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Since several years I proudly use Sailfish OS as operating system on my mobile phone. In the last years I have presented and introduced it to other friends.

But I haven't done that for a long time.

This is simply because I am not really convinced of it myself and not all devices that currently have SFOS installed are fully supported by Jolla.

I can't download all apps I want to use, no matter from which store, because my device (Intex Aqua Fish) has the current SFOS version on it, but not a newer version of Android. On my mobile phone it is version 4.4!

But many apps require version 5 or even only version 6 or higher!

What does Jolla finally intend to do? When will there finally be a statement about it? Will there be a newer Android version for my mobile phone?

And yes, I could of course buy an Xperia mobile phone that works with SFOS, but I don't want that at the moment. The current device still works and I'm giving it another chance.

If I have to buy another mobile phone sometime, I will look closely to see if an Android or Apple device offers more than SFOS.

I am a big fan of Linux (I have had Linux on my PCs at home for years) and open source software. But I just can't accept that SFOS users are still being scared away and that this is acceptable.

This forum (and other forums and blogs as well) is full of posts similar to mine.

Jolla staff members read this forum and take care of it, but please do so properly.

I don't know what my future with SFOS looks like. But if nothing changes in the next years, I'll have to think of something else. That would be a great pity, but it is not up to me anymore.

Since several years I proudly use Sailfish OS as operating system on my mobile phone. In the last years I have presented and introduced it to other friends.

But I haven't done that for a long time.

This is simply because I am not really convinced of it myself and not all devices that currently have SFOS installed are fully supported by Jolla.

I can't download all apps I want to use, no matter from which store, because my device (Intex Aqua Fish) has the current SFOS version on it, but not a newer version of Android. On my mobile phone it is version 4.4!

But many apps require version 5 or even only version 6 or higher!

What does Jolla finally intend to do? When will there finally be a statement about it? Will there be a newer Android version for my mobile phone?

And yes, I could of course buy an Xperia mobile phone that works with SFOS, but I don't want that at the moment. The current device still works and I'm giving it another chance.

If I have to buy another mobile phone sometime, I will look closely to see if an Android or Apple device offers more than SFOS.

I am a big fan of Linux (I have had Linux on my PCs at home for years) and open source software. But I just can't accept that SFOS users are still being scared away and that this is acceptable.

This forum (and other forums and blogs as well) is full of posts similar to mine.

Sometimes I think that Jolla has no interest at all in updating Android versions on mobile phones where SFOS has been pre-installed and sold (Intex Aqua Fish, Inoi R7, etc).

It is legitimate to make money with licenses, but you should keep an eye on all SFOS users, even if they don't buy an Xperia device for various reasons.

Jolla staff members read this forum and take care of it, but please do so properly.

I don't know what my future with SFOS looks like. But if nothing changes in the next years, I'll have to think of something else. That would be a great pity, but it is not up to me anymore.