How many people still use JP1 regularly?
asked 2019-11-25 09:46:31 +0200
In the blog post presenting Sailfish X for Jolla 10, Jolla also announced that the Android support for Xperia X will not be updated. In the comments, a Jolla employee points out that the system is still fully supported on the Jolla 1 and updates are still being provided, six years after release.
I realize that the two things might have different costs in terms of person-hours, but clearly this is a business decision that would not makes sense if the user base of Jolla 1 were negligible compared to that of Xperia X. This surprises me, because I would have expected the Jolla 1 to be going the way of the Dodo by now.
Does anyone have an estimate of how many people still use the JP1 regularly, today in 2019, compared to Xperia X users?
For instance, the developer of a popular app or website might have logs from their users that include the hardware type. And, of course, Jolla surely knows this information.
EDIT: this question is not "do you still use a Jolla 1". I am not looking for anecdotal answers showing that there are one or two users each. Please stop giving them. I want hard numbers. Percentages. User counts.
interesting question. I think I can follow your thinking.... not forget that some people have the jp1 as backup... But that theme is anyway a relevant and really interesting one.
cemoi71 ( 2019-11-25 09:49:39 +0200 )editi don't know how many but for sure thare are still a lot of people like me that use Jolla 1 because of form factor.
atlochowski ( 2019-11-25 10:08:42 +0200 )editI think this is a misinterpretation. Xperia X is also and will be "fully supported" for Sailfish updates. However, neither J1 nor Xperia X are getting android layer updates anymore.
Spark ( 2019-11-25 10:15:33 +0200 )editALL officially supported models still receive updates to SailfishOS and will continue to receive them until Jolla decides otherwise. The "Android Support" is separate from SailfishOS and older models won't get any future updates anymore, e.g. Jolla 1, Jolla C, Xperia X, etc...
Nova ( 2019-11-25 10:27:50 +0200 )edit@atlochowski Same reason I'm still using Jolla1
I was a proud "First One" user but I gave my Jolla 1 to my 70-year-old mother (as the UI is easier to understand/use than Android). Personnaly, I still use my Jolla C as my current and main smartphone everyday.
PhixGre ( 2019-11-25 11:30:57 +0200 )edit