I wonder how may people would jump to an alternative to iOS or Android if this does not come at too high a price.
Many replies in this thread address the burden of switching to SFOS. If this burden was low enough, those being curious and willing to discover new stuff might try SFOS as an alternative. Of course, blackberry comes to my mind as well but Blackberry was not “new” even though BB10 was totally new. Maybe Nokia had a similar problem with Meamo/Meego. So neither Blackberry nor Nokia could create the appeal of a challenger that is worthwhile to beat the big old boys.
The original idea of Jolla to simply provide an “alternative” may still be attractive to many - if the price isn’t too high.
I am using SFOS for years now as my primary phone. I also have an iPhone (from my office) that I charge every 3 months and that make me desperate whenever I try do do something productive with it. From my perspective the email client is even worse than that of SFOS and managing files is simply impossible. Android give you a better choice of apps but both, Android and iOS lack with respect to the user interface - from my perspective, because I am used to SFOS and feel a burden when using iOS or Android. Therefore I understand that for someone used to Android or iOS switching to SFOS is a burden you only would accept if there is something more attractive as a reward - be it just being “different” or “special” (or why do people care so much about individualizing the phones?).
BTW. I am happy that SFOS provides Android support although I hardly need it. But some native support for producing/amending odt/odp/ods/odg or docx/pptx … documents would be great.