For anyone considering it, I find this information particularly noteworthy:
Price and availability Price: €299 (including Finland VAT 25.5%), with your local VAT applied at checkout.
Additional information
Your purchase includes a 12-month Sailfish OS full license subscription valued at €59.88 (€4.99/month), granting access to all releases, commercial components, and feature upgrades. After the first year, you can choose to continue your subscription and support Sailfish OS development further. Even without renewal, your device will continue to function, but future software updates and commercial component upgrades will not be available.
Source: https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-community-phone
So the OS requires a subscription to get security updates. That’s no fun
but it’s easy to calculate and compare with other offers. it does not stop working without subscription, which is the case with many other subscription models. actually I think it’s reasonable, as it also provides an incentive to continue supporting old models to the company and properly reflects the economic facts surrounding the product.
like, if you buy Samsung or whatever, this cost is also part of the price. if you lose or brick your phone, you still paid for updates you’ll never have the chance to install.
but of course it’s important info one should be aware of when buying this phone
