this absolute garbage OnePlus that i hate using enough that i only use it when necessary, like to SMS/MMS or something as silly as making or receiving a telephone call.

I realize I'm unusual for the HN demographic, but...

I don't really use the camera on my smartphone, so see no need to replace it. I carry a wallet with the few cards I need daily anyway, so no change there (and even if I didn't need to carry cards, I still need somewhere to keep cash) I don't use my phone to pay for things or access services, so I'm not concerned about doing those things when mobile. I can do what I need to do online from my desktop machine at home.

I do need GPS, but it will be in my pocket computer, so that's fine. I don't need to have online access for this to be useful because I really only use GPS for specific planned activities anyway, so I can preload any maps I might need.

> i only knew of 1 or two (kyocera) that allowed tethering, so now you also have to figure out how to get internet onto your pocket computer - another sim, another bill.

I'm not particularly worried about having the pocket computer be always connected to the internet. I can easily get by without having a constant connection. The pocket computer will have Wifi, which will cover situations where I want to have the machine connect to the internet.

> and start carrying a real pocket computer along with it

So why wouldn't you buy Librem 5 or Pinephone, which are pocket computers running GNU/Linux which have a phone functionality?

Because I don't want the computer to have phone functionality. Also, I can get a better computer for the money if it isn't married to a phone.

Would you mind linking to a good pocket computer for buying?

I would if I could. There are a number of models available, but I have no real insight as to which are the best. I'm building my own for this endeavor.