I'm tempted, because I really like SailfishOS when I used it on an Experia, it's such an intuitive interface for gestures. But I've never spent that much on a phone, and no guarantee it'll work in my neck of the woods.
Glad to see they hit their target and I'll be watching.
I understand it is too early to know how the repairability will be of this phone, but how has the repairability been on their previous phones? I'm aware of Fairphone and what I want is basically a Fairphone with Sailfish OS without the limitation of the community ports.
From their FAQ on the product page:
Will there be accessories, like a spare battery and protective case?
Yes, there will be. We’ll make those available on due course the project.
I know it's not a complete answer to your question, but it seems, at least, that the battery will be replaceable.
Thanks! It would be nice to know that the screen and other parts can be replaced with a spare part if needed, but I usually don't have a problem with broken phones so it should be acceptable for me anyway.
I pre-ordered one yesterday and right now it is 1941 pre-orders so it is very likely to be manufactured.
Pre-ordered. Time to put our money where our mouth is.
Me 2
So where exactly is our unimouth located?
Currently it's in close proximity to the tip of Big Tech's .. production output pipe.
please don't shove your wallet down your gullet
Nice, has anyone used this as a daily driver? How does SailfishOS perform? Do the Android Apps truly work? Since this one now has NFC would paying with your phone work if you installed MicroG?
NFC payment apps dont work with MicroG, I'm not even sure they work with Graphene's sandboxed gapps.
Any particular reason NFC payment apps don't work? Atleast some should work with MicroG.
https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/361
The issue has been open since 2017. Payment apps require a high level of Google Play Services DRM bullshit. i do not understand it well enough to explain why it doesnt work, but enough to tell you it doesnt.
It seems the function is not implemented. It has an active bounty of certain amount, and if someone does implement can claim it too.
Maybe, it will be implemented in 2026.
I believe it's not possible to implement for a 3rd party OS, or even for custom Androids. Happy if I can be proven wrong though.
I run a FairPhone 3+ with /e/ OS and MicroG. CurvePay (https://www.curve.com/) runs perfectly and supports tap and pay.
Yeah, I think Curve works in GrapheneOS too. It does something differently from the typical NFC solutions, I think? Doesn't use Android's infrastructure or something.
I think sailfish is something like graphene
It's not really like Graphene. Its roots stem from the Nokia N900; a full linux device.
I actually owned the N900 for a year in 2010 (lost it, I was pretty young), it was a literal Linux phone. Apps weren't as important back then and it was in many ways easier to use mobile web apps.
This looks great, sadly no Australia though =(
I was really hoping you'd missed something and I would find a way to get it here... You didn't ... I didn't
No Canada either, but maybe in the future depending on demand (supposedly).
there's a box at the bottom of that page for them to help assess interest from other countries, supposedly. It never asked me for anything other than my email, idk if they're geolocating the IP to know where people are signing up from.
Was sailfish os subscription-based? How does that work?
You can optionally donate money each month.
They call this a SailfishOS subscription, but in my mind a monthly donation with no strings attached doesn't really count as a subscription.
You don't get anything from it directly, it just goes towards software development, funding the forum, etc.
Kinda jealous I can't get one in the US.
Can't buy in at this point, but I will most probably buy it early next year, hopefully the crowd-buy goes through.
I can't participate in ecosystems run by corrupt Americans (such as Android or iOS). They've been posturing about "freedoms" for so long that they've totally lost understanding of the true meaning of freedom.
I am done with their bullshit.
But Jolla is Finnish?...
(Fun Fact: Jolla means "small boat" in Finnish)
Excactly, I meant that I can't continue with Android anymore (let alone iOS).
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