Thread: Found a Jolla phone in a UK 2nd hand shop! Should I buy? (got some questions)
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Rauha is offline Rauha
2014-07-19 , 21:08
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Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post



Also, GPS Mapping is fairly high on my list of needs in a phone, how are the Jolla maps and what is the browser experience like?
The built in mapping propably isn't good enough for you. I'm sort of opposite, GPS needs are very light and the built in stuff is good enough.for me.

But you could go with Android options for GPS.

Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post
Having a large number of apps is not a big thing for me but the ACL is a bonus, what is the compatibility rate like on the Jolla?
My own subjective experience has been pretty good. Pretty much everything that I've tried works. The last update even brought the indiidual multitasking window for each active Android app (huge improvment!).

Oh and the UI isn't as great as in the Maemo/Meego predecessors, but its still the best UI in the market at the moment (IMHO).


Overall, its pretty hard to say if I would recommend buying a Jolla or not. If you like supporting having alternatives in the mobile market, or have the usual TMO 'openness' bias, then I would get one. But if you just want a smartphone with lost of apps and good value... then there's about zillion Android phones out there with truckloads of both more.
 

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