Jolla CEO hopes to put an end to smartphone spec war

Finnish company Jolla and its CEO Marc Dillon are hoping to convince consumers that buying a new smartphone isn’t just about the number of cores available and the size of the screen when the company later this year releases the first smartphone based on the Sailfish OS.

Breaking into the smartphone market with a new OS may seem like a tall order, but at Mobile World Congress the backers of several new ones are showing off their software. Mozilla, which develops Firefox OS, has been the most visible, but Jolla is equally determined to make a dent in Google and Apple’s dominance.