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Thursday, 14 November 2013
Finnish telecommunications company DNA will be launching the world's first Jolla phones based on Sailfish OS on the 27th of November. DNA and Jolla have been working closely together for over a year with DNA providing
Jolla with a customer angle and contributing to the development of the phone.
The phone will come with a 4.5-inch display and will run on Sailfish OS, which has been developed by a group of former Nokia employees. It will be powered by a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm processor. The smartphone has 16GB of internal storage along with 1GB of RAM. The device sports a 8MP rear camera and a 2MP camera on the front.
Cedric Kamtsan, DNA's Business Director, said in a statement, "Being a Finnish operator, it has been very important to DNA to be able to support a Finnish success story, one in which we see great potential. People have been eagerly awaiting Jolla phones and their long wait will finally be rewarded in Helsinki on the 27th."
The current smartphone operating systems are being dominated by Google's Android OS, Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows OS. Saiflish OS is one of a number of open source mobile operating systems looking to make an impact on the smartphone market. Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimaki said, "As the first Jolla phone is about to be launched, everything is ready to make the consumers involved. The launch does not mark the end to product development, it goes on in cooperation with the consumers."
Price & Availability :
Jolla has so far accepted pre-orders from 136 countries since the programme started in May this year, and has since sold out its initial batch of devices. There will be around 450 phones available on the launch day and a pop-up DNA Kauppa shop will be selling them on Narinkkatori, central Helsinki, for a single evening. According to the company's website, the smartphone is priced at 399 Euros (without a contract) which is approximately equal to Rs.34,000.
The phone will come with a 4.5-inch display and will run on Sailfish OS, which has been developed by a group of former Nokia employees. It will be powered by a 1.4GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm processor. The smartphone has 16GB of internal storage along with 1GB of RAM. The device sports a 8MP rear camera and a 2MP camera on the front.
Cedric Kamtsan, DNA's Business Director, said in a statement, "Being a Finnish operator, it has been very important to DNA to be able to support a Finnish success story, one in which we see great potential. People have been eagerly awaiting Jolla phones and their long wait will finally be rewarded in Helsinki on the 27th."
The current smartphone operating systems are being dominated by Google's Android OS, Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows OS. Saiflish OS is one of a number of open source mobile operating systems looking to make an impact on the smartphone market. Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimaki said, "As the first Jolla phone is about to be launched, everything is ready to make the consumers involved. The launch does not mark the end to product development, it goes on in cooperation with the consumers."
Price & Availability :
Jolla has so far accepted pre-orders from 136 countries since the programme started in May this year, and has since sold out its initial batch of devices. There will be around 450 phones available on the launch day and a pop-up DNA Kauppa shop will be selling them on Narinkkatori, central Helsinki, for a single evening. According to the company's website, the smartphone is priced at 399 Euros (without a contract) which is approximately equal to Rs.34,000.