Jolla C: reliable enough as main phone? [not relevant]

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asked 2016-06-14 14:57:45 +0300

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Ok. Did use Jolla as my main from 12/2013 - 05/2014. Lack of fm receiver (really!) forced me to go back to Nokia N9 during summer of 2014. This was until 12/2015 when I finally bricked my N9. Then switched reluctantly to Android....was very pleased with first Jolla C announcement and managed to secure a device from the 2nd batch.

The big question is: will Jolla-C be reliable enough (and I basically mean CALLS and MESSAGES) to use as a main phone?

I guess it should be, otherwise Jolla wont get enougn test hours, if used only part time etc....

EDIT:

Noticed this: https://together.jolla.com/question/110063/creation-date-not-saved-in-photo-exif-metadata-11928/

This isnt solved yet and is a major concern and should not be missing. I'll keep this post updated if I find any other faults...

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why not? The producer has some reputation, and the OS too.

danfin ( 2016-06-14 15:04:39 +0300 )edit

I intend to use my Jolla C as my productive phone. Meaning Calls, SMS and MMS, Internet and also media consumption (Podcasts with gpodder!), Calendar... all the things the average smartphone does. I've been using the Jolla since FOSDEM 2013 and from an OS point of view, it was never a big problem.

The hardware of the JP-1301 however was rather poor. I had four different devices of the JP-1301 now and they all suffered from these dreade yellowish blobs. Three had the vibrator broken. One even had the GSM-Antenna broken... I never dropped it, always carried in one of these Maprapbags and in general took great care of the phone.

So yes, my next phone will run Sailfish one way or another. And I do hope the hardware quality of the Jolla C is not as finicky but a bit more reliable.

Venty ( 2016-06-14 15:08:04 +0300 )edit

Main reason I switched from Jolla back to Android was luck of proper SIP support, I am on Pay as you go (so £0 cost, do not need to free CALLS/SMS, for £45/m contract ; I hardly use it anyway) I can do all that over the internet and cheaper or mostly for free ... I just don't understand who today sends MMS ...instead of sending e-mail ...or better use Telegram/Wire/Viber etc.

m2 ( 2016-07-04 11:49:05 +0300 )edit

While i understand you in wondering why people still sending MMS instead of using e-mail. I can't understand why you think a proprietary messenger is better than an open standard like e-mail.

Fellfrosch ( 2016-07-17 22:33:06 +0300 )edit

answered 2016-06-14 15:50:00 +0300

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Ehrm in general yes. Sugar it with "why should it not?"!

From what I understand, JollaC is targeted to give the SFOS devel-community a newer device to work with, the program attached is meant to help and develop the targeted community. As the JollaC seems to be the Intex AquaFish, this is not a huge step up from Jolla1 as there isn't really much new hardware besides radio and dual-sim, well it might be faster and the kernel be newer but that is about it. Shortcomings of the old kernel like outdated btrfs and such, do not apply anyway as the FS will be ext4 on lvm2. It is just some candy to motivate developers. Hope this sums it up nicely for you.

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Where does the newer kernel info come from?

No BTRFS is a bummer :/

And while i get the purpose of the C jolla needs a global tool to showcase SFOS. HW that works in harmony with the gesture UI. Bad SW can be fixed and adapted. HW is where we need more.

ApB ( 2016-06-14 18:29:32 +0300 )edit

BOO for btrfs :P

tortoisedoc ( 2016-06-14 19:39:42 +0300 )edit

I'd much prefer BTRFS, if they used a sead partition and allowed you to an SD card into the pool it'd work brilliantly. I've not any single issue with btrfs on my Jolla1, that includes using it on my sdcard

GD ( 2016-06-15 04:13:28 +0300 )edit

@ApB just a guess, newer hardware usually comes with newer kernel-modules. I totally agree with you that Jolla is in need of a Flagship but I do not agree with you on the hardware, SFOS has been proven to work flawless in terms of performance on pretty old stuff. The software is still missing too much in terms of actual usability (mediaplayer, People, email, calendar, messages, accounts), security features (gpg, luks, per app settings), connectivity (BT on alien, BT tethering, sync).

chemist ( 2016-06-15 16:15:49 +0300 )edit

Oh no, I'd be afraid to add an SD to btrfs pool. They fail sometimes and entire device will be bricked then.

Vuubi ( 2016-06-15 16:48:09 +0300 )edit

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