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Jolla Phone Pre-Order

https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder
72•jhoho•59m ago

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ttkari•42m ago
Hardware specs look pretty nice, SailfishOS should work nicely on this device. The design language remains faithful to the original Jolla Phone from more than a decade ago. :)
onli•38m ago
Awesome, this has a user replaceable battery! Sadly I do see no headphone jack, so not an option for me. Did I miss it on the pictures?
ttkari•27m ago
Although the SFOS community did express some interest in the 3.5 mm jack in the polls earlier, there's no headphone jack. The expected device sales volume probably would not cover the added engineering cost from such modifications to the mainboard reference design at the announced price point.
sir_eliah•25m ago
Some time ago I also thought that no 3.5mm jack is a deal-breaker, but I bought super cheap jack-usbc adapter that is 5cm long and it works pretty well.
tetris11•37m ago
Add a keyboard, and you would have piqued my interest.

I dont understand how ex-Nokia devs could have built a phone like the N900 and then just walked away from it for 15 years

onli•35m ago
But destroyed the interest of many others ;)

Keyboard phones are a great thing, but not as the sole option for a company. As a second current model, sure.

rafram•28m ago
Most people aren't willing to sacrifice half their screen real estate 100% of the time, or deal with a significantly thicker phone, just to get a physical keyboard. The market for that is very small.
detritus•24m ago
eh, I was a Smartphone ‘it's gotta have a keyboard!’ hold-out too, but I've long-since embraced the Swype or whatever it's called, style of input. It's fine enough for 90% of my engagement with the internet via a phone. Anything more in depth I'm on a computer with a physical keyboard anyway.

But yes, the N900 was pre-slidey-smartphone peak brilliance.

mongol•36m ago
What is Jolla now? I remember it as startup created by previous Nokia employees that tried to build a Nokia-type of phone based on Maemo? Or do I remember it wrong?
parasitid•34m ago
it's based on a proprietary os, which includes halium proprietary blobs.

imho, linux users should focus on phones well supported by postmarketos

ux266478•28m ago
All phones end up reliant on proprietary blobs. Not that I disagree in principle, but we have to be realistic. Hardware manufacturers, telcoms and to some degree regulators all do not like user freedom with regards to phones.
abnercoimbre•24m ago
> Entering other markets, such as the U.S. and Canada are to be decided due course based on potential interest from the areas.

As an American, I will order this phone as soon as it’s available to me!

I’m not aware of any similar option for us at the moment so I’m a little sad.

rzerowan•21m ago
Seems they still havent figured out a business model for their OS. Hardware at low volumes wont move ala kickstarter.

Would have thought after their ups and downs they would have landedon a sustainable businesss model. The market oppurtunity is there and the timing is favourable. All thats needed to stick the landing and have a viable alt to the ios/android duoploly.

Personally would recommend they work with an established OEM to customize/port drivers to existing hardware and market to a specific vertical rather than a general purpose for normies device.

aapoalas•15m ago
I low-key hate myself for this, but I went and preorder. I've been waiting for SFOS to come to my Xperia 10 IV but that seems to still be in beta, and after quite a few years it'd be hard to switch over ask well... But I have to try support Jolla as they've been my go-to phone OS maker for the last 10-15 years.
rckt•10m ago
It would be great if all these companies contributed to a some kind of a unified modular platform like Project ARA. I see a lot of new devices, but they all do their own stuff. They produce hardware for their software, the end result is the same as with big brands. Most of these devices are usable while they are supported by these companies. Some of them allow installing custom Android roms, but not many.

Looks like the market just gets more fragmented without any improvements towards better sustainability/reusability. The only thing that really caught my attention recently was Pilet, a handheld Raspberry Pi. That's a really cool thing, that gives mobility while maintaining functionality.

mhitza•10m ago
47% percent of voters wanted a ~6" phone, and 12% of voters a ~7" phone.

I guess me and the remaining 41% of voters are still left wishing for 5" phones to make a comeback.

Nifty3929•6m ago
I love the idea of the privacy switch, but I want more: I want a hard, electromechanical switch for each of: Mic, camera, GPS, wifi, cell, bluetooth. These can be tiny and aesthetically pleasing, as long as I can easily flip on/off the one I want.

The problem with having a single button, even configurable, is that it's all-or-nothing, and I might want different things at different times.

But thanks so much for taking the first step!

alex_duf•5m ago
wow, I never expected to see them come back

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