I Love My PinePhone
The idea of Linux phones had been at least somewhat popularized at that point with the earlier announcement of the Librem 5, but the Pinephoe was far more affordable, and it would be hitting the market well before the Librem 5. I got it as a Christmas gift from my wonderful mother. Unfortunately, this was amidst my hellish time as an undergrad, so I didn't have the time to fully buy into swapping over my mobile compute stack. So it waited until I graduated. I actually am somewhat happy that I waited, though, because the software situation is much better today than it was three years ago.