Maybe even just a different title, indicating it's a youth project, would have set more accurate expectations.
There are a LOT of half baked linux phone projects. And many people here, I'm sure, have bought and tried to use a few of those. It's generally not a fun experience. Even if a person is trying to contribute to the project, if you work on something hard for half a year, then have the whole thing disappear into the void. I would call that "not fun".
So, as a high school kids project, it's an awesome acheivement. Just having a high school student be so aware of the impacts of technology freedom is awesome.
But as a "hey, here's your new linux phone", this one is not ready for prime time.
Really just a matter of how the project is presented...
Where did you get that this is "linux phone" project? Because if you spend enough time to read about it, you'll find that it's esp32 based running a RTOS and a custom app suite.
Maybe even just a different title, indicating it's a youth project, would have set more accurate expectations.
There are a LOT of half baked linux phone projects. And many people here, I'm sure, have bought and tried to use a few of those. It's generally not a fun experience. Even if a person is trying to contribute to the project, if you work on something hard for half a year, then have the whole thing disappear into the void. I would call that "not fun".
So, as a high school kids project, it's an awesome acheivement. Just having a high school student be so aware of the impacts of technology freedom is awesome.
But as a "hey, here's your new linux phone", this one is not ready for prime time.
Really just a matter of how the project is presented...