This smartphone adds a microSD slot, removable battery, and more, but removes… Android?

Credit: Jolla
TL;DR

  • Finnish company Jolla has recently launched the new Jolla Phone.
  • This smartphone runs the SailfishOS platform, which is a Linux-based alternative to Android and iOS that still supports Android apps.
  • The phone ships in H1 2026 and currently retails for ~$639.

Android and iOS are a duopoly, with HUAWEI’s HarmonyOS also accounting for a small slice of the pie. What if you’re looking for an alternative mobile platform, though? Well, you can now pre-order the new Jolla Phone.

Finland’s Jolla Group recently launched the new Jolla Phone, and it runs the SailfishOS mobile operating system. This Linux-based mobile platform was created in 2013 as a spiritual successor to Nokia’s ill-fated MeeGo platform. MeeGo was abandoned when Nokia signed a deal to use the Windows Phone platform back in 2011.

https://www.androidauthority.com/new-jolla-phone-3623421/?rand=7

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