Seasonal greetings,
Time for a monthly update after Next gen Jolla Phone update - 11/25. As noted here and there, the start of the new Jolla Phone project has been amazing and we have just this morning passed 6,000 pre-orders!
A bit of Call-to-Action for us all here. While the 6k mark is an outstanding achievement by now, we have set the next target to 10,000 units by end of January, 2026 and to unlock the new TOH.
We need your help on achieving that. We are planning to introduce a referral program in early January and we’d like to ask your ideas and opinions how the referrals should work in our community? If you refer your friend or a colleague to pre-order the new Jolla Phone, how would you like to be rewarded for such? Or should there be something totally different for a “reward”, something for the community as a whole? Ideas welcome, please leave comments below!
Some news & updates in regards the technical specifications
SoC and modem
- The SoC will be an unpublished MediaTek Dimensity 7000 series chipset. As it is still unpublished we can’t disclose details about it and need to wait the SoC vendor publications
- For the 12/256GB memories we’re shooting for LPDDR5 for the RAM and UFS3.1 for the mass storage, both from top tier Korean vendors. Please note, there is an unseen global shortage on memory chips which may effect the availability of memory types, thus we’ll confirm the particular memory types closer to the mass production.
- For the cellular bands we have been able to fit the following 4G & 5G bands:
- LTE FDD: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28AB, 66
- LTE TDD: 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
- 5G NR: n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n26, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
- In regards the SIM configuration, it will be a single tray dual-sided nano-SIM with a separate slot for the microSDXC. I.e. in total 3-slots in one tray. See further notes here.
Cameras
- The primary back camera will feature Sony IMX766 AF 50MP sensor module, known for its quality and performance within the price range
- The secondary back camera will be a 13MP ultrawide AF Sony IMX214
- Front camera is set to be a 32MP wide lens FF Sony IMX616
Now, as we are getting good quality top tier modules to the new Jolla Phone let’s push this together! We’ve open sourced the relevant parts from Jolla side and there are great Sailfish community apps like Advanced Camera, so let’s make a good camera together to the product!
Size and the battery
The housing design of the phone is super tight, and e.g. in regards the SIM and SD card slots it even started to look like we would be able to fit only a single hybrid tray that would share the 2nd nano-SIM with the microSD. We pushed further and after several iterations we’re able to find a physically smaller (and slimmer) battery on the same capacity, i.e with a higher density. The battery cell is Silicon Carbon Anode Lithium from a top tier vendor, same as used by some well-known global brands. This free’d up some space so we could revise the design, make the housing a few millimetres shorter and get more space also for the 3-slot SIM tray.
Thus, the length of the device looks like will be 1-2mm shorter than the original spec.
Connectors
In regards The Other Half, the community questionnaire is open and we’ll define the final spec and connectors accordingly later in January.
Further, there’s been questions does the new Jolla Phone support e.g. USB-C video out. We’re looking into enabling it but as we’re in the middle of specifying the configuration, we can’t fully confirm this yet. The additional video out will also need some further push on the Sailfish OS side to make it happen and usable. Something we can all work together once the time is right.
Also, to clarify, in addition to the earlier noted capabilities in the Tech Specs section at the product page the supported sensors include gyroscope, compass, accelerometer, ambient light, proximity and the usual combo of GPS/Galileo/GLONASS/BEIDOU for positioning.
We’ll revise the product page Tech Spec table in regards all above once we have the final iterations done.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
On the Jolla team we’ll be also taking some time off for the holidays and revert after the New Years. Cheers!
