It looks like Sony is withdrawing from the Finnish market. What are the effects in regards to the Sailfish hardware?
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Most likely none. You can buy from the whole european market.
Regardless of availability the problems related to SFOS will remain the same.
Sony is focusing on online rather than retail shopping, it seems. …in all of Europe.
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Hopefully not the first step of completely abandoning smartohone business
I fear it’s the beginning of the end. Together with that news I read that there are problems with Xperia 1 VII too which is taken away from several markets. And if Sony stops witch Smartphones, what will be used for SFOS then?
If Sony cancels Smartphone business, that would be of course an impact. But I think not really the end. There are still options like Fairphone, Volla, Shiftphone, etc. While they will probably not officially offer their phones with SF. Jolla can still declare the builds officially for them (It is not different to the situation with Sony at the moment). Looking at the blob desaster with Xperia 10 IV and V, that would be maybe anyway the better option. Even though I like the Sony Hardware.
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Oh, I just meant the probably end of Sony Smartphones, not SFOS. If Sony stops Jolla will need to look for other options if they don’t just want to stay on the Mind 2 project.
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Not to forget the Jolla C2 - more Reeder hardware it is
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I would say that the future without Sony hardware could be quite interesting when liasing with Reeder and other compliant sfos hardware partners… eventhough I have been very happy with the XA2 and 10III.
I’m still unhappy with the C2 and think about to sell it. 10 III is much better. But Camera and GPS are the two big problems with the SFOS devices to my mind.
Fairphone 6 with SFOS would be my favourite right now.
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