They seem to have the same problem Jolla has – a phone OS without devices. Every once in a while a smaller hardware manufacturer (BQ, PuzzlePhone, FairPhone, Turing Phone, etc) makes some promises or actual releases a model with some support, but those companies are struggling themselves for any real market share – or mind-share. I guess the margins are too low to grow fast enough and get leverage against the big manufacturers and the default Android choice.
I really hope one of these more open-source friendly companies gets a foothold in the phone space, even if it happens by courting markets in countries like Russia and China who are politically less than thrilled about handing over too much information to American companies like Google and Apple.
I really hope one of these more open-source friendly companies gets a foothold in the phone space, even if it happens by courting markets in countries like Russia and China who are politically less than thrilled about handing over too much information to American companies like Google and Apple.