just finished moving my 18 to 24 months "old" primary N900 to my "test device"

old config

• power kernel
• NO community SSU
  (had it on old test dev and didn't feel it was improving things, but it was stable, so...)
• two swap partitions on µSD
  (switching from cli every now & then
• too many apps i once installed but never used
• until last may i had nearly 2 yrs history of chat, SMS, calls & all (el-vi.db was over 20MB )
  mid may started using glogarchive but it does not work for me (struggling w/ the 20MB as well?)
• since a few weeks it tends to stop responding & requires a reboot or even a battery stop

new config

• power kernel + CSSU Thumb2
• two swap partitions on µSD
• only those apps that i used on a regular basis in the last few months
• started with empty el-v1.db
• ...

long story short...
i already spent 100€ on the Jolla pre-order, thus i'll probably stick with that.
both my N900s are still in decent shape & fully usable 4 me, so if Thumb2 (& the slimmed down config ) work, i may wait until June 2014 before getting a Jolla device
a Neo900? with 512MB RAM, 1.2 GHz CPU (or more ) and... i paid ~400€ for a white N9, going to pay ~400€ for Jolla device but... IF my N900 works properly with Thumb2 i may well simply keep that.
if on top of that Jolla device gets a QWERTY hardware keyboard, maybe it's time to move on?
appreciate the effort of the Community, but... 700€? that's more then i ever spent on a mobile
too much for me i'm afraid.

on the other hand, if there is no (satisfactory) QWERTY other half and Thumb2 does not improve things, i may consider spending 450€ for a beefed up N900 successor
maybe 500