Well, the best route would've been to get a "sponsor" phone.
But Jolla were too arrogant for this, they wanted complete control.

I mean look at the OpenPandora and Pyra projects.
Its just too difficult to do this, unless you have real-world expertise... not amateur stuff.
How about the Vivaldi tablet? Or the Improv Board?

I think to make a decent open-source product, you need a chill $1 Mil to blow.
And that's just money that you throw at it.
Does anyone know someone rich and generous... get them to contact Jolla!