Jolla's self-titled and first smartphone launched in partnership with Finnish carrier DNA this week, with a few hundred handsets finding their way to early pre-orderers. Today, a couple of familiar faces from the company stopped off in London to let us play with the final hardware and get to grips with Jolla's Sailfish OS, which is based somewhat on Nokia's old MeeGo platform. If you caught our tour of the Jolla prototype earlier this year then you've got a good idea of what the handset looks like. In fact, the only differences we can see aesthetically are slightly smaller bezels above and below the screen, and that the rear camera has moved from right flank to center stage. Internally, the core specs are: A 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930), 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage space (expandable), a 4.5-inch, 960x540 (qHD) IPS LCD display, an 8-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel shooter on the front. We only had a few hours to probe Jolla's first device, but head past the break for our initial impressions.
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As we've said, the handset's design hasn't changed much since the prototype stage. Jolla's phone is angular, solidly built and at 141g (nearly 5 ounces), has an industrial quality to it. While its appearance may be preferable to curves for some, the lack of rounded edges doesn't make for the most comfortable hold. The sharp edges tend to dig in to your hand; the bottom corners especially. We're also not sure we like the seam that separates the main chassis from its