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[โ€“] natecox@programming.dev 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I was interested in the Jolla for a while but the price theyโ€™re asking is just not in line with what you get.

Also the whole โ€œNothing phone ads advertisements to the UIโ€ was pretty disappointing.

I just wish we could get a Linux phone at a reasonable price.

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What you get for the price is a European phone. No way it can compete on hardware/price with other phones.

[โ€“] miguel@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they manufactured in Europe, though, or just another chinese smartphone with an OS that's not Android or iOS?

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The upcoming Jolla is manufactured in Finland afaik. Or maybe assembled is a better word? Smartphone components come from around the world and not just China.

[โ€“] miguel@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago

That's a brilliant option, compared to some of the stuff like the nothing phone

[โ€“] Cethin@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Part of the reason other phones are cheaper is because you're the product. They're collecting data and selling it. If you don't want this you're going to have to pay more.

other phones are cheaper mostly due to economies of scale, though. like, idk, china makes a few million phones at once, while in europe they make, what, a few thousand phones at once?

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Their website says it ships with an OS โ€œbased on androidโ€.

Edit: oh, I see, it has multiple options.

it seems there are two OS options, and it can even dual boot