I really appreciate such statement. What I am trying to achieve is a commercial product which should have off the shelf quality and can be distributed worldwide.

After some careful consideration and evaluation I decided to execute this idea in another slightly different method:

Instead of building a complete slider phone, I will do a Slider Keyboard Mod for the Moto Z series.

The advantages are:

- Saving costs for building hardware. And eventually saving cost for the user.

Moto Z Play itself is a great device: Good performance, adequate hardware, nice build and camera and incredible battery life. The BL can be unlocked and is affordable. So the community can develop based on the hardware. And eventually Nemo or SFOS can also be ported.

- Shorter R&D time (Much shorter)

- Less risk. Overall much easier process.

- The successor to TOHKBD, with the support of a professional design/manufacturing team and an overall reliable platform (Moto Mods)

I have already been chosen as a finalist in Motorola’s “Transform the Smartphone” Challenge and have received their development kit and a free Moto Z.

The R&D design will be started shortly after the Chinese New Year holiday and I will post progress irregularly in here. The plan is to have a five-row keyboard slider mod with some extra battery. More info will be shared later. (I'm avoiding using "soon"...)