Volla phone (is back and) will be a new UT phone in 2020
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@makeixo Personally, I supported the two projects, the Volla phone and the Pinephone. I believe in these two medium-term projects, each with their own specificity.
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Excerpts from Update 13 on the Volla phone.
For the full article, see https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/volla-phone-free-your-mind-protect-your-privacy/#/updates/all
Ubuntu Touch
Over the past month we have made great progress in terms of stability. Updates of the operating system are now available via the developer and soon via the release OTA channel. For example, a bug in the memory management was fixed and the power management was improved. Many more details were implemented by the Volla team with volunteer beta testers and developers. New is also the possibility to exchange files with a connected PC or Mac.
We are currently working on remaining development topics for a release candidate, including
Extension of the camera function to include zooming.- Switching from photo to video camera without freezing. The problem, occurs when the aspect ratio of the image sections is different.
- Support of telephony with a Bluetooth headset.
- On the platform for open source software Github you can see the progress and open topics.
Sailfish OS
In parallel there is also progress of the Sailfish OS Community Port. From the community we have the statement that it has already become a daily companion on the Volla phone. At the moment we are preparing to make Sailfish OS available via the Ubports installer for the Volla Phone for later installation. We say thank you to Adam Pigg and all further contributors.
Dual Boot
Last but not least the community project is progressing, with which the Volla Phone can start a second operating system via SD card, ideal for trying out another operating system or strictly separating data for work and occupation.
The solution allows to install the dual boot loader via app, format an SD card and install Ubuntu Touch. The developer is currently testing the installation of Sailfish OS. We say thank you to the developer Luka and further contributors like „nift4".
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The first VollaPhones are starting to arrive among lambda users with the first testimonials such as:
"I got my Volla Phone with UT yesterday. I am very pleasantly surprised. Great! Now I still have to try the Anobx. If that runs stable, then everything is perfect from my point of view."
"The camera seems to confirm my hopes for better pictures than on a Sony XA2 Plus with Sailfish."
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@libremax When i receive it, after testing UT, i can't wait to also test the Volla OS to see what it does best that UT does not currently allow me to do for my daily use..
I forgot to ask during the last Q and A if the UBports Team had tested the Volla Os and what they thought about it.
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Volla Shop is online (in deutch) and same price for the Volla Phone 359€ (in comparison with Indiegogo) : https://volla.online/de/shop/index.php?catalog/all/-/date/1
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I think this will be my next UT device
Two things I'm curious about are:Some sources online state that the max SD card capacity is 256GB, other say 512GB. Has anyone tested for the upper limit?
Is the USB C port USB 3.1 rated? Or just slowmo USB 2?
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@TartanSpartan Gigaset says for GS290 256 GB and USB 2.0.
So I presume it's the same for VollaPhone. -
Volla Phone reaches
500 backers -
I am quite curious how many they have sold in total.
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@makeixo Yes we don't know exactly but undoubtedly relatively more, so that in spite of the mistrust, the product ended up convincing (of these very correct performances, to be able to evolve and thus hold the road for some time (years)).
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@tartanspartan - I've only tested to 128GB, and that worked well. Will have to try larger sizes, but need to order some in.
Best regards,
Steve Berson
