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FWIW, Jolla just announced a new phone: https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder
by nextos 10mo ago
FWIW, Jolla just announced a new phone: https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder
- aaravchen 10mo agoIt was discussed here when it was announced. I believe it was determined the hardware is an ultra-low-budget Aliexpress design that normally retails for ~$100 that they had custom built with a mic cutoff switch added to it (probably the cause of a large portion of the hardware price increase). I dont remember the specifics, but even thr most optimistic were pretty sure it won't get hardware vendor support for even a full year based on the specific processor it contains.
- oakhaven 10mo agoCan you please refer to the source of the Aliexpress design claim? I looked through https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162368 and there was nothing like that mentioned.
- Saris 10mo agoWhat phone with OLED, 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, and user replaceable battery is $100 on Aliexpress?
- aaravchen 10mo agoReplying to myself: Apparently I was mixing up the new Furilabs FLX1s and new Jolla phone. The FLX1s that's a major downgrade from the prior FLX1 and some people were reporting are based on a design that's really cheap on Aliexpress and using very old hardware but with a custom spin to add some physical switches to it. The new Jolla actually does look really good compared to all the other avaiaobale Linix phone hardware options.