<story><title>Jolla C, a new Sailfish OS phone from Jolla</title><url>https://jolla.com/jollac/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sametmax</author><text>I was using a dumb phone and a change of life made me need a smartphone. A friend of mine encouraged me to get a Jolla.&lt;p&gt;I liked the idea, Open Source, you can code your app in Python, compatible with Android apps, etc.&lt;p&gt;At the begining, I was very tolerant with the quirks of the phone, being a FOSS believer and all.&lt;p&gt;But after months and months of use, I&amp;#x27;m getting more and more frustrated with it:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    - it&amp;#x27;s slow.
    - apps randomly crashes or don&amp;#x27;t start at all.
    - Android support is limited.
    - network is unreliable.
    - the performances don&amp;#x27;t allow any decent Web 
      surf experience, and I already hate the Web 
      on mobile so it makes things irritating for me.
    - it requires a lot of fiddling to adapt it to 
      your needs. It can be good if you need customization, 
      but some basic stuff (such as emoji) are not included by
      default. Some might consider that a feature, but when 
      a girl text me a smiley when I flirt with her, I want to 
      know what face it has because it kinda condition 
      my next answer.
    - some bugs are incredibly annoying. The worst being 
      the poor handling of group text messages which lead 
      to very confusing conversations. A smartphone that
      can&amp;#x27;t text, really?
    - ergonomy is lacking at best. While I think there 
      are some neat ideas, the hidden menu for simple tasks, 
      the absence of resize in some picture mode and the 
      presence of it in others and plenty other subtle 
      details make it cumbersome to use even for basic 
      stuff. The color scheme and overall design is 
      not a good fit on the long run.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
I do like having a real GNU system and a terminal to play with it on my phone, but let&amp;#x27;s face it, I use the Web&amp;#x2F;GPS&amp;#x2F;Text more than the terminal, and they are not decent for a 2016 experience.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s where smarphones were 5 years ago, but with bugs.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t regret I bought it, it was a nice experience, but now I&amp;#x27;m going for something that will just work.</text></comment>
<story><title>Jolla C, a new Sailfish OS phone from Jolla</title><url>https://jolla.com/jollac/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bruce_one</author><text>Very surprised, I hadn&amp;#x27;t anticipated this happening.&lt;p&gt;(Irrationally excited too.)&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d assumed that after the tablet fiasco that Jolla wouldn&amp;#x27;t be doing any hardware for a long time. (I&amp;#x27;m not personally grumpy in any way, but I think fiasco is the most accurate word :-s )&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d been holding out hope for an official Fairphone 2 deal (or even the Puzzlephone), but this is awesome :-)</text></comment>