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There have been suggestions here that Jolla should explore on how to make it easier to port apps from Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile, as they some common heritage with Sailfish too. It's a good idea.

I would like to add another element to that discussion and also suggest that Jolla also offer a cheaper, sub-$100 phone. Developers need hardware to test their device, and such devices needn't necessarily be the top of the line. If all of you (Jolla, Canonical, Samsung / Intel) insist on launching your OS's only on expensive hard-wares, it makes it difficult for us developers even if we are interested. (I think this is also one of the strategy being adopted by Samsung for Z1, which is a < $100 phone, for Tizen.)

Ofcourse, with the limited resources at hand, it could be difficult for Jolla to spend time and money on designing a new phone from scratch. An easier way to do this would be:

• Contact Canonical and Samsung, and seek their help to port Sailfish OS, to their Tizen / Ubuntu Mobile phones, and then provide the ported Sailfish OS images to any interested developer for a small charge ($10 or $20). And offer to help them port Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile to the Jolla phones too, under similar terms and conditions.

(I know this is a bit of a wishful thinking but doesn't hurt to ask them right?)

• Or select an affordable Indian / Chinese phone (< $100) and port Sailfish to that hardware with the help of that manufacturer. Provide an incentive for the manufacturer by holding a kickstarter / indiegogo type funding for developers to pre-order such a phone (like you did with the Tablet).

There have been suggestions here that Jolla should explore on how to make it easier to port apps from Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile, as they share some common heritage with Sailfish too. It's a good idea.

I would like to add another element to that discussion and also suggest that Jolla also offer a cheaper, sub-$100 phone. Developers need hardware to test their device, and such devices needn't necessarily be the top of the line. If all of you (Jolla, Canonical, Samsung / Intel) insist on launching your OS's only on expensive hard-wares, it makes it difficult for us developers even if we are interested. (I think this is also one of the strategy being adopted by Samsung for Z1, which is a < $100 phone, for Tizen.)

Ofcourse, with the limited resources at hand, it could be difficult for Jolla to spend time and money on designing a new phone from scratch. An easier way to do this would be:

• Contact Canonical and Samsung, and seek their help to port Sailfish OS, to their Tizen / Ubuntu Mobile phones, and then provide the ported Sailfish OS images to any interested developer for a small charge ($10 or $20). And offer to help them port Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile to the Jolla phones too, under similar terms and conditions.

(I know this is a bit of a wishful thinking but doesn't hurt to ask them right?)

• Or select an affordable Indian / Chinese phone (< $100) and port Sailfish to that hardware with the help of that manufacturer. Provide an incentive for the manufacturer by holding a kickstarter / indiegogo type funding for developers to pre-order such a phone (like you did with the Tablet).

There have been suggestions here that Jolla should explore on how to make it easier to port apps from Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile, as they share some common heritage with Sailfish too. It's a good idea.

I would like to add another element to that discussion and also suggest that Jolla also offer a cheaper, sub-$100 phone. Developers need hardware to test their device, and such devices needn't necessarily be the top of the line. If all of you (Jolla, Canonical, Samsung / Intel) insist on launching your OS's only on expensive hard-wares, it makes it difficult for us developers even if we are interested. (I think this is also one of the strategy being adopted by Samsung for Z1, which is a < $100 phone, for Tizen.)

Ofcourse, with the limited resources at hand, it could be difficult for Jolla to spend time and money on designing a new phone from scratch. An easier way to do this would be:

• Contact Canonical and Samsung, and seek their help to port Sailfish OS, to their Tizen / Ubuntu Mobile phones, and then provide the ported Sailfish OS images to any interested developer for a small charge ($10 or $20). And offer to help them port Tizen and Ubuntu Mobile to the Jolla phones too, under similar terms and conditions.

(I know this is a bit of a wishful thinking but doesn't hurt to ask them right?)

• Or select an affordable Indian / Chinese phone (< $100) and port Sailfish to that hardware with the help of that manufacturer. Provide an incentive for the manufacturer by holding a kickstarter / indiegogo type funding for developers to pre-order such a phone (like you did with the Tablet).