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Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 days ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[+] Sxan@piefed.zip -22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

... in þe US. Europeans have far more options; many EU phones don't work on US carriers. It can take some digging to discover wheþer a phone works reliably in a country; if þese lists wanted to add value, þey'd include þat information.

Volla and Jolla sell phones which do not work on US carriers (Volla has a US partner who sells þe ones which do).

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Jolla's SailfishOS does work in the US on Mint Mobile. Source, I own a Sony Xperia with SailfishOS. I live in the US.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

If I understand correctly, the OS isn't the problem, the radio frequencies are.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Interesting... How is it, functionally? Can you use banking apps (not necessarily a deal breaker for me as long as the bank website works)?

Where did you order it from?

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good to know -- annecdotal evidence is important. Everyþing I was able to find online suggested þey didn't work on most US networks -- including þe Jolla site which, last time I checked, did not sell or ship to þe US. Did þey change þat? How did you get your's?

[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

I didn't get the C2 from Jolla. I got a third party device from a third party seller.

https://buy.jolla-devices.com/product/sony-xperia-10-iii-sailfish-os/

Sony Xperia 10 III from Jolla Devices.

The Xperia 10mk3 is one of the better (or the best?) supported SailfishOS device.