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The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by emilsedgh » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

The Jolla phone – first impressions
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Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by manmal » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:17 PM UTC

I can't believe that no pixels can be seen on a 4,5" screen with a resolution of 960x540. That would be a worse density than my > 3 year old HTC desire. A mistake in the article?

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by smcl » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:19 PM UTC

Minor nitpick: I don't know how to say "Jolla". I mean I know that "Jolla" is pronounced "Hoya" in European Spanish ("Hosha" in Argentinian), but in most European languages it'd be "Yolla" with a soft "j" and the naive English pronunciation would be "Djolla". I don't know which was the intended one.

Not that it really matters I suppose, but why go to all that trouble building an apparently lovely device and giving it a slightly cumbersome name?

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by dirtyaura » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:29 PM UTC

This is the first post that really sparked my imagination about The Other Half. Lots of possibilities to build dedicated devices to different environments and tasks.

Jolla really should make their marketing material more concrete to target their true early adopter audience.

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by caberus » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:36 PM UTC

manmal wrote: post #2

I can't believe that no pixels can be seen on a 4,5" screen with a resolution of 960x540. That would be a worse density than my > 3 year old HTC desire. A mistake in the article?

strongly agree, ppi is high but far from the top phones on the market.

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by espadrine » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #3

Minor nitpick: I don't know how to say "Jolla". I mean I know that "Jolla" is pronounced "Hoya" in European Spanish ("Hosha" in Argentinian), but in most European languages it'd be "Yolla" with a soft "j" and the naive English pronunciation would be "Djolla". I don't know which was the intended one. Not that it really matters I suppose, but why go to all that trouble building an apparently lovely device and giving it…

I can't help but hear "the YOLO phone".

eg. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/20/jolla-phone-hardware-tour...

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by Aardwolf » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:41 PM UTC

An observation I have been wondering:

Whenever a Windows phone is presented, there are pictures of phones that have more square corners than other phones, and flashy colors like yellow and orange.

It seems to be almost a requirement of a phone with the Windows software, to have colorful and squary hardware.

Is that a coincidence, or a sort of design convention or requirement?

EDIT: Oops, apparently it does not run Windows. I saw the tiles in the screenshot and flashy colors, so thought it was Windows phone... Sorry...

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by enra » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:44 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #3

Minor nitpick: I don't know how to say "Jolla". I mean I know that "Jolla" is pronounced "Hoya" in European Spanish ("Hosha" in Argentinian), but in most European languages it'd be "Yolla" with a soft "j" and the naive English pronunciation would be "Djolla". I don't know which was the intended one. Not that it really matters I suppose, but why go to all that trouble building an apparently lovely device and giving it…

Jolla means "light boat" in Finnish. I guess it's a tongue in cheek for the Elop's burning platform speech, where Jolla is the light boat getting a away from it.

(Agree that for global products, people should prefer names that are easier to pronounce)

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by Geee » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #3

Minor nitpick: I don't know how to say "Jolla". I mean I know that "Jolla" is pronounced "Hoya" in European Spanish ("Hosha" in Argentinian), but in most European languages it'd be "Yolla" with a soft "j" and the naive English pronunciation would be "Djolla". I don't know which was the intended one. Not that it really matters I suppose, but why go to all that trouble building an apparently lovely device and giving it…

It's pronounced Yolla. Like they say it in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64ja7WBHU8

Re: The Jolla phone – first impressions

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Post by _sabe_ » Thu, Nov 28, 2013, 8:49 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #7

An observation I have been wondering: Whenever a Windows phone is presented, there are pictures of phones that have more square corners than other phones, and flashy colors like yellow and orange. It seems to be almost a requirement of a phone with the Windows software, to have colorful and squary hardware. Is that a coincidence, or a sort of design convention or requirement? EDIT: Oops, apparently it does not run Wi…

I don't know if this was just a random comment or if you missed that this phone does not run windows? :)