MY TRUE AND HONEST REVIEW

 

A SMART PHONE FOR

PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OUTLOOK

 

FOR WHOM THIS PHONE IS INTENDED

1. For true Nokia fan boys
2. For Linux enthusiasts
3. For people who want a new experience in smart phones, and ready to spend time in searching for compatible apps
4. For developers
5. For normal people who want a secondary phone

THIS PHONE IS NOT FOR COMMON PEOPLE WHO WANT A CHEAP ANDROID PHONE (This includes 99% of Indians) . SO IF YOU ARE ONE AND THOUGHT IT IS AN ANDROID PHONE WITH A CUSTOMIZED LAUNCHER, NO, PLEASE DON'T GO WRONG BY BUYING IT. SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME FURTHER LOOKING AT THIS PHONE. IT IS FAR FROM AN ANDROID PHONE. IT HAVE A DIFFERENT PLATFORM TO EMULATE ANDROID APPS. IT CANNOT RUN MANY WELL KNOWN ANDROID APPS BECAUSE IT DON'T HAVE NEITHER GOOGLE SUPPORT NOR SUPPORT ANDROID HARDWARE LIKE BLUETOOTH SUPPORT FOR SMART WATCH,CAR AUDIO, ANDROID SUPPORTED TV AND WIFI CAMERAS.


WHY I BOUGHT THE AQUA FISH

• It's open crowd sourced OS, It's more open than android since there are no private drivers that stop us from customizing if phone is not rooted
• It is polished and/or cheaper than other good open OS platforms, like tizen, ubuntu, firefox

• It supports android and web apps, Kodi plugin apps, Ported rom games (gb, gbc, gba etc) along with native/ linux ported apps
• It have deep roots (80% code is same) in meego and related to meamo which nokia surprised but never widely released from 2005 onwards. I was very much depressed when nokia ditched it in favor of Windows even after winning best phone award for N9-00 at MWC. I always wanted a return
• I used only Nokia phones for years and never had any desire towards other company flavour android or Microsoft moded android in nokia X. Now I use a Nokia Lumia but Nokia left the group of Microsoft and sold off here and mixradio because of loss. And in the future windows phone is meant only for enterprises and not for customers by Microsoft's current policy.Also cannot afford a new Iphone with currently supported OS version. I don't need android phones for any apps as I can do with a PC for web apps and emulated android apps.

THINGS I FOUND BETTER ON JOLLA C/ aqua fish than many other phones

• Multitasking is true. You will experience it when you have loaded many native apps like different browsers and documents on home screen. Android/Lumia reload them occasionally but not here . True Nokia symbian legacy.
• Closing apps by swiping down(require to activate it in settings). So much natural like closing a shutter.
• Going backward on menus by swiping
• You can control going landscape (autorotation) by pressing on screen while rotating
• It supports Onedrive ( including backup of settings), facebook, gmail and twitter out of box. Those coming from lumia will be happy with that. No app is required for this.
• Keyboard supports all local languages by default, no need to download any other language keyboards, Also it supports split keyboard by default for two thumb typing(require to activate it in settings)
• The backspace if hold will not clear continuously, but by double click you can do it, helps in unexpected clearing
• Zooming when selected text
• The Stylish app Icons and App folders if properly arranged can make android and IOS intefaces less appealing
• Inbuilt Calculator lets editing on prevoius operations easily
• Deleting anything gives option to undo for 5 seconds
• Can customize camera button location on screen
• Multitasking with controls on home screen
• You don't have to reach top of the phone for notifications and quick settings, better one hand support vby scrolling left side(require to activate it in settings)
• Native suppot for android HERE maps(prevous nokia maps) including locating by cell tower and wifi( traditional Nokia way!)
• Can uninstall gaana app by installing any Nokia Z launcher, the only bloatware present
• You can go to menu while using any app, also can peak to home screen by side words, peek to see time downwards, native full screen apps feel so good
• The ambience. You don't have to download themes, by swiping down from any photo a theme is created
• You can save web as html files. Quite helpful feature in native browser for transferring files to PC
• Button free OS. You really don't need buttons. You can control volume, lock and unlock, go to homescreen etc. by swiping. You may need it for occasional restart, but you can avoid it also by installing sailfish utilities. So you can forget about buttons
• Removable battery, dual sim and SD card support
• Better security, Turing phone used it and dropped android because of security
• You can control buttons even after removing back cover, which comes in handy to check some sim/SD
• Sound is not reduced while placing any where as speakers are on side
• You can Flip phone to silence it (require to activate it in settings)
• Can take photos by either volume buttons; a camera key is not at all needed
• Continuous autofocus on camera, fast focusing and processing
• Take screenshots by one hand No more struggles for pressing two buttons by other hand
• Swipe to take photos, take note view notifications and more by one hand on lockscreen(activate it)
• You can watch a video on YouTube/files, hear and change some other music, check level, follow where are you going on maps etc at the same time. Better suited multitasking for a phone than multi window approach
• If you use native apps and web apps only phone is a beast. (Add web apps by going the sites that support mobile like google photos and maps, telegram, Amazon etc. and sign in. Now add to favorites. Now go to favorites and select add to launcher. You can now remove from favorites if required) Also jolla 1 is still supported after 3 years. Long term support than phones that are many times costly
• Linux supports offline Wikipedia, Music Player Daemon, osmmaps for offline for many years. These apps are always easier to access in sailfish because it was supported in its earlier 'versions' like meamo, meego before finding a way to windows PC and android/ios phones

YOU SHOULD RESEARCH WHAT THIS PHONE IS ABOUT BEFORE BUYING  AND WRITING REVIEWS

sample photo by main camera

The box arrived!

 The Phone

The Screen

 The chamfered edges and sandwich consruction

The cover from ebay

Unboxing was exciting

Notifications

App folder View

Launcher with app folders

Zimpedia- The most useful app in any platform 

 Run upto 15 Apps in Tiles

Peeking into homescreen while playing Video

Gallery

Lock Screen

Can show any opened note on screen

The App Launcher

The simple and useful Multitasking Tiles

Running some games and Web App

Phone Before removing Screen Guard

playing a music, viewing a video, tracking your location, and checking you mail all at the same time

       THIS IS NOT ANDROID, I REPEAT THAT, YOU CANNOT USE MANY ANDROID APPS, AND USING ANDROID APPS DECREASES BATTERYLIFE ALSO

USE MINIMUM ANDROID APPS. I SAW THAT MOST NUMBER OF RATINGS ARE ONE STAR. IF THIS IS SUCH BAD (SOME SAY NEW AND DIFFICULT) OS HOW IT'S PREDCCESSORS WON PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS(BEST DEVICE AWARD FOR JOLLA TABLET, BEST PHONE AWARD FOR N9)

SEARCH ON YOUTUBE AND SEE N900 ADS AND COMPARE IT WITH WHAT CRAP PHONES YOU HAD IN 2009. THIS IS AN OS EVERONE WANT TO REVIVE

ITS RESOURCES ARE BROUGHT BY SAMSUNG FOR BUILDING TIZEN. ITS AMBIENCE THEME IS COPIED BY APPLE. GERMAN HACKERS TRIES TO REVIVE THIS

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PROMOTE THIS AND PEOPLE ARE READY TO IMPORT PHONE WITH MORE THAN TWICE PRICE FROM INDIA( WE ARE ACTUALLY LUCKY)

GOOGLE INTRODUCED SWIPE LAUNCHER AND MULTIWINDOW INSPIRED FROM THIS OS. BB OS IS HEAVILY INSPIRED FROM THIS OS

BUT INSPITE OF ALL THESE FAMOUS COPIES REAL NOKIA ENGINEERS WHO DEVELOPED MEAMO/MEEGO ARE BEHIND DESIGNING YHIS PHONE AND OS,

BUT THEY ARE BANKRUPT SO NO APPS IN THIS PLATFORM, IF YOU LOVED OLD NOKIA(NOT CURRENT REMAINING FIRM) YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THEM.

NOKIA/JOLLA IS BANKRUPT ONLY BECUASE OF THEIR POLICY OF MAKING SECURE, LONGLASTING AND USERFRIENDLY PHONES WITHOUT COMPROMISE IN PRICE LIKE CHINESE/KOREAN PHONES YOU LIKE.

THE MOST SECURE (ALSO WITH FIRST 12GB RAM) PHONE FROM TURING USES THIS OS

If you still have any further queries contact me here or personally by harianilchandran@gmail.com