Sailfish Can Officially Be Installed To Android Devices

jones_supa writes "Talouselämä Magazine met Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimäki and asked a puzzling question. If Jolla truly is compatible with Android devices, is Jolla going to let individual users to install the Sailfish operating system on the Android devices that they already have? Pienimäki answers: 'That is the plan. We are on device business and OS business. It is fairly easy to install the OS on Android devices'. He says that especially in China, changing firmwares is a mainstream thing. About half of the smartphone buyers are upgrading their older or cheaper devices with a better version of Android. Therefore, Jolla's plan is to get some Sailfish installations sneaked in, too."

Interesting.

[MrEricSir]

So this means both Sailfish and Ubuntu Phone can be installed on Android devices. This is an interesting development -- perhaps we're moving toward a PC-like standard for phone and tablet hardware?

Re:Interesting.

[mwvdlee]

perhaps we're moving toward a PC-like standard for phone and tablet hardware?

Well; most Android devices have a bootloader you'll have to hack and void warranty if you do so.... yes!

Re:Interesting.

[hydrofix]

Interesting. It's slightly better hardware [gsmarena.com] than Jolla for €100 less. But at least for now without Sailfish OS, of course.