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KnuX

Just saw this: http://www.talouselama.fi/nakoislehti/jolla/a2218386

And it seems to be a bit in the "too good to be true" ground. Is this just overly-enthusiastic reporting, or is this a real possibility? If I could keep my qwerty hardware and have sailfish on it that would be just perfect :)

blitzschlag

iirc experimental ports on certain hardware (nexus 7 e.g.) have been reported.

if there is none too exotic hardware there should be a way.

JollaTides

Seems like he talks about China being a major target market for this, but this I found interesting:

”We won’t get money by selling the OS. It has to be something else on top of that. It can be applications, services or advertising. Whatever is their revenue model, we should be able to get a slice of that.”

Personally, in Europe at least, I'm sure people would rather pay outright for a new OS not to have advertising etc? But maybe it's better to offer it for free at least initially to get more people using it ?

blitzschlag

i think he was talking about the os-hosting-sites. Jolla won't/can't charge money for the OS directly so they wanna get a small revenue from the os-hosting-site.

I don't think theyre talking about "in-OS-advertising". At least i hope thats the case.

JollaTides

@blitzschlag

Ah yes you're right, that would make more sense. ;-)

KnuX

It would be very interesting if we had the possibility to pay for support on a common Android device.
For instance, let's consider that Jolla makes X € of profit out of every Jolla phone. If I could pay X to Jolla, and instead buy a Nexus 5, which supposedly costs £300 and get Sailfish on it, that would be mightly interesting.

I know Jolla can't afford to split their resources randomly, but I think there's something to be said of them giving most of the OS away (even if some parts in binaries only), and then making you pay for some extra, or just as a thank you donation.

JollaTides

@KnuX

I agree something like this system could work nicely and get more Sailfish awareness out there on a wide range of devices.

The only issue is how Jolla make it viable as a secondary business model if they are giving it away for free.

But like you say, if people have the option to donate something or if they can convert this free spread of Sailfish into more of their own device sales then you have a model that might work in theory.

The problem with a lot of this is marketing and getting the awareness out there, which up until now, has been low priority while they focussed on getting a finished product ready. I'm sure we'll start seeing some more reviews from the bigger media establishments over the coming weeks though so that should boost awareness a good deal. ;-)

KnuX

Agreed. We really need to see positive reviews from the major sites/players in the industry for this to get more traction.
It is costly, but Jolla should definitely pack a few dozens and just fire them to reviewers. As a bonus, they will sure get a lot of feedback from experienced people in the industry and can improve on the low-points of their experience (aside from the common "few apps" and "android app compatibility hiccups" which we already know will be present).

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