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They have no security features (Sandboxing, Mandatory access control etc) for instance, you can't deny an app Microphone Privileges they are either on for the whole system or off. GrapheneOS Pixel phones are far better. They run Open Source Linux with better security features than you will find on any other mobile Linux :)
Raspberry Pi is ARM based, so you are restricted to the fledgling ARM based Linux Distros and Apps. So
if you insist on a Linux phone then instead of making some kind of Frankenstein attention magnet and burning yourself out on the hardware side, buy a Pinephone Pro and look extensively into applying Linux Kernel hardening, use only the smallest footprint system utilities and whatever else to minimize attack surface. And keep your app installs to an absolute minimum. And unless it's done really well it will be all for nothing but security theatre. if you aren't committed to hardening Linux properly then just use GrapheneOS.
Forget your Frankenphone. Ask yourself if you are willing to learn what it takes to Implement long guides like this on a PinePhone.
https://theprivacyguide1.github.io/linux_hardening_guide
For your use case you would be served well with Genode Sculpt OS on a pinephone. It's not very smart and its Microkernel design is the holy grail of Secure OS design. It can send SMS as far as I know. I'm sure you could even ask someone in the community to assist you with stripping out what few features you don't want in it. That would of course require some kind words, ideally coupled with a donation to the project. You should be very happy with Sculpt OS If what you want is a Secure, Private Open source software Stack on reasonably open hardware, and all you want is SMS. Of course I assume you know SMS is trash and should be avoided if ever possible. Don't use this phone inside your house if you want it to stay private.