Not true on the pinephone, the modem is a peripheral module, so the boot chain does not start with it.
Nor the Mediatek platforms as far as I know (very familiar with the MT65xx and MT67xx series; not sure about anything newer or older, except MT62xx which also boots --- from NOR flash --- the AP first.)
Nor the Mediatek platforms as far as I know (very familiar with the MT65xx and MT67xx series; not sure about anything newer or older, except MT62xx which also boots --- from NOR flash --- the AP first.)