Different priorities don't make OP disingenuous.
If you want to run a mostly free software stack and Emacs, LineageOS is definitely way worse than PinePhone [1].
Regarding connectivity: This really seems to depend on the hardware revision (OP's braveheart edition was the first available to the general public), the proprietary bits of the modem firmware, your carrier and maybe a bit luck: I am having less connectivity issues on my PinePhone than on my iPhone 13 mini. Seriously.
Alarms do work, OP just missed the apps that make it possible: https://linuxphoneapps.org/categories/alarm-clock/
Regarding connectivity: This really seems to depend on the hardware revision (OP's braveheart edition was the first available to the general public), the proprietary bits of the modem firmware, your carrier and maybe a bit luck: I am having less connectivity issues on my PinePhone than on my iPhone 13 mini. Seriously.
[1]: See https://mainline.space and contrast it with https://not.mainline.space