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1 Week Using the Jolla Phone (2026) | First Impressions
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I had a Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone many years ago :) I liked it better than Android at that time. It was so many years ago but I prefer Sailfish over Windows Phone.
Battery life is good but not excellent, I think most new Android will have better battery lifetime. I charge it to 90 % and it is usually around 40 - 50 % when I charge it the next day. However, the battery drains faster after a couple of days unless I restart it.
I have not tried and not looked for physical 2FA.
I have the orange model so I would say it stands out quite a lot.
With the work SIM card I have free calls, texts and data all over the world so I would bring it with me for that. I would bring it anyway to be sure that BankID works so I can transfer money to my card. I have not had any issue with that so far on the Jolla Phone but I would not want to be in Australia for a couple of weeks if there is an update of BankID that breaks it. Edit: I would also bring an Android so I could use Revolut, which is the only app that I have tried which doesn't work.
There is a inofficial Signal app and it works. I added it as a secondary device because it was some bug to add it as primary device, I don't know if that makes any difference. I also use Signal with one friend only so I don't know how group chats works.
Default browser has a major issue, it lags. I tried with Duck duck Go browser from F-droid and it does not lag. The default browser is based on an old version of Gecko (engine for Firefox) as I understand it, would be better if it was a newer version but I have not found anything that doesn't work with it.
I have never heard of Chipolo, so same as the 2FA I have not been looking for that or tried it.
I use the built in note taking app but I think it was one inofficial Nextcloud notes. I have been thinking of setting up Nextcloud at home and then I would try that.