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Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by rostayob »

I've been using this phone as my full time phone for 1 year. It's a great compromise for people that ideally would not want a smartphone, but need to have one since many life situations require it.

I basically only use it for WhatsApp and music, but when some other need arises, it can do everything a normal smartphone can do.

The only problem is that the build quality is not good. The audio jack of the first one I bought (off the initial kickstarter) broke after 6 months or so. I bought another one, and the up volume button recently broke. But otherwise, no complaints.

Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by DidYaWipe »

rostayob wrote: post #3

I've been using this phone as my full time phone for 1 year. It's a great compromise for people that ideally would not want a smartphone, but need to have one since many life situations require it. I basically only use it for WhatsApp and music, but when some other need arises, it can do everything a normal smartphone can do. The only problem is that the build quality is not good. The audio jack of the first one I bo…

Interesting. The headphone jack would be my main reason for buying this thing.

Recently forgot my iPad on a trip, and couldn't listen to anything on the plane because my goddamned iPhone lacks a headphone jack. So offensively stupid.

Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by wkat4242 »

Part of the problem with this brand is that this "Android 13 Smartphone" will probably stay that forever. Updates are very very minimal.

I have their first jelly and it didn't even get the upgrade they promised.

Other than that, it's not so bad. Swype-typing makes a small keyboard still useful. But the updates really are the achilles heel here.

Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by rostayob »

DidYaWipe wrote: post #5
rostayob wrote: post #3

I've been using this phone as my full time phone for 1 year. It's a great compromise for people that ideally would not want a smartphone, but need to have one since many life situations require it. I basically only use it for WhatsApp and music, but when some other need arises, it can do everything a normal smartphone can do. The only problem is that the build quality is not good. The audio jack of the first one I bo…

Interesting. The headphone jack would be my main reason for buying this thing. Recently forgot my iPad on a trip, and couldn't listen to anything on the plane because my goddamned iPhone lacks a headphone jack. So offensively stupid.

Note that I was fairly careless with it, and I'm pretty clumsy. It probably fell 20+ times. But still, it feels very cheap (and I suppose it makes sense given the price).

Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by phh »

Jelly Star is really small, I doubt it's usual as an actual smartphone (but I understand the "under-smartphone" usage). For the people who want the just-big-enough-to-be-usable-one-handed (for average man hands let's say), the upcoming Jelly Max should fit better.

My current daily driver which fits that just-big-enough is Qin 3 Ultra. Its size is perfect, but it is no longer available (unless you want to use their original firmware, which ugh, no)

(Also anecdote, I once ordered a phone from Unihertz, I never received it. I couldn't cancel the payment because it was a kickstarter with few months delay...I won't buy directly from them again)

Of course none of the devices I mentioned (both Qin & Unihertz) are compliant with GPL and release their kernel source code...

Re: Jelly Star – The Smallest Android 13 Smartphone

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Post by fragmede »

DidYaWipe wrote: post #5
rostayob wrote: post #3

I've been using this phone as my full time phone for 1 year. It's a great compromise for people that ideally would not want a smartphone, but need to have one since many life situations require it. I basically only use it for WhatsApp and music, but when some other need arises, it can do everything a normal smartphone can do. The only problem is that the build quality is not good. The audio jack of the first one I bo…

Interesting. The headphone jack would be my main reason for buying this thing. Recently forgot my iPad on a trip, and couldn't listen to anything on the plane because my goddamned iPhone lacks a headphone jack. So offensively stupid.

why didn't you buy the Bluetooth adapter from the bestbuy kiosk in the airport to use your airpods with the plane's headphone jack?
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