• exu@feditown.comEnglish
    29·
    3 days ago

    Crazy, it’s only been about 2 days. Glad to see many other people want to see this succeed to the point of paying a reservation fee.

      • Vittelius@feddit.orgOPEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        They’ve added a signup form for people not in Europe at the bottom of the page. (Pretty sure it’s new, maybe I just missed it before) You can use it to register your interest.

  • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    Make it run on a mainline kernel and I’m intrigued, otherwise I’m not. I’m no longer in the market for devices I can no longer use after a couple years. I will not buy another phone without mainline kernel support.

    • Vittelius@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      yes it can. Official Saifish devices include an Android runtime called AppSupport. But be aware that not all apps will work. Especially banking apps can cause problems, because they frequently require google play services integrity. It’s basically the anti cheat thing from Linux gaming all over again.

    • mastertigurius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      3 days ago

      Gave you one more downvote for the completely unnecessary asterisk. The censorship hysteria on the Internet has to stop, this was supposed to be the arena where people can speak freely.

        • mastertigurius@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          If you are “freely” embracing newspeak for fear of getting banned or in any other way to appease the corporate masters of the Internet, you’re about as free as the old farts in Russia who are longing back to the good old Soviet days when everything was so much better. You’ve become a part of the problem.

    • Vittelius@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      24·
      3 days ago

      In February 2022 Jolla announced that it has discontinued its business in Russia during 2021 and is seeking a shareholder structure without Russian ownership.

      In November 2023 Jolla announced that Pirkanmaa District Court had approved a corporate restructuring plan which would see Jolla’s business and staff acquired by a new company owned by the Jolla management team.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolla

      • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        In May 2024 the original Jolla company filed for bankruptcy, its business activities having been taken over in 2023 by the Jollyboys company established by Jolla’s former management.

  • witty_username@feddit.nlEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Although I am excited, I wonder why they went for a licenced soc design. Perhaps I am overestimating the current capabilities of riscv. Nonetheless, I do hope that the future of Linux phones will include open source soc architectures

    • exu@feditown.comEnglish
      25·
      3 days ago

      RiscV is nowhere near ARM designs in the mobile space. And as they noted, they are a small player and need to use off the shelf components.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    As a user of both iPhone (16 Pro Max) and Android (Galaxy S10), this is the kind of thing I want, but not the kind of thing I need. Or have any room for. So I hope it works and makes an impact.

    So obviously the next one to be replaced would be the Android phone (as it is from 2019, not the 2024 iPhone that is still basically the second most powerful phone on the market) but right now it’s looking like 1+15, Galaxy S(n+1), or Pixel (n) Pro. “n” being current, what with Samsung about to drop a new version in a couple months. Though the S25 was just a minor refresh over the S24. Anyway, would definitely like to see a Linux phone (or at least something not running iOS or Android) as a viable option. Preferrably at least to bump the Pixel out of the running.