Re: all the people shrieking about meaningless spec comparisons or races, and shouting down Xiaomi for being 'poor quality' and 'cutting corners':

No-one expects Jolla to come out with some kind of technological, cutting edge marvel, like the Samsung Note 4, or Note 4 Edge. They just want good (but not special) specification and decent build quality. Current phone is very poorly specced and low quality generally. I don't think people would moan about higher prices, let alone call for price cuts, if the phone was better.

As for Xiaomi ... how people can call them low quality or 'budget' and simultaneously defend the Jolla from similar criticism is beyond me. Xiaomi (and many other Chinese OEMs) have infinitely better build quality than the Jolla, and tend to be extremely well specced for their price.

Re: pricing. I also don't get the supposed 'unfairness' of the phone being cheaper in India. There's less purchasing power and much more fierce price competition than in Europe ... and people are probably more likely to be buying it as a main phone, rather than one of half a dozen toys, as might be the case for some Europeans. The phone itself is never going to be an attractive prospect at any price, in and of itself, Jolla are just pricing it at the highest level they think they can for people who might be interested, without scaring them all off due to it being 'poor value'. Besides, costs of operating a simple sales operation in India are far, far lower than the EU, so a retailer like Snapdeal can retain some margin at a significantly lower price. If Jolla cut a deal to sell phones to Snapdeal (as opposed to Snapdeal selling for Jolla), it doesn't mean they're charging Snapdeal any less for the phones than DNA or 3HK. Jolla are a business, not a charity.