Yes, it is based on Android. My only hope is that such a pared-down phone might remove a lot of cruft. But who knows 
? Abundant marketing + fact scarcity.
There is also the Librem 5 from Purism. Mobile Linux/Gnome/phosh is nowhere near as polished as Sailfish OS but has evolved quite nicely from its first inception. Still a way to go, though, especially when it comes to battery drain.
Fellfrosch’s rhetorical question was probably just a comment on the thread in general, not directed at you. It’s just the way of the forum software that you need to click Reply below the last post to add to the thread.
Than I apologize…I saw a reply to me, so I thought was addressed to me.
Thank you for clarifications.
It’s an annoying aspect of Discourse, and the only reason I know is I have done the same 
You are the data! Smart tvs and cars are sold because of your sexual preferences, why should smartphones be innocent? Fight for your right, safe communication… Our ancestours died too much, it is not to late
Are you sure that nobody wants partecipate to this quest? 
You are so right. All that speculation leads to nothing but premature decisions. Decisions must be taken fast but not early.
Speculations can lead anywhere including beautiful places, if you know how do manage them.
Correct, timing is essential.
However, to take a decision fast we need to evaluate the alternative and the available options otherwise the fast decision cannot happen fast or it is a blind jump. Usually, the second.
Conclusion
Speculations about where to go after SailFish OS can be interesting because it means that people who are speculating realized that SFOS is not the way whatever Jolla does.
Speculations about where to go after Jolla Oy are useless because they missed the main point above: SailFish OS is not the answer whatever is the question.
Not for me, at least - not any release I saw up to this moment, at least because I use UNIX systems as end-user and as developer and I know what I am expecting from a such a systems and what I am not going to accept.
Already jumped ship a while ago, sadly.
Although I had my reasons to do so, deep down I still hope that SFOS will fix itself, as I am genuinely tired of seeing mono/duopolies in the tech space.
Absolutely this, but with a Snapdragon 855; after I tried Android again almost 2 years later and saw just how responsive the system could be, my mind was seriously confused.
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Personally, I see myself returning to Ubuntu Touch. otherwise I might try Mobian or Droidian
Im on the long road to try out maemo leste as daily (I know Im crazy) but there are two main problems:
Cant log on maemo forum as I stopped using it a while ago and also cant create new account as activation emails doesnt come anymore.
Even greater problem as I cant find device Im looking for (XT894). I got some n900s lying around but really I would like something snappier while retaining hardware keyboard.
When a post of mine, like this, is hidden - does it mean that you managed to complete this task or just someone in the forum is still suffering for the loss of their dignity? Just to know… 
I wonder if anybody is actually using Maemo Leste as their daily driver, i.e. telephony, mobile broadband and messsaging working reliably? And reasonable battery life?
Ubuntu Touch works afair, but what about Mobian, same questions as above?
And on which device?
If it’s comnig from the WEF is nothing better than Android or iOS. Sorry
Which hardware? Because the biggest problem is to find hardware…
Anyway it looks like Volla has also big problems…