Jolla, smartphone startup company from Finland has announced its plans to launch first Jolla smartphone running on its Sailfish OS in India. For India launch, company has also tied up with Snapdeal to Launch its smartphones in India. Company has also added a not on its official website about India launch by adding Taj Mahal pic on the home page.
#Jolla smartphone coming to India very soon, exclusively on @Snapdeal. Be the first to know at http://t.co/Utjql7BcXl pic.twitter.com/neLMqVo8zv
— Jolla (@JollaHQ) July 18, 2014
Jolla smartphones went on sale across Europe last December. Now company wants to focus on India which is a big market for smartphones.
Jolla specifications
- Ample 4.5″ (960 x 540 pixels) qHD 5-point multi-touch IPS display with Gorilla Glass 2 protection
- Sailfish OS
- 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 SoC
- 8 megapixel AF camera with LED flash
- 2 megapixel front-facing camera
- 1GB RAM, MicroSD slot
- 16GB storage
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and GLONASS
- 2100 mAh removable battery
- 9.9 mm thick and weighs 141 grams
Commenting on the Indian entry, Sami Pienimäki, Co-founder and CMO of Jolla, said, “India is the rising smartphone market of the world and we look forward to welcoming many new Jolla fans across the country. Since late 2011 when we established the company Jolla, we have received a tremendous amount of interest from India to enter this great market. In particular we have found it very encouraging how much there is interest and trust for mobile heritage coming from Finland, and what kind of development opportunities there are to start to develop e.g. local applications for India.”
Smartphone sales are growing faster in India than any other country in Asia. So, all companies are now focusing in Indian market. Xiaomi and Gionee have also launched their smartphones in Indian market.