So it’s been now about two years since I got my Jolla phone, first impressions were on this post and here’s what I think of it now.
I was actually forced to buy a second phone after I dropped my first Jolla to concrete enough times to break the display (or some soldering joint related to display). Spare parts are currently unavailable so it was easy decision to get a new phone.
Restoring a new phone from a backup was a breeze, so I had  a new phone running in just few hours after the accident as a local store had still some Jolla phones in stock.
It’s best phone I’ve had in ages, the OS is very smooth, I can find all the apps I need (some for android), battery life is very good since some of the initial software updates (I get constantly 3-4 days with a charge including daily GPS logging). In same use my Sony Xperia Active survived barely for two days.
Camera is actually much better than I initially thought, even low light conditions yield decent pictures. Android runtime is now very stable with the latest updates, I haven’t seen an app crash in ages.
So most of all, it’s very usable and user-friendly. It does everything I need it to do – and it does it well.
I also pre-ordered the Jolla Tablet and it’s been now in use for about a month.
It’s a nice looking piece of hardware, but the feel from software point of view is similar than what it was after initial release of Jolla phone. App selection is still very limited and there are some issues (mainly with battery life) with the tablet OS. I’m sure it will be improved after few months as the devices become more common and more software will be ported to Intel architecture.
But somehow I waited it to be more optimized and finalized as the OS itself has been in development for such a long time, even it was a new 2.0 release for the tablet. Also camera is not as good as what is in the phone, I wonder why they didn’t use the same proven module…
Jolla was also hitting a rough time with financing, but according to latest blog entry the financing issues are now cleared and sailors are on safer waters once again. With the current mobile market there is definite need for such a platform – and I’m sure they’ll find the target audience easily.
I’d still like to see a store for commercial Sailfish applications. I don’t mind using free software, but also I’d like to pay the apps I find good enough. It can be now handled with flattr (or direct donations to devs) but it would be smoother to just buy the app directly from store. It could also encourage more developers to join the movement.