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...