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Jolla announces the new Jolla Phone with Sailfish OS 5 and a physical privacy switch
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So i guess the question is, has anyone here owned the previous phone/tablets and have feedback?
SalifishOS link to download seems to just redirect to jolla and can’t find much on previous phones/tablets so already have alarm bells going and can’t see much about SalifishOS itself.
They look good but wonder how committed they’ll be if theres a lack of customers beyond the initial signups?
Most of the phones suck. Jolla 1 was great back in the day. From the "current gen" of phones, Xperia 10 III got great eventually (using an unofficial trick), no other recent official phone is daily drivable.
If it wasn't for their last Jolla branded phone being a fucking disaster, I'd be buying this in a heartbeat.
But I'll probably wait for the first reviews instead. Also how they didn't ever deliver a portion of the tablets nor did they refund them doesn't really leave me trusting in preorders.
The OS is great, though. If you can get a Xperia 10 III in a good condition, go for it!
Had the original Jolla, used it for three years. It was fun, it focused much more on touch gestures before that became a feature with iOS/Android. Ultimately I relied a lot on Android apps which didn't integrate well. I also had some hardware issues and had two replacements, I think it was battery related issues both times, but I'm not sure anymore, it's been 10 years.