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You should try GrapheneOS

It is basically Android with all the crap from Google removed.

Better yet, GrapheneOS allows you you sandbox Google's crap if you need or want it. Very useful when needing to use a proprietary app that requires it.

+1 Graphene works great

Jolla's Sailfish is another alternative. Linux, quite a few native apps and an Android emulation layer that makes it easy to use most F-Droid and Play Store applications.

Is Librem 5 not such a device?

And it can run Android apps with Waydroid.

As an owner and occasionally serious user of the above device, I can say that, no, it is not usable as a phone by any definition that includes portability. This is due to extreme bulk and still terrible battery life, even before we get to the experience of using PureOS and Gnome for your phone OS.

However, the kill switches are super cool and would be practical if the device were.