I miss the days of weird phones and tablets with brand names I've never heard of with Allwinner SoCs in them. Such odd devices, so much fun to play with and explore. Rockchip based handheld gaming devices are about the closest to it nowadays.
Yes, but that's not what the poster is talking about. The Pinephone is a comparatively conventional/mundane handset design. It sounds like they were longing for more 'out there'/experimental designs that apparently were using A64 several years ago.