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Unihertz Jelly 2E – smartphone with 3“ screen

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

#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. Either way, glad to see some cheap and small Android phone that looks relatively nonsense-free.

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

#6

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/

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

#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.

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

#8
I'm still using my Palm Phone, as I find it better looking and I think the form factor is nicer than the Unihertz phones. I am able to type pretty easily with Microsoft's swipe text keyboard.

But as it was not particularly fast in 2018, it's only a matter of time until software becomes too slow to use on the phone. Even opening the text messaging app has a visual lag nowadays. The battery life is also not great; I don't really care but it seems to annoy my friends lol.

Eventually I'll probably end up with a Unihertz, but I'm still holding out for a new similarly sleek small phone from Palm.

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

#10
I ran the universe Titan for about 9 months. I really wanted a keyboard and I figured the small screen would help curb my usage.

While it was fun, I found too many apps simply can’t handle that small of a screen. It annoyed me to the point that I switched back to nearly the largest screen I could find.

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