Indiegogo for Jolla official Sailfish port
asked 2016-12-09 13:53:36 +0200
My Jolla 1 is getting old and no successor is at horizon. I mean a real one, with Android and Exchange support. With worldwide 4G bands, supporting both TDD and FDD. A phone that may get VoLTE and serve development for next years. My idea is to ask Jolla to start an Indiegogo campaign for porting Sailfish on a hardware they may choose appropriate. The market if full with great hardware from Asus, Meizu, Xiaomi etc. In other words, to fund Sailfish port trough community. I would pay 100euro for a port that is at the level of current Jolla 1.
Edit 17.Jan.2017 Just found that ZTE is running a community device trough Kickstarter. It would be great to have a community Sailfish port supported by Jolla.
sorry, if my comment is amateurish, but I thought the issue was not only funding a community port, but also a licensing issues, which Jolla did not want to continue to work with. Maybe some others can elaborate on the actual issues why picking a HW is not the only problem here...
Cary Grant ( 2016-12-09 15:00:36 +0200 )edit@Cary Grant A very successful indiegogo campaign may cover licenses for android, ms exchange, porting etc. There may be other issues that I can not foreseen, but Jolla may be so kind to explain.
tvicol ( 2016-12-09 16:15:51 +0200 )editI know we always think that there should be an amazing hardware for our phones but I think right now Jolla C/Aquafish is a good enough choice for jolla users. I never experienced any lag with this phone. yes a better phone would be good option but I think instead of better phones we need more developers and paid apps and more support for ports of available linux apps to arm.
soheilbalini ( 2016-12-10 00:29:16 +0200 )edit