Fairphone 2-6 and Shiftphone 6 & 8 have relatively good pmos support for newer phones.

It makes a lot more sense to put an OS on an existing phone. His phone is what needed replacing so I was looking for devices that ran Linux out of the box. He mostly wanted to avoid bloatware, telemetry and bullshit.

I think they ought to put up a list somewhere of the newest devices they support with at least decent support such as your standard calling, texting, media, etc.

pmOS does have a list of supported devices, and for the list labeled "main" support, it's empty, as they do not deem any if their currently supported devices (in the "community" or "testing" sections) to be usable/stable enough for daily use for the average person. Of the supported devices, it's clearly labeled what does and doesn't work for each device

Other spins like Mobian and Ubuntu Touch have similar pages too!