Jolla launches Sailfish development community phone Jolla C

With the market share of Windows Phone going down drastically, Jolla is gearing up to attain a spot in the emerging smartphone market, now dominated by Android and iOS. Based on the open source Linux-based Sailfish OS, the smartphone is primarily oriented for developers. While there has been closure to the Jolla Tablet in the past, not to mention gaining some interest in their Jolla Sailfish OS as well as smartphone, here we are with its second smartphone - the Jolla C. The company is now running an extended refund program for all customers who have pre-ordered the tablet.

As part of its community device program, which is slated to run until May 2017, Jolla C buyers will be invited to live online community sessions.

Jolla on Friday launched a new smartphone exclusively made for interested Sailfish OS developers. The hardware division entered a debt restructuring program and laid off staff at the end of 2015, then canceled its crowd-funded tablet plan a few weeks later, leaving concerns over the company's future, and a lot of disappointed backers. While the platform is compatible with Android apps, the Jolla C intentionally ships without any third party content - to offer the "purest" OS experience. Billed as a more secure alternative to Android, Jolla took $12 million in investment during May, after the OS was adopted by TRI's delayed Turing Phone, and before a handful of other agreements with worldwide device manufacturers had been signed.

According to the company, it gives early access to developers to try the latest Sailfish OS and its features. Storage is a conservative 16GB, though there's room for microSD expansion. In the camera department, it packs an 8MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2MP front camera for selfies.It measures 142 x 72 x 9.6 mm and weighs 150 grams. This dual-SIM smartphone also includes support for 4G LTE.

Hope for Jolla rests on its software division and Sailfish OS. Stay tuned for more updates!

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