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The Finnish company Jolla is back with the Linux-powered Jolla Phone. Itโ€™s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of Android and iOS.

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[โ€“] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Anyone have experience with these? Specifically looking for how "drop in and replace" it is compared to GrapheneOS.

I'd love to give it a shot, but i worry a bunch of my daily use apps won't work. I'm working to replace a bunch of the more big tech ones (Spotify, Audible, etc), but would also need to be sure Signal and HomeAssistant work seamlessly.

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  • [โ€“] 21 points 8 months ago

    Jolla has something called AppSupport in their SailfishOS that this phone uses. AppSupport seems to make it possible to run Android apps directly in Linux, without the need of Waydroid. This allows for a more pleasant experience where you don't have to open Waydroid first before using an Android app. You can access them directly in the SailfishOS app drawer I think.

    https://jolla.com/appsupport

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago

    I have outdated experience. I loved their first generation device back in 2014. It was again a bit expensive compared to its specs, but I loved its UI and multitasking way of working.

    Eventually I switched to an Android device mainly because my banking and communication depended on it. Now there are even more tightly coupled. So maybe in the future I'll go with two devices: one low end Android for official biz that maybe stays in a drawer, and a good Linux phone.

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