This was the killer features of my n8. When I reluctantly went to a lumia 920, this is the feature I missed most (followed closely by how well the n8 interoperated with all my devices.. lumia with none..). I cant count how many times I turn off the lights at night, then have to turn them back on to find my 920.

Now if a phone maker could make lcd with partial backlights which were energy efficient, sure, I’d be interested. but until then, led seems a much better technology fit for me, and that is now based entirely on experience, rather than what the phoneboys who haven’t tried both believe

I really believe in sailfish, and I like the jolla hardware. imo, the split design is, like the n9, ahead of it’s time. but the phone is, after all, mid range in price and features, and it’s important to keep that in mind, not pretend that a mid range price phone is going to have everything hardware wise like a top of the range phone e.g. sgs4.

I’ll still be picking one up, have preordered (as much as an Australian can). This will be the first phone that I’ve purchased outright, so the relatively mid range price tag has made that decision a lot easier.