Finnish start up device maker Jolla Mobile, which unveiled its first device in May, said Wednesday that its first production batch of smartphones has sold out.
August 21, 2013
Finnish start up device maker Jolla Mobile, which unveiled its first device in May, said Wednesday that its first production batch of smartphones has sold out.
The firm uses software based on the Sailfish OS, a Linux mobile operating system derived from the abandoned MeeGo project. It said that all of the pre-orders were fulfilled by mid-July with demand from 136 countries.
A Jolla spokesperson said: “Our view on the size of the production batch for a mobile device vendor of this size is typically 50,000 units.”
The first batch were sold direct via pre-order, but in a show of support for domestic innovation, Finland’s third largest operator DNA said last year that it would distribute handsets using the OS upon its commercial launch.