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Jolla to Sell OS Image for Sony Phone

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-buys-an-os-in-2017? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Jolla, of "where's my tablet" fame, has announced a plan the sell their SailfishOS for Sony Xperia X phones as an aftermartket upgrade. From the announcement:

Here are the hard facts you need to know:

Sales start date: September 27, 2017. Product – what you will get:

  • Sailfish OS image to flash to your Xperia device – our target is to have the downloadable image ready by October 11
  • Android support, predictive text input, and MS exchange support as downloads from Jolla Store to your device
  • SW updates for one year, after which a continuation program will follow
  • Clear instructions and support for downloads & installation
  • Jolla Customer Care service

Availability: EU, Norway, Switzerland; US & CA to be confirmed. Price: 49,90€ (including VAT)

Seems like quite the bizarre move for a company that has lost so much consumer faith.

Seen on Phoronix

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  • (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Thursday August 31 2017, @08:33PM (1 child)

    by etherscythe (937) on Thursday August 31 2017, @08:33PM (#562294) Journal

    Overpriced it may be, but I found my Z3 Compact came with a rather good OEM distro (remember when you could get a week of use from a phone without needing to recharge? I've got that with Stamina Mode). I just wish root were supported, and the usual suspects have failed to deliver a good solution for that - one day I had a SuperSU update soft brick my phone and I haven't gotten it rooted again since.

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  • (Score: 2) by jbernardo on Friday September 01 2017, @01:52PM

    by jbernardo (300) on Friday September 01 2017, @01:52PM (#562497)

    Strange, my Z5 can be and is rooted. Thankfully I was even able to do a temporary root without unlocking, to backup the TA partition.