Watched the livestream and I have to say I am disappointed (but unfortunately not surprised).

First of all, let me say I am not ragging on Jolla. I think their achievement in releasing a phone and tablet running their own OS has been outstanding. Unfortunately for them, they are competing against tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft, companies who have 100x the budget, money and resources that Jolla have. The fight was not fair, but the sad thing is that the tech industry isn't fair either.

The sad fact is that 2 years from the release of the Jolla phone, we are not in a good place. The Sailfish phone has only sold a small 5 digit number of devices and interest has completely tailed off (excluding the current users here who are eager for a replacement). The Jolla tablet has been a nightmare. Originally supposed to be available in May, the vast majority of folks are still waiting. You can tell by the comments form Jolla that getting into hardware was something they regret. At the same time though, if they don't make a device to showcase Sailfish - then who will?

I feel a little sorry for people here. Every tiny little engagement with a third party is getting trumpeted up. An off-hand comment from the Russian government, failed Yotaphone speculation, some unofficial talk with Fairphone. Nothing substantial has come out of this. The last hope seems to stem from this Intex engagement. The fact that Jolla seem to be placing the future of Sailfish into the hands of a second rate Indian manufacturer (an Indian friend of mine says Intex is even worse than Micromax) doesn't fill me with confidence. I get the feeling we will see one more Jolla phone, it will run budget hardware and although it will be cheap - it won't do enough to revive interest.