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I don't know, I have quite mixed feelings about the presentation.

First, the Intex going global announcement is very big! Even if some misunderstood the previous announcement and expected Intex to send the phones abroad, it certainly wasn't the case.
Supporting a new OS globally is a huge task and a challenge - every repair service center can help you with Android or iOS, whatever the manufacturer is, but training repair centers for a new OS and handling customer complaints such as "the internet didn't work, so I came to my service provider, but they said they can't help me, because they have never seen the system I'm using. I am never going to buy anything from Intex again and I'm gonna tell all my friends about it and warn them as well!" is very, very difficult.
So this is a game changer.


On the other hand, the Jolla Adventures initiative seems quite worrying. To me, it is pretty much an announcement of highest Jolla leadership leaving to pursue other challenges. All they do is borrowing the Jolla name to help their new company (is it a company?). Even JollaHQ on twitter refers to it an "Antti Saarnio et al initiative", not "Jolla initiative". If they announced they are shifting focus from Jolla, it would hurt both them and Jolla, so this seems like a creative way to put it. Or maybe I'm just too sceptical and reading too much of it...
 

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