Jolla phone specs - detailed hardware specs

Contents:

1. Key factors against competitors. How does Jolla differentiate?
2. Jolla Hardware specs with extended details + user comments
3. External links for more reviews

 (read also: Jolla smartphone - Native Sailfish OS and apps by Jolla) [coming soon]

1. Jolla Hardware, the key factors against competitors

Observing stars with a smart phone?
Just one possible idea for The Other Half

• The Other Half - Only two simple ones are introduced so far, delivering extra software content to the phone via an unique code in an NFC tag, but people are looking forward for The Other Halfs which might include additional hardware, adding phone's functionality. The Other Half can interact with the phone via i2c, NFC, Bluetooth and/or WLAN connection. DIY projects are already going on with extra OLED Screen, Hardware keyboard, wireless charging and more. Also Jolla might introduce some hardware related TOH's later, but the time is not yet. However, this might be the just the thing to lift Jolla to it's own category in the smart phone market. It provides us something that others simply don't have. Unfortunately, we might have to wait some time for the first official The Other Halfs.
• No surface buttons - Gesture based UI is designed for use without any surface buttons, familiar from other phone models. UI is quite intuitive, so after using this phone for a while, those others starts to feel a bit difficult to use. On Jolla, there are not much situation when you need to aim to some certain location with your finger.
• I2C connection - This new interface, enabling interaction with several different hardware pieces, in not yet introduced in too many smartphones. Jolla doesn't use it for anything yet, but there are a lot of possibilities, The Other Half beeing probably the first, followed by different set of docks on which the phone can be attached.

2. Jolla - Full hardware specs, details and user comments

HARDWARE	Details	Comments
Display	Ample 4.5" IPS qHD display 5-point multi-touch with Gorilla 2™ Glas Resolution 960x540, density 245ppi Laboratory test results (mpc) Superb sRGB color balance, comparable with iPhone 5 and HTC One Brightness and contrast in only average level White balance high (8400K), making pure white to show slighlty blue	Screen is cold toned, colouring some photos to more blue Wide viewing angle, but color tone changes when the screen is looked at corner angles Landscape mode is not yet fully supported (version 1.0.3.8). It works in camera, gallery and browser.
Camera	Back-facing camera - Autofocus - Digital zoom - Flash (12xLED) - max. aperture 1/2,4f - 8 Mpx with aspect ratio 4:3  (3264 x 2448 px) - 6 Mpx with aspect ratio 16:9  (3264 x 1840 px) - FullHD camcorder  (1920 x 1080 px) Front-facing camera - 1,9 Mpx with aspect ratio 4:3 - 1,6 Mpx with aspect ratio 16:9 - 720p camcorder  (1280 x 720 px)	Front-facing camera is very small, and demands a lot of light. Unusable in dark surrounding. Video image quality reported as ok, sound quality is very poor Note the screen laboratory test: Images might seem toned blue in the phone's own LCD screen. Color balance of photos is good when photos are viewed on better screen.
Memory	1 GB RAM 16 GB storage MicroSD slot (SDXC supported) - officlally supported format vFAT (single partition, 32 Gb size limit)  - other supported formats ext4, btrfx (tested to work with 64 Gb)	Some uncertainty about 64GB MicroSD support. Possibly supported for several models. One 64GB model, Sundisk ultra, formatted to BTRFX (with Linux), is tested to work. Jolla's portuguese distributor informs support for 64GB cards.
Battery, Charger, Talk time	Battery 2100mAh (3.8V, 7.98Wh) User-replaceable Charging microUSB charger (included) Input 100~240VAC 0.2A 50-60 Hz, Output 5VDC 1.0A NFC support for wireless charging (not available yet) Durability, talk time 10 hours with GSM 9 hours with 3G [Unknown with 4G] Durability, standby time 500 h	Also The Other Half could carry an extra battery in the future 4G is not yet enabled (version 1.0.3.8) In version 1.0.2.5 and earlier, there was a bug affecting strongly to Jolla's standby time. 31-Jan-2014 delivered system update (version 1.0.3.8) fixed this After the fix people are finding the battery life very good
Design & Dimension	Design Phone is split to two parts, back cover is called ”The Other Half”. Main part is black, 9 different colors are introduced to The Other Half. Only white is available so far. Dimensions Height: 131 mm Width: 68 mm Thickness: 9.9 mm Weight: 141 g	Several comments about the design, opinions vary. Most are saying its simple and beautiful and right sized for hand. Few comments about cheap impression, possibly slippery back surface.
Chip & Processor	Chipset: Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930AB, Qualcomm) CPU: Krait 300 1.4GHz Dual Core	Average chip, standard model in this price group. Chipset's RF circuit offers large band variety for 2G/GSM, 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE networks
Graphic chip	GPU: Adreno 305	Modern graphic chip, should run modern games with decent performance with Jolla's screen resolution. Users have reported Android games to run as well as in their previous phones. Sample video running GTA3 below
Audio	Mono speaker at the bottom Mono speaker for phone calls 3,5mm headphone connection  - 4 pin plug, model AHJ   (L-R-GND-AUX)- Headphones not included Microphone for phone calls and sound recording Ambience microphone for noise cancellation	Phone's headphone audio quality is surprisingly good. The device can drive beyerdynamic DT 660 very well. Sounds good. Audio quality during phone calls is reported to be good, but headphones with a microphone added some extra noise (might be a headphone quality issue) (see also: camera)
Mobile  Connectivity	GSM (2G) - 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz UMTS (3G) - 900/2100 Mhz LTE (4G) - 800/1800/2600 MHz* - Not yet enabled (1.0.3.8)* Official statement from Jolla: "List of supported countries and operators will be published later” No FM radio** Jolla uses MICRO SIM	LTE (4G) has unsolved power consumpiton issues, why it hasn't yet been enabled by Jolla * LTE (4G) frequencies are confirmed by Jolla. You can check the support for these frequencies from your own operator, or read this wiki ** FM radio, Rumour: There's some software evidence inside Jolla's kernel that it might support FM-radio. However, even a hardware support hasn't been confirmed. Hardware has no antenna for sure, but maybe headphone wire could work as one.
Wireless Connectivity & Connection ports	WLAN802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz - Hardware chip also supports ac (5GHz), but it seems to be not enabled Bluetooth 4.0 EDR HS AGPS & GLONASS wireless NFC MicroUSB 2.0 HS 3.5mm 4-pin audio jack Extension interface for I2C data connectivity & power in/out.	Phone is equipped with a large range of connection ports, but the only visible ones are microUSB and audio jack. WLAN supports DLNA (Upnp media streaming) WiFi Hotspot (WLAN Tethering): Jolla has no setting to enable this, but it can be done via installing 3rd party app from Jolla Store
Sensors	Proximity Accelerometer Gyro E-compass Ambient light	Phone is equipped with an average set of sensors in its price group. All sensors are accessible for both Sailfish and Android apps after version 1.0.3.8.
Back cover alias The Other Half	Available: - "Snow White", a basic TOH, including new ambiece  - "Poppy Red", exclusive TOH for pre-order customers, including another ambience and a special ringtone TOH can interact with the phone via I2C, NFC, WiFi or Bluetooth. Those available are using NFC. TOH can include software, changing the phone's functionality TOH can include hardware, adding phone's capabilities (in limits of the connection type, power and bandwidth)(Ambience is changed automatically when LE TOH is connected to the phone fir its first time. After that, automatic changing is customizable)	The idea of The Other Half is to be an active, possibly hardware and/or software equipped cover which can add/affect the functionality of the phone. The Other Half could be e.g. a qwerty-keyboard, extra battery, more connection ports etc. The Other Half includes an unique ID recognized by the phone. Wireless NFC power in/out ables power to be transfered both ways between The Other Half and "The First Half", but both halves could also carry their own power source.

Hardware, Graphics, Adreno 305: Sample video of GTA 3 running on Jolla

Hardware, The Other Half: Sample image of Keyboard Other Half (from ongoing user DIY project)

3. Reviews / news elsewhere

Seravo:
http://seravo.fi/2013/jolla-phone-first-impressions
CNET:
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/jolla/4505-6454_7-35823733.html
The Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/29/5156446/jolla-smartphone-hands-on-preview
Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/29/a-closer-look-at-the-jolla-phone/
Daily Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/10480366/Ex-Nokia-engineers-launch-Jolla-smartphone.html
Must mention this, possibly even more user videos coming :)
Marcus Lundqvist Youtube channel
Another must: Blog by Marko Grönroos, good first hand user experience
http://markogronroos.blogspot.fi/2013/11/first-experiences-with-jolla-phone.html
Great community, sharing a lot of information (I'm contributing here too)
http://jollatides.com