@bigness @purism it meets your standards for an overpriced mobile device with mediocre specs?

@opal @purism It's not overpriced. You don't buy it for the specs. You pay for the work that goes into making a completely freedom-respecting device.

@bigness @purism last i checked, the i.MX8M is a proprietary arm architecture

@bigness @purism i'll welcome others to chime in to this thread if they have more to point out. im not gonna dig around for stuff others have already said

@opal @purism The hardware design of it is proprietary, but I don't care about that.

@bigness @purism in that case buy something cheaper, unlocked bootloader, flash aosp or lineage on it

@opal @purism Most of them would still require proprietary firmware for the wifi, and likely other components.

@opal @bigness @purism

i forgot i ordered one of these. i wonder if it'll ever ship

@bigness @opal @purism From a business perspective, you must charge more for small volume items to cover R&D costs. Apple and Samsung can spread their R&D and other fixed costs over hundreds of millions of devices. A small company can't do that. So the price is actually reasonable.

@bigness @purism

My first smartphone was Jolla. Never used an Android phone in my life!

@Linux @bigness @purism I have a Sailfish phone and it is great except for one huge problem - battery life. I can only get a few hours on standby and it gets really hot when talking. If not for that, it would be my daily driver. Instead, it is sitting in a drawer.

@Limax @bigness @purism

When have you last updated this devices Sailfish? The latest version is now 3.1

https://blog.jolla.com/seitseminen/

@Linux @bigness @purism I am on the latest 3.1. I used to have to SSH to install the updates, but they seem to have fixed the update tool since 3.0

@Limax @bigness @purism

Have you checked the Jolla forums (Together) if there is a way to fix this battery drainage?

https://together.jolla.com/question/192789/battery-life-xa2-4113-sailfish-3008/

https://together.jolla.com/question/169834/sailfishx-extreme-battery-drain-how-to-find-cause/

@Linux @bigness @purism It looks like this is a common problem. Too bad, because it is a great Linux-based mobile OS otherwise.

@Limax @bigness @purism

What IS your device BTW? My Jolla one is as old as the skies and does not suffer from dramatic battery drainage still.

@Linux @bigness @purism

Xperia X