<![CDATA[I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made.]]>I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made.

The tolerances are really fantastic now. No gaps! The buttons and privacy switch felt firmer, with the power button now being a bit more recessed to make accidental presses harder.

Gone is the antenna tape, proper antennas are now around the device. Stronger battery shield. There were some design changes made to the interior (TOH2 side) to hopefully give any prospective TOH2 hardware designers in the community some more flexibility. I'll let Jolla dive into that since you never know if it'll evolve further beyond the iteration I saw.

The Other Half 2 cover is now using an orange resin and not just a white base + color being painted on. It looks _more_ orange as one might expect. TOH2 snaps firmly into place now thanks to improvements to the tolerances.

I'm really looking forward to July to get my hands on a finalized model!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theyosh.nl/users/theyosh/statuses/116410654821711067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theyosh.nl/users/theyosh/statuses/116410654821711067Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:40:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:39:37 GMT]]>@theyosh @jolla Oh yea I'm 100% going to be rocking it with orange.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/116410651632555060https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/116410651632555060Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:08:11 GMT]]>@me @jolla We should all wear orange!!! 😆

If every user will use the orange cover and place it on his work desk... maybe it will peak some interest to other colleges.

Sneaky non verbal advertising.... 😜

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theyosh.nl/users/theyosh/statuses/116410527978358166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theyosh.nl/users/theyosh/statuses/116410527978358166Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:52:42 GMT]]>@me @jolla very curious what people will come up with for TOH2!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115915956696054116/statuses/116410467135549023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115915956696054116/statuses/116410467135549023Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:52:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:52:09 GMT]]>@me thanks a lot for this update! Really looking forward to my first experience!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115915956696054116/statuses/116410464941570762https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115915956696054116/statuses/116410464941570762Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:20:00 GMT]]>@me @jolla Looks delicious!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/RTheren/statuses/116410338526123090https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/RTheren/statuses/116410338526123090Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:20:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:13:41 GMT]]>@ermo @jolla The model is: Do what you want, it's your device.

You can install native apps from the Jolla Store, OpenRepos, Chum (thanks @piggz), etc. You can get an RPM from someone off the street if you're brave enough and flash it to your device. I don't personally know how trivial it is to set up your own OBS and repo, but if Chum exists then clearly you can 😁

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For Android apps, you can install apps with F-Droid, Aurora (open source Google Play Store client), etc. When running them with microG (not required ofc) than just running them on top of Google's Android, I'd argue you're in a better and more privacy respecting position since you're using a reputable open implementation of the services, and APIs like for Maps are swapped for privacy respecting options e.g. MapLibre.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/116410313699090485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joshuastrobl.social/users/me/statuses/116410313699090485Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:13:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:02:54 GMT]]>@me

Android is looking like it's going to ban 3rd party stores like F-Droid this fall. What does the repository model look like for Sailfish OS?

@jolla

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116410271291680082https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116410271291680082Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:02:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I had the opportunity to meet up with @jolla again to talk about (and see!) how the new Jolla Phone is progressing, including new iteration that is using tooling and not hand-made. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:51:14 GMT]]>@jolla Couple more photos.

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