Jolla announces the new Jolla Phone with Sailfish OS 5 and a physical privacy switch

Finnish company Jolla has announced a new smartphone after a long hiatus from launching new models. It is called the Jolla Phone and is advertised by Jolla as an “independent European Do It Together (DIT) Linux phone.”

Jolla says the Jolla Phone is a “real Linux phone” because it runs “actual Linux” on the inside, “not a pseudo-Linux.” But that’s at the core. From the user’s point of view, you get version 5 of the privacy-focused Sailfish OS, advertised as the “only European mobile operating system.”

After a long silence in X, @JollaHQ is back. And we’re bringing something Europe…