I read a lot of negative/pesimistic comments, but just to put things in perspective, this phone was developped by a middle/high school guy when he was 13~16 years old… come on guys…
Some of these comments are like saying of the PS5 "Oh great, another `game console` that's just a PC that boots to a launcher."
Whatever, close the tab and keep working on it. Building stuff is more fun than listening to internet complainers.
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...
Really matters to read what you comment on...