Thread: Sailfish now on 1.0 (Jolla MWC announcement)
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2014-02-25 , 11:59
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Originally Posted by mscion View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that mikecomputing is concerned that due to Nokia's name recognition and deep pockets it can more successfully mass market it's microdroid phone in regions where Jolla could have begun to established itself as an alternative to android and apple and hence taking away a significant portion of Jollas potential marketshare. Gee... I hope I'm not giving Nokia any ideas!
Ok, that makes more sense, if that was what Mike meant.
Even as you could see microdroid and Sailfish as some kind of competition now, I can't see operators needing to somehow select between the two. Especially here in Europe, where operators carry most of the phones out there.

While I can see Nokia X line destroying Jolla sales right away, that's not all a bad thing. More people hear and get used to the idea that you can have device that's not running Touchwiz or Vanilla, but still run Android apps, the better for Jolla.
UI of Sailfish is certainly way better looking than Nokia X UI. Though Jolla still needs to get way more exposure to get people accustomed to the basics of the UI. Many first time users struggle with the basic ideas.