Interesting that there's only one smartphone SoC on STE's site nowadays:
http://www.stericsson.com/products/s...-platforms.jsp
There used to be 2/3 others, & at least one which was more heavily specc'd (& clearly indicated as their "top-end" SoC) than the U8500*.
I guess since all their problems they've streamlined & kept only one that they'll focus on selling.
It could be a good indicator that Jolla's locked them in as their SoC provider, or maybe not.

*even more so than the A9500 listed in their new "application processors" category