The company announced the news on Twitter, and said, “#Jolla smartphone coming to India
very soon, exclusively on Snapdeal. Be the first to know”, confirming that the smartphone will be exclusively
available on Snapdeal. The official Jolla site is now teasing the smartphone’s
India launch with the tagline, “Jolla sails to India,” and is
also letting interested consumers sign-up to be notified
when the Jolla smartphone becomes available in India.
For those unaware, the highlight of the Jolla Smartphone
is that it runs the Sailfish OS mobile operating system,
which has been developed by a few former employees of
Nokia, who had worked on the MeeGo operating system
that was being developed in partnership with computer
chip giant Intel.
In February, Jolla had announced that it would be
expanding the availability of its smartphone to Hong
King, India, and Russia this year. For now, the Jolla
smartphones are available in Finland via local carrier
DNA’s shops. The smartphone is also available to
European users via the firm’s official stores for EUR 399
(approximately Rs. 34,000).
Jolla launched its Sailfish OS-powered smartphone in
November last year, and it features a 4.5-inch Estrade
(540×960 pixels) display, and a 1.4GHz dual-core
Qualcomm Snapdragon processor coupled with 1GB of
RAM. It also has an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera
alongside an LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing
camera as well.
Other specifications of the Jolla smartphone included
16GB of inbuilt storage (expandable via microSD card),
and a 2100mAh battery. It is compatible with roughly
85,000 Android apps, and supports fast 4G Internet
connections.
camera accessory was removed from the bundle.
