Meizu will launch an Ubuntu pre-loaded version of the MX4 before the end of the year, and distribute the ROM to existing MX4 users. No-one knows how far Ubuntu Phone will come before November / December, but even if it is extremely ropey now, how many people looking for an 'indie' / real Linux phone are going to choose the Jolla over a superbly designed (and cheaper) Meizu with specs literally 3 years ahead of the Jolla?

Going with a low quality, low spec, completely bespoke phone was such a huge mistake on Jolla's part. They could have got any one of dozens of high quality Chinese flagship phones rebranded, or put in slightly different housing for less than the cost of what they have now, had a massively better product and sold WAY more.

Imagine if it was them either rebranding the MX4, or Meizu offering a Sailfish ROM instead of an Ubuntu one? Old Nokia diehards would go bananas and carriers would probably be much happier to overlook Sailfish's wrinkles.

Re: Tizen. I suspect that Samsung's Tizen smarwatch will ship more units than the Jolla will in the entire course of its lifetime. The two Tizen phones launched in Russia undoubtedly will.