Thread: [Backcover] Jolla's "Other Half" - Ideas and Suggestions
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Hurrian is offline Hurrian
2013-05-25 , 15:08
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Originally Posted by mikecomputing View Post
And what do you think the price is for so new SoC in small volumes? :O

I Say again its to unrealistic beleive Jolla will have so new SoC also Jolla has stated its a midrange device.
$25 for a single chip, tops.
A single Exynos 5 ARM PC is $250, including lots of daughterboards and connectivity components.

As it is right now, it seems that Jolla will be using some derivation of the ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs for the Jolla.

If they're using those chips, I highly doubt they'd be able to complete another platform in ~6 months - what they have now is likely being refined to make a solid phone.

Which leaves the question: Will Jolla make a phone purely for the masturbation of the enthusiast users, or will they take advantage of the (yet to be detailed) Other Half?
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