Jolla has been my primary phone since early December. The previous phone was N9. This period included two week trip to Philippines where Jolla was in heavy use.

The phone itself is more than decent and I don't even think about its specifications etc. - everything I need is there. Battery life is great after the NFC bug was found and worked around.

It took me about a week to get familiar with Sailfish - there are very few friendly "Next" buttons to get you started. OTOH now that I'm familiar with Sailfish, there are not many things that really annoy me -- the phone does not treat me like a simpleton (or consumer to be spammed with ads). GUI and apps looked very spartan originally, but the design is growing on me and the apps concentrate on their job without many silly and distracting UI elements. There is certain elegance and fluidity in the OS design that is lacking from Android, for example.

Sure many apps are too basic and there are some bugs and UI inconsistencies for Jolla to improve on, but I think the foundations are good. I stopped trying being power user some 10 years ago and now just adapt to various gadgets instead of trying to force them to behave my way so I'm easy customer. I use phone when I'm on the road and desktop to manage my digital life when I'm back so even the currently very basic Jolla apps (email, web browser etc) work for me just fine.

Others have commented on the check list and new OS update is coming in January so things should only get better. Not going back from my Jolla.