No, they would because that would delay Jolla another year. Xperia 10 IV is out there already with several bug fixes so the most likely scenario is that they are already working on a Xperia 10 IV port. Also when they deploy Sailfish for a device they want the kernel to be as stable as possible and not too early for a particular model.
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this is where I am - a 10iii user looking at a 10v as the next puchase.
i always run two phone, newer xperia running on android for finance apps i donât necessarily want to carry aound with me, and the prior version that runs SFOS as a daily driver.
nothing against a 10iv port if jolla consider it viable commercially, but canât help but notice that it has already been superceded, and will likely be hard to source by the time any sfos port might arrive. therefore limited revenue potential for Jolla.
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Thanks for your post fellows I love SFOS and my Jolla C. BUT itâs beginn to been slow. I want a new SFOS device. Some glitch in the OS, no problem. I have a PC. SFOS is and will be my preferred phone OS, I hope.
Please give me some advise .
By the way.
I stared the god experience with Nokia N9. My first smart phone.
Sorry. Off the record.
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For an average Xperia 10 III owner, in most cases only 1 year old or less, neither the 10 IV nor the 10 V offer anything worth paying several hundred Euros for. They even look the same. The 10 Vâs improved camera wonât be of much use just like 10 IIIâs camera still isnât (and wonât be until Jolla cracks the Camera2 API). Other than that, I canât see any other possible benefits of upgrading. I like 10 Vâs stereo speaker, but I wonât shell out hundreds of Euros just for that.
So, my opinion is entirely objective, based solely on what I think would be the best for the development of SFOS, and NOT because I need or want to upgrade to either of those models, because I DO NOT.
âOut there alreadyâ? âOut thereâ it was a year ago, and now it is just about to disappear from the stores, just like the 10 III did shortly after 10 IVâs announcement last year. Very soon itâll be hard to reach first hand.
If so then SFOS will remain an OS for mostly second hand / outlet / closeout devices, as the 10 IV port will - once again - come out only when the 10 IV stops shipping, and so will then the 10 V port. In such case, Iâm afraid that we should not expect SFOS to ever expand beyond that nice but niche group of geeks originating from Maemo times.
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Picking a related thread somewhat at randomâŠ
There are now lots of âmurrayâ repos on Sailfish OS Adaptation Repositories · GitHub
(Thatâs the codename for Xperia 10 IV)
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Well, so they clearly remain faithful to their tradition of always supporting the just-being-replaced model, and holding on with officially announcing it until it starts disappearing from stores. Following this pattern, the 10 V will get support sometime in mid 2024 or so. I will stick with my 10 III then.
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Hopefully that will end the endless spam of âif I was a CEO of Jollaâ blogposts
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It probably will, because it shows that Jolla donât care about such opinions, anyway, so why bother.
Here is the question and answer about the 10 IV in the Community Meeting. If anyone is able with ports and wants a 10 IV there is an opportunity to help out.
The question:
Will Xperia 10 IV receive an official port?
- This topic has been brought up before.
- It would just be good to know if there are any news on
what the next supported device will be. - Is it plausable, possible or probable that the Xperia
10 IV will reveive an official port? - Is there a designated place on the forum or elsewhere
where one can find information about this, or could such a place be
created? - I know of quite a few people who have a 10IV and are
waiting to install Sailfish on it. - Should we just wait for any news to be published on
the blog? - Thanks!
The Answer
- We have done some preliminary work on this topic, but if
this will result in an official release is yet to be decided. - The work that we have done can be found from
Sailfish OS Adaptation Repositories · GitHub - We invite the community to contribute in order to make it a
better chance to get the official port out. - LINK:
Community Hardware Adaptations
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Iâm in the âwish there was anything I could do except run a beta releaseâ, and so are probably many others, but with the vocal crowd here - any takers?
Has anyone checked out what Jollaâs provided so far to see whatâs still needed to make this a thing?
Iâd hate for this port and the idea of supporting any new hardware to disappear into nothingness because someone could lend a helping hand but didnât.
Let me know if thereâs a beta to try out and where you want the bug reports! I have that spare phone lying aroundâŠ
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This far no one has grabbed the opportunity, it seems. I would love to have this port as well. I have the phone and no use for it unless there is a Sailfish port. Iâll see how long before I have to sell it.
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Is anyone from Jolla reading this, btw?
I do sort of wonder what kind of money they make on selling licenses for a new phone model. It doesnât necessarily amount to very much per se, but the sentiment seems like some people (like me) bought the device blind (which is no oneâs fault but ours) wishing for a port.
If someone has sentiment comparisons to other phones, that would be great to see, but if this is the most popular demand it really sends a bad signal from Jolla to completely disregard it, and an unfortunate signal from the community about its capability to pitch in.
On the other hand, I wouldnât even know if everything is laid out in a way for even a n00b to start working, and maybe there are resources available, from documentation to helpful maintainers of community ports.
Is Jolla now maintaining a holding pattern in wait for community participation? I really hope not.
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Thereâs also this, but who knows if itâs true?
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That would be so sad
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Please keep in mind how limited Jollaâs ressources are (25 employees?) plus that far too few are using any newly ported device. This means that Jolla must rely on contributions from the community.
And I wish I could contribute. Which makes me think if it was possible to dediicate small and easy tasks to the community - tasks that could be performed by a noob like me and that nevertheless help saving ressources at Jollaâs side. However, I have no clue tasks that could be.
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Letâs keep fingers crossed
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Right now it seems Jolla has other things to think about - to keep the company afloat at all. There have been problems before and they have come out of it. But a port might not be at the top of their priorities.
Still hoping for a port for Xperia 10 IV
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You can help translate SFOS to your language, head over to Localisation. I have been translating SFOS to Norwegian since version 2.1 (about late 2016).
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Thereâs no reason to believe thatâs not true, even though the original source is behind a paywall which makes confirmation harder.
Anything can happen in that situation. The company can be saved but the product offerings can be better or worse for us who just want to use Sailfish on our phones, or maybe the company canât be saved etc.
One has to think if a major restructuring of the company, or something else that would suck, could lead to opening all the stack to the community. Maybe that could be beneficial for ports, but it could also mean Sailfish died with the last release. Who knows.
That should not prevent someone able to contribute to a port from contributing - the tech is not dead yet!
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