Well, I first thought the same, but after a second thought I realized that it is the same for Apple devices for instance : everybody names it an “iPhone”, not an “iOS Phone”…
Let’s wait and see, wishing the best to Murena 
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But IOS is just available for only one Device… 
This means that there going to be 2 names?
Abrand name “murena” (name combined for all products and services which will be used for marketing purposes) and a separate name for the OS (/e/OS or “the new name”).
In my opinion it’s a good move because it indicates that efoundation would not only be selling smart phones but some other products as well. For example, in future they might be selling cars but it would be odd to call “/e/OS car” but a “murena car” would be promising.
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If somebody would ask me, i would give the answer:
I have a fairphone with eOS, but not a Murena phone…
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That would be my answer too for the time being. But if they come up with their own hardware, would you still mention fairphone?
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Own hardware, thats different.
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If it was their own hardware it should be named as they wish.
The downside that jumped out at me was the eshop advertising a Murena Galaxy. As a potential buyer I would then have to find out in what way it was not a Samsung. The benefit of a Samsung is the attractive hardware and build quality. I do not discount that Samsung made contributions to Linux. They have agreements forcing them to adopt bad paths in software but the “rebranding” might well be quite negative to them.
Samsung Galaxy from Murena - no issues.
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Can esolutions legally sale Samsung or Fairphone devices, rebranded as Murena, without mention of the original manufacturer ?
Especially for Samsung, don’t they need an agreement to do this?
@Manoj, i think it would be better to extract your announcement and all following replies into a new standalone topic. I think it’s clear this is important enough to warrant a new topic with the announcement as the first post.
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I was hoping to close this thread in a couple of days. The point was we needed a brand name. That part is complete now. This effectively closes the subject.
Now we can focus on topics that are more important like making the OS stable and reducing the number of bugs 
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Thanks for responding.
EDIT: I admit I only just noticed there has already been a standalone topic started by a user, so my request is unnecessary anyway. As always, I should pay more attention to the wise @AnotherElk 
Yes, I think this should be a priority 
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I love the new name, and how it ties back to the old name eelo (murena/moray is a type of eel).
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OK, then they should also have introduced a new cool logo with the beast on it at the same time. If you have a moray in the pocket it must be cool, not slimy.
Yes, let’s hope the logo won’t be too fishy.
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Bit dissapointing that this anouncement was just lost in the middle of this thread, for such a big topic and long awaited announcement it should have been at the top of the forum for everyone to see and talk about. Instead it kinda just died and got burried here straight away.
Also the notice “This topic has been solved, only reply if…” really discourages conversion about it.
Unfortunately my first impression is having the two names will cause confusion. When talking with people do I talk about /e/OS or Murena phones. Maybe I dont understand it yet.
I’m just going to continue calling it E until I do get my head around it.
Whats e?
Its a mobile OS.
Where do you find e?
e.foundation
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When talking about Apple devices, I refer to “iPhones” if I am talking about the devices, and “iOS” if I am talking about the Operating System and the apps that run under it. Most people I talk to don’t get confused
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Yeh I think I just need time to let the change sink in and come at it with a fresh mind.
As a native english speaker Murena sounds nice, rolls off the tongue easy, and is just a nice sounding name regardless of if there is a fish by that name. I’ve never heard of it.
In English, it’s a Moray Eel
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