Sailfish OS: actually usable now? 2024 review and comparison

Yes, Sailfish OS is still in active development! Sailfish OS 5 was announced on May 20th, 2024. Let's find out if it can be used as a daily driver and why it is the best Linux OS for smartphones out there.

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BONUS
There you can also find default Sailfish OS 3 wallpaper (northern lights) and 2 additional wallpapers from the tutorial app. Enjoy!

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Keep in mind, OS updates may brake microG install and it might affect Android App Support

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📲 Sailfish OS is free, but you can buy add-ons license here:
(yes, you can use VPN if you're not in the EU/UK/Norway/Switzerland, your payment will go through anyway)

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✨ Sailfish OS community

Installation instructions for Windows, macOS and Linux are available here:

List of Sailfish OS supported devices:

#jolla #sailfish #linuxphone

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00:00 Intro
00:20 Jolla and Sailfish OS in 2024
01:42 Sailfish OS on Xperia 10 vs 10 III vs Jolla phone
01:49 Sony Xperia 10 III - bad things
02:16 Sony Xperia 10 III - good things
02:54 Sailfish OS on Xperia 10 III - strengths
03:15 Browser is smoother
04:03 Fixes in browser
04:12 GPS connectivity is different
04:39 Fingerprint scanner
04:55 Is it really faster?
05:19 How do android apps work
06:29 Working with documents (kinda)
07:12 Watching movies from SD card
07:55 Xperia 10 vs 10 III - speed and RAM management
08:41 Sailfish OS on Xperia 10 III - weaknesses
09:22 Camera support on Xperia 10 III
10:10 Battery drain on Xperia 10 III
11:12 (Basic) things that are still missed
11:37 Nice addition in Sailfish OS 4.6 for Xperia 10 III
11:50 Ports for Sony vs Jolla phone!
12:20 Gaming on Sailfish OS: Sony vs Jolla phone
13:19 The difference is noticeable
14:00 Jolla phone scrolling tricks
14:19 Xperia 10 III vs Jolla - speed and RAM management
15:29 Sailfish OS as a daily driver in 2024?
15:39 Sailfish OS vs Linux "competitors"
16:04 Sailfish OS community apps
16:30 I love this design!
17:13 It is not android, BUT
17:43 Whom I would recommend a Sailfish OS phone
18:18 More good news soon!

[io_inc]

I'm subscribing under 1 condition, if you were to make more videos about Jolla and SailfishOS 🤣

[joppyccom]

why doesn't Sony just move to make a smartphone with Sailfish OS officially. Sony is very underrated with Android, it can be said that it is not successful with Android. In my opinion, it is better for Sony to collaborate with Jolla to make a Sailfish smartphone officially. I am sure it can compete with Android and iOS. In my opinion, sailfish OS is better than Android and iOS. Come on Sony and Jolla, make a breakthrough. Sony is a big company and Jolla has a very sophisticated OS. If they join officially, they can definitely produce a smartphone that is more sophisticated than the current smartphone

[mercilego]

Good to know Jolla is still alive. Keep going.

[skykoala]

Great review!

I am not sure if one can recommend this phone as a device immune to government surveillance software like Pegasus, though. The software like this use security vulnerabilities in Android and iOS, and the only reason why SailfishOS feels more secure is the lack of proper security audit - so few breaches and CVEs are widely known to be specific to Sailfish OS, not just Linux in general. When Sailfish gets more popular, a situation may happen that it is even easier to crack automatically than a recent Android or iOS version.

[SuuperPham]

The Finnish accent gets me every
time. Lived in Helsinki for sometime.

[loyaltiads]

Sailfish OS should collaborate with BlackBerry, thus creating a new world in the BlackBerry smartphone market share.

[JintoJames]

Would be great if one day it rises up to compete against the mainstream alternatives

[SouthernRaj]

Really hope sailfis os takes off. We really need an alternative to iOS and Android

[DanielPeter_records]

Earned a new subscriber, keep it going ✔️

[EmiNarcissus]

I just got my Xperia 1ii installed community version and migrated aliendalvik on the firmware, I do believe this is one of the most impressive mobile system I've used, probably can support me the next 3-4 years😂

[io_inc]

I wish i will have the time to write a react native wrapper for it, but i don't think i will get a lot of support

[pupi-pupi]

Дякую) Coincidentally I’ve bought 10-3 for my mother, it seems that she will live with Sailfish OS from now on😅

[mister_magister]

As an author of microtube, you get +1 point for showing microtube and -3 points for not showing picoplayer during video playback, showing fernschreiber instead of my yottagram (yeah we got beef lmao), and not using nanofiles for file browsing

[nobodynever]

Ive looked into sailfish OS in the past but the list of compatible phones is always phones i can't buy in USA. Very confusing.

[vulcanitu]

I wonder if revanced would compile on it

[bokocchop]

Is it tied to Sony? Why not release for new Pixels? More mind/market share == more funds?

[MikeShPr]

Надо, чтобы на HMD копии N9 запустили, тогда вообще олдскулы всем сведет

[intalek]

Been waiting years to get this on my Xperia hopefully now is the time.

[KHeCaspianXI]

I have sony 10 mark 3 but can't unlock it, my model is japanese. what to do ?

[devhamid]

I wish they support Xiaomi phones, since they have active community and better hardware.