Jolla Chairman, Antti Saarnio Confirms Christmas Arrival ?
Just to answer an earlier post where we asked whether the pre-order handsets would arrive in time for Christmas 2013, it appears that Jolla’s Chairman Antti Saarnio has possibly answered our question in a tweet earlier today.
I’m a little hesitant though as the tweet itself wasn’t entirely clear:
@VnniTwt @JollaHQ Exact date not released yet, but Jolla phone coming as certainly as Christmas
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Antti Saarnio (@AnttiSaarnio) September 03, 2013
The wording would suggest that the handset will be possibly shipped for a Christmas arrival at the latest, but could also be interpreted differently. The part in the tweet I’m confused by is ‘Jolla Phone coming as certainly as Christmas’ as this could also mean ‘As sure as Christmas comes, the Jolla Phone will come’ ? Does he mean the Jolla Phone will certainly come ‘by’ Christmas ?
I’m probably reading too much into it and it’s just a slight typo, but would be great to get 100% confirmation all the same.
Anyway, we’ve sent him a tweet and will update when we get response. 
Sail On.
I do think you are reading more into it than what is there. If Christmas is the release date, then he would not have said that there was not an exact date. I view what he sad as it will be be released by Christmas at the latest.
I think he’s pretty much saying what’s always been said: it’s going to be released this year! He just moved the latest date forward one week
Apart from that, new press fotos have been released today with the new design, and I noticed something: There’s a round spot on the top left which probably is the front camera, and another roundish one on the top right! …which leads me to the conclusion that the Jolla’s gonna have an LED notifier status thing just like the N9. Which to me is great news, I loved that about me Palm Pre!
I found it on the old fotos now as well, though the old design even has at least 2, maybe 3 LEDs on the top right… whatever that would have meant!
Are you sure the other one isn’t a proximity sensor ?
Right, quite possible! Still, have a look at the old design (eg http://jolla.com/your-jolla/), there are clearly 3 dots on the top right side… 1 proximity sensor, 1 LED, +x?
On the new design, at least 2 of the dots have been merged into the rounded thing.
Would just like to point out that it’s ANTTI, not Antii…
Thanks… edited.
There’s still one Antii.
sounds to me like the Antti is simply repeating that there WILL BE a Jolla device, as certainly as there is Christmas… in that context, Xmas isn’t a “date” merely a metaphor.
I agree. He didn’t make a statement about a date, just saying “don’t worry about it guys, you know it’s coming!”. Still the choice of the metaphor I think indicates what they *want* the date to be. I’m pretty sure they won’t confirm it with certainty though until maybe a couple weeks before the actual shipment, when they’re sure everything is ready for take-off. They’re obviously trying to avoid disappointing people by giving a deadline they are not 100% sure they can hold.
I’m going to guess that English is not Mr Saarnio’s first language. In which case there is always the possibility that something could be lost in translation.
It appears to me that nothing has actually changed… delivery by the end of 2013.
I think he was just having a bit of a joke. As has been said, this year has always been stated as the goal. He did have a winking emoticon. So no new info, but maybe more definite for this year. Maybe.
Were can I pre-order a Jolla?
You can sign up here: http://jolla.com/