+ phone call audio quality is as good as some cheapo Android phone I can buy at Walmart, across all the distros in this multi-distro image
I mean, you have a report above that the Pinephone can't even achieve that. (And worse, the user is considering diving into ALSA configuration to fix this!)
If it's true that a phone device cannot be depended on to achieve bog standard audio quality for a phone call, then the player isn't ready to fight in the "daily driver" quest.
I'm willing to write a command line prog that plays the Legend of Zelda secret discovery melody and prints your comment when the the Pinephone achieves bog standard "phone-ness."
An open phone will inevitably have incomplete distributions for it: that's the entire goal of an open phone.
The problem is if there is not a single option that covers the basics well, or if that option is non-obvious (i.e. you don't know which is it).
I've personally used Meizu MX4 with Ubuntu for years as a daily driver, but I was happy to give up on Android apps. That was slightly more powerful hardware but also 5-8 years ago.
Next question? Although it looks like you're not interested in asking questions, just insulting people who actually know what they're talking about.
BTW not everyone who gets the PinePhone uses it for calls; the number of people who brought the keyboard case in order to use it as a PDA or laptop should be proof of that. So I say again that "daily driver" is not a well-defined term with a single globally-recognized meaning, and people should ask precisely what they want from the phone.
Instead, please ask what it is you want the phone to do, and then people can give you a clear answer.