Sailfish OS 2.0 coming to a NEW (?) smartphone next to me in EUROPE? [answered]
Dear Sailors: refering to https://blog.jolla.com/next-pipeline-sailfish-os-2-0/ "coming soon to a Smartphone next to you" is a great promise, highly appreciated. To which Smartphone next to me (I am in Europe) does it come? Do you mean my trusted Jolla 1? Or is something a little bit more up-to-date in the pipeline for EUROPE?
Since the tablet seems to be almost on the way, I (and I suppose it is not only me) am curious about a next Smartphone for Europe. Taking into account the announcement to treat the OS business and the device business in separate entities, this questions appears to be even more pertinent.
Sail on!
Spinning out the hardware business only makes sense if there is hardware in development. The tablet will still be shipped by current Jolla company. After the summer, the plans for the hardware company will be revealed, and it seems likely they'll have something coming up in the latter part of the year.
bilgy_no1 ( 2015-07-17 20:08:44 +0200 )editYotaPhone?
Blizzz ( 2015-07-17 20:19:15 +0200 )edit@bilgy_no1: I wish you are right!
AkiBerlin ( 2015-07-17 20:28:20 +0200 )editDidn't that rumour already get debunked by both Jolla and Yota that there isn't a device on the making at the moment? My guess is that they begin to
a) sell the Intex devices through Jolla Shop or
b) announce another partner to deliver devices to Europe/Russia.
raketti ( 2015-07-17 20:28:40 +0200 )edit@AkiBerlin The Jolla 1 is now well over 18 months old, and really there should be a replacement coming up. My guess is that they have already planned another device for late 2015. Maybe even starting a new Indiegogo campaign to get more international attention. The hardware business plan means that something's going on and also that they've had some serious discussions with the investors (possibly OS-licencee candidates).
The Jolla 1 hardware wasn't very impressive when it was announced (May 2013), let alone when it launched (Dec 2013). Now in mid 2015 it's just really old and showing its limitations (speed and insufficient RAM). They must have made plans for an update...
bilgy_no1 ( 2015-07-18 00:57:34 +0200 )edit