Jolla announced Jolla phone running Sailfish OS

Jolla is a very small fish trying to make headway in global smartphone waters dominated by the whale-sized Android OS. Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone in case you haven’t heard of it, is a smartphone from a team of ex-Nokia employees. It’s pronounced yol-la, and the device runs on a 'new' operating system called We say that because Sailfish is based on another mobile OS called MeeGo. The device asks its users to row against the current, requiring they accept a lot more that’s rough than smooth.

Basics

•  16GB storage 
• Dual-core 1.4GHz processor,
•  1GB RAM
• 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera
• 4G/LTE
•  Bluetooth 4.0

The Jolla’s design is quite unlike any other smartphone we’ve seen. The two-tone black and white case makes the Jolla look a little like Sony's Xperia devices.

It has a two-piece construction with the front section being rounded at the top and bottom, and the back piece having rounded sides. The sides which aren’t rounded are square, resulting in a slab that’s not as comfortable to hold as other smartphones. It's a little chunky at 9.9mm and a middling weight of 141g.
The rear piece is a cover which unclips to reveal a removable battery, micro-SIM card slot and microSD card slot. The removable covers, which come in a number of different colours, each have an NFC chip which stores information. When attached to the phone, the case dictates the wallpaper, custom tones and other settings.

Jolla smartphone: Hardware and performance

The Jolla is powered by a 1.4GHz dual-core processor made by Qualcomm and 1GB of RAM. That used to be about right for a mid-range smartphone, but these days the devices like theNexus 5and Moto G have quad-core chips. Dual-core can offer just as good performance with software optimisation and while apps generally open and close without hesitation and navigations animations are smooth, we've encountered some hiccups.

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