Jolla, a company formed by a group of former Nokia employees, is all set
to foray into the Indian market with its first smartphone.
The
company announced the news on Twitter, and said, "#Jolla smartphone
coming to India very soon, exclusively on Snapdeal. Be the first to
know", confirming that the smartphone will be exclusively available on
Snapdeal.
The
official Jolla site is now teasing the
smartphone's India launch with the tagline, "Jolla sails to India," and
is also letting interested consumers sign-up to be notified when the
Jolla smartphone becomes available in India.
For those unaware,
the highlight of the Jolla Smartphone
is that it runs the
Sailfish OS mobile operating system, which has been developed by a few
former employees of Nokia, who had worked on the MeeGo operating system
that was being developed in partnership with computer chip giant Intel.

In
February, Jolla had announced that it would be expanding the availability of its smartphone to Hong
King, India, and Russia this year. For now, the Jolla smartphones are
available in Finland via local carrier DNA's shops. The smartphone is
also available to European users via the firm's official stores for EUR
399 (approximately Rs. 34,000).
Jolla launched its Sailfish
OS-powered smartphone in November last year, and it features a 4.5-inch Estrade (540x960 pixels)
display, and a 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor coupled
with 1GB of RAM. It also has an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera
alongside an LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera as well.
Other
specifications of the Jolla smartphone included 16GB of inbuilt storage
(expandable via microSD card), and a 2100mAh battery. It is compatible
with roughly 85,000 Android apps, and supports fast 4G Internet
connections.