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simo · Post edited by simo at 2013-12-01 12:16:36

Jolla doesn't differentiate with the current hardware specs, and not too much in software specs either (Sailfish is still Beta, not much native apps) compared to its main competitors. However it does differentiate, and in my opinion it does it great both in hardware and in software. I wrote a review about this couple of days ago, feel free to share. Short link for twitter use: bit.ly/1b5OCJa

technicus

Great work, thank you :)

KnuX · Post edited by KnuX at 2013-12-01 13:54:08

Nice review! Just some comments:

"For example, if a quadCore processor is something you really need, just hope that some 3rd party, or Jolla itself, comes to the market with a back cover providing an additional processor."

I think you get I2C and NFC for the back cover. Both are very low-bandwidth connections. You won't ever be able to do something like that. Even for more advanced stuff, like a better camera or something I'm guessing you'll run into bandwidth problems, and end up having to use wifi, at which point the i2c/nfc advantage of the Jolla just goes puff.

"#1 from forums: Sailfish OS seems to be doing fine with Dual Core processor. Sailfish is designed for mobile use, unlike many other mobile operating systems, leading to lesser use of processor. "

It's not the first time I've heard this "Sailfish is designed for mobile, and others aren't". What others are we talking about? ios was born for mobile. It's based off darwin sure, but so is sailfish based off linux. Android was born for mobile too, with lots of custom additions to the kernel, a custom display system and a custom Java VM. The modern Windows Phone dropped most from the old versions, so I'd say it's kind-of designed for mobile. Firefox OS?

I think this reasoning isn't particularly true or relevant.

simo

Thanks to you both! I changed the example after what KnuX wrote about I2C capability, it's now: "For example, if there's some certain connection port missing that you might need, you can hope for 3rd party, or Jolla itself, to publish The Other Half containing it."

To your other comment, it's a pick, and I chose to show it after reading comments about a fragmentation problem of Android (Although the problem is affecting more to the app developing than to the actual performance of the phone). But as you brought up, Sailfish is just one of the distinct mobile OS's, along with Android, iOS, Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian. As some readers might missunderstand Sailfish to be "one of a kind" because of that pick, I simply removed it. A small change won't make the article better or worse :)

I'm very happy about your comments KnuX, it's always good to have another view to a text. A lot is written from a limited personal point of view, or is based on a limited point of views, so there might be even more to fix. Luckily I'm not after professional press quality :) But if there's anything else, please go on with any comments that might benefit the readers or our community goals.

KnuX

Thanks! The rest of the review is nice, I don't think I have any further comments, only about this part:
"Basic (and basically good) media player with FLAC videos reported to work, wow."
I think you meant videos with FLAC audio, as it's an audio, not video codec.

simo

Yep, fixed, thanks again. Seems to me that you really went through it :-B

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