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Manufacturer
  
Qisda Corporation.

Compatible networks
  
GSM/3G/4G/LTE

Jolla (smartphone)

First released
  
27 November 2013 (2013-11-27)

Availability by country
  
27 November 2013 (Finnish pre-orders) / 11 December 2013 (Finland) / December 2013 (pre-orders) / Q1 2014 (worldwide)

Predecessor
  
Nokia N9 (by MeeGo, community & spiritual legacy)

Dimensions
  
Height: 131 mm (5.2 in) Width: 68 mm (2.7 in) Thickness: 9.9 mm (0.39 in)

The Jolla smartphone is a smartphone produced by Jolla that runs the Sailfish OS, released on 27 November 2013 and manufactured in China.

Contents

First unveiled device

On 20 May 2013, after IamTheOtherHalf internet campaign, Jolla unveiled the following details and design of their first device:

  • 4.5 in IPS qHD (540×960) "Estrade" display
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.4 GHz dual-core
  • 16 GB of storage memory
  • microSD support
  • 8 MPix AF camera, back
  • 2 MPix camera, front
  • 2100 mAh user-replaceable battery
  • "The Other Half"
  • Gesture-based Sailfish OS
  • Android applications compliant
  • MicroUSB
  • 3.5 mm headphone jack
  • Buttonless display, gesture navigation
  • Device in English language version
  • Qt, QML, HTML5 (see: Sailfish OS architecture)
  • The Sailfish OS SDK was published at the end of February 2013.

    Retail availability

    Jolla started shipping the phone in late November 2013. At first the phone could only be ordered on the web from within the European Union. Currently it is available worldwide from the Jolla internet store. (It is not available in the US via the website or any other outlet.)

    The phone also became available in the stores of the Finnish carrier DNA on 11 December 2013.

    On 28 April 2014, the Jolla phone became available in Estonia at the outlets of Elisa Eesti, the first operator outside Finland to offer the phone in their shops.

    On 25 July 2014 Jolla opened the first Jolla store in Kazakhstan in association with Mobile Invest.

    On 12 August 2014 Jolla was launched in Hong Kong in a partnership with 3 Hong Kong.

    In September 2014, Jolla launched in India on e-retailer Snapdeal.

    In November 2014, Jolla launched in Russia.

    References

    Jolla (smartphone) Wikipedia