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You tend to go for FCC certification once you've made the decision to sell/distribute in the the North American market. Apparently that's not the case yet for for Jolla.

I truly doubt if a phone that can be sold in the EU would have to worry about patent issues in the US/Canada market - I can't think of any phone that's not done that that originated in the EU first, perhaps a couple of Chinese phones quickly come to mind.

But as it stands, it's all speculation and I'm willing to bet you're more right than I on this. I just have to question the somewhat lack of communication to non-EU backers while soliciting worldwide attention. A staged release would have made sense if they didn't make it sound like they were ready to go worldwide as noted per their worldwide solicitation and pre-purchase agendas.

The question does remain; will the enthusiasm remain? This feels too close to the Nokia N9 release. Awesome product from Finland deemed too good to be released in a market where I unfortunately live and no clear communication about when/if it will arrive.

I'm personally not going to jump through the same hoops I had to for the N9 only to be dumped a year later by that other Finnish company.

But that's me. I'm not the average consumer. But I'm still in the dark.

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Wait for the reviews. There will be many soon. If it loves to half of the hype, it maybe worth buying. Why just get a gadget for the sake of having a gadget. N900 made sense, n9 was a disappointment. Will Jolla significantly improve on that remains to be seen.

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Opposite for me. N9 made sense and did not disappoint me, N900 did not - AT&T support was EDGE only.

Jolla... read the title. I'm in the waiting room.

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I am still waiting for modem specs :S

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Possibly long wait unless you're chinese.

In this interview from today http://yle.fi/uutiset/jollan_puhelin..._yksin/6955214 the CEO says that they have resources only for release in european and chinese markets. Markets beyond that would require local partners (networks etc).

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Out of curiosity, do they say when they are releasing to China?

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I would translate the word (aluksi) used for China schedule as 'near term'.

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My hope is that, because the company behind the Jolla actually wants the phone to succeed, that this will hopefully mean longer-term, more persisting plans for it, and support. Remember that the N9 seemed very unloved by it's very own manufacturer.

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Received my payment email today for shipping to Austria which would then be forwarded on to Canada. I placed a 0€ pre-order on 5/23 and subsequently changed my shipping address with Jolla Care some months later.

$600 + re-shipping + import tax = $700. A warranty claim would have to follow the same expensive shipping route via Austria. And I do have memories of being stung in an unsupported country with the N900 warranty.

I have every confidence that the OS functionality and the apps running on Sailfish will be the best out there, however I'm hanging back for the moment. I need a phone that makes proper stereo recordings more than anything. :)

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So, no update on supported frequencies yet? If it will take them another year to start officially selling to US, but T-Mobile LTE frequency is supported, I'll probably buy it through some on-line retailers (Newegg, Amazon etc.) which hopefully should start selling Jollas soon.