UBPorts/Ubuntu Touch is trying!: https://ubports.com/

A Linux phone is what you want. We (for whatever that is) for sure do not need it.

Yes, Librem 5 is our hope. Also, Pinephone.

Yeah, but why can't anyone make sane size mobiles nowadays? There's literally nothing less than 5 inches on the market.

I would love something like the SEX here: https://i.imgur.com/OKZiWrN.png

Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20936147

At least in case of Librem 5 there was no choice: the hardware working with free software is rare, which restricts the choice of SoC and the modules.