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Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by MiddleEndian »

pixelatedindex wrote: post #3

You know, I like it. But using an on-screen keyboard on that would be exhausting. Also many apps are built with at least 5” screen real estate in mind - so with the keyboard up, I wonder if it would be annoying to type a response/comment. I know I struggled with an OG iPhone SE, and that experience is the source of my concern here. I imagine the target audience probably won’t write lengthy emails on this thing. Eithe…

I have a similarly small phone (3.3" screen but the same sized case, but much slower lol).

The swipe keyboard I have installed is easy and I actually have it shrunk to the smallest size allowed to minimize movement. I don't post on hacker news with it, I only use sites like HN on my PC, but I am able to write reasonably long emails (although I mainly just email myself notes).

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by dleslie »

I have a Titan Pocket and just love it. Unihertz has also been a fantastic company to interact with: I broke my titan, walked into the ocean, and they replaced it for a small fraction of the purchase cost.

I only wish the camera was better.

That said, I think this Jelly looks like a good phone for my kids.

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by crow_bow »

pixelatedindex wrote: post #3

You know, I like it. But using an on-screen keyboard on that would be exhausting. Also many apps are built with at least 5” screen real estate in mind - so with the keyboard up, I wonder if it would be annoying to type a response/comment. I know I struggled with an OG iPhone SE, and that experience is the source of my concern here. I imagine the target audience probably won’t write lengthy emails on this thing. Eithe…

I've used this phone for 1.5 years now. I've been pleasantly surprised at how many apps and websites work just fine with it. ... Actually, HN used to work fine and broke just a couple days ago (started making the text tiny and way too wide to view), and I'm not sure what happened.

I have pretty small hands, and I find the on screen keyboard okay. I do make a lot more typos than I used to with a bigger phone, and type slower, but it's not a big deal for me.

The biggest downside is the camera sucks. I'm hoping the next version (Jelly Star) will be better.

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by StevenNunez »

I was rocking an Orchid F1 for a few months with talk text and navigation.

It ran a super old version of Android and didn't have a browser. It scratched a "detox" itch but made me less reachable at work in a way I felt made me less valuable so I I went back to a smart phone.

This phone seems like a good happy medium that adds friction at the right places.

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by Al0neStar »

bmaupin wrote: post #6
shortrounddev2 wrote: post #2

I just want a dumb phone which does simple SMS and phone calls, but every brand I try has weird glitches that mess up texting. I just want an oldschool nokia

Have you tried the Punkt MP02?: https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp02-4g-mobile-phone/

379$!

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by CameronNemo »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #7

It has an IR blaster. Why is this the only phone I've seen in ages with an IR blaster? And the rest of its specs look decent, although the battery is a little poor and the lack of USB OTG is a bit unfortunate. Still, if it had decent 3rd-party ROM support I'd actually consider it.

Finally someone mentions software support. Android 12 is good now, but what about in a couple years?

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by causality0 »

I don't understand how the smartphone market is so enormous but the variety is so small. Why do I have to carry around a phone over twice as tall as it is wide when the space my thumb can reach is roughly circular? If I'm holding my phone balanced in my hand I can neither reach the navigation area at the bottom nor the notification area at the top. If I get a phone small enough to reach the whole screen it's so narrow I'm wasting a ton of potential width.

Sell me a 16:9 phone again dammit.

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by maxk42 »

shortrounddev2 wrote: post #2

I just want a dumb phone which does simple SMS and phone calls, but every brand I try has weird glitches that mess up texting. I just want an oldschool nokia

I believe this is the page you're looking for: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/0920BDAE-2CCA-43D5-A91F-B...

Re: Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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Post by kortilla »

dleslie wrote: post #12

I have a Titan Pocket and just love it. Unihertz has also been a fantastic company to interact with: I broke my titan, walked into the ocean, and they replaced it for a small fraction of the purchase cost. I only wish the camera was better. That said, I think this Jelly looks like a good phone for my kids.

Do they have a waterproof version?
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