Yota Devices refutes the transition from Android OS to Jolla OS

Yota Devices CEO Vladislav Martynov, according to numerous media reports, refutes the possible transition to the mobile OS Jolla from the current Android OS. In particular, Roem.ru writes about this with reference to Martynov's message for iGuides.ru

The manual has no specific plans to work with Jolla on the introduction of the operating system in smartphones. In the foreseeable future, YotaPhone will be a device based on Android OS.

Moreover, according to Roem.ru, Yota Devices is extremely dissatisfied with this state of affairs with the information "stuffing" regarding its plans to use Jolla OS.

The absurd "news" about the change of the platform was sold out more widely than we would like, including abroad, where the phone manufacturer takes the first steps and expects to sell most of the products ... this is not true, but for readers it translates the smartphone from a class of curious devices on a popular platform curiosities.

Vladislav Martynov also notes that the binding of Yota Devices to the Russian Federation is “relative” and the company is global rather than Russian, even despite the presence of the FSB certificate and the presence of Rostec among the owners of the company.

As of August 2014, 70% of the company's employees are outside the Russian Federation. The release of iron company orders in factories in Asia.

Finally, in Asia, the company’s CEO also sees the main market for YotaPhone. In China, the company expects to sell up to 50% of all manufactured devices and has refined the devices to the regional specifics, i.e. replaced Google with Baidu, eBay with Taobao, and made other changes needed by the Chinese device market.