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Post by hammock »

mcdonje wrote: post #185
hammock wrote: post #32

Shameless plug for the Jelly 2. https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 It's not a "flagship" but it is fully featured - nothing spared - and half the size of my palm. The screen is just small enough to be too annoying to do anything really distracting on. I have gotten NOTHING but compliments on it since I started using it a month ago (on a reco I picked up here).

Is it waterproof? A small phone like this would be ideal for working out or hiking. But between sweat and rain, I'd want it to be waterproof for those scenarios.

Haven't tested it. It has a headphone jack so probably not waterproof

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Post by ris58h »

brk wrote: post #82

What I really want is both, a larger phone (for me happens to be iPhone) for "most of the time" and a smaller phone for occasional use. I want them to have the same phone number and keep data in sync, basically like two extensions of the same line. However, I'm not willing to pay my carrier a premium/additional monthly cost just to have two phones that cannot be used simultaneously. Much of this is able to be done wi…

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Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

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Post by meonmyphone »

This is something I've been wishing for a while - some kind of initiative to help make a small Android device available. So I'm happy to see this, especially when it's backed by someone with influence in the industry.

The author's motivations don't see that strong, though. I mean, if Apple improved the notification system and the file management, would this project exist? Or is it that unlikely to happen in a few years?

Anyway, I really hope the project works. I really do. And I'm willing to contribute the way I can.

I've been trying to make the switch to Android for years, but couldn't find a decent device, despite few attempts over the years.

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Post by 0des »

mrweasel wrote: post #147
0des wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weird, all the europeans who visit me in the US talk so much about how great it is to have this much space.

Right, it's not that we don't want bigger houses, apartments or cars, we just can't justify it in terms of cost. I'd love to get my wife a bigger car, so she wouldn't be scared of driving in the snow, but just buying it would be three times the price (or more) compared to the small car she's currently driving.

Plenty of room down south, we'd be happy to have you both.

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Post by littlecranky67 »

duxup wrote: post #25

I moved to iOS recently, partly to get an iPhone mini. It's wonderful to have a small phone.

iPhone convert for the small form factor here, too. I had Android since the Galaxy S1, but in 2018 switched to the iPhone 8 as there was just no decent SFF android device. I considered the Pixel 3a, and I am glad that I didn't go for it as it dropped out of support and no longer receives security updates, while I'm today still on my fully supported and updated iPhone 8. Next phone will be one of the iPhone SE series.

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Post by hammock »

doliveira wrote: post #97
hammock wrote: post #32

Shameless plug for the Jelly 2. https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 It's not a "flagship" but it is fully featured - nothing spared - and half the size of my palm. The screen is just small enough to be too annoying to do anything really distracting on. I have gotten NOTHING but compliments on it since I started using it a month ago (on a reco I picked up here).

Do you have any issues with apps and layouts misbehaving because of the small screen? Being annoying to type on is a feature, but is it basically impossible?

Sometimes websites with big popups fuck with you, but then again we ought to be avoiding those websites anyway. I haven't noticed any issues with apps.

Typing is much easier than you would think. With swipe typing it's almost at par.

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Post by giaour »

kuschku wrote: post #167
masklinn wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are two big issues with SFF, really: - people tend to correlate size and price, and by default the correlation is direct (for some things it's inverse), so at similar capabilities (and thus prices) consumers will tend to go with the larger version - for a smartphone specifically, there's a direct relationship between battery size and device size, and battery life is a really valuable convenience The iPhone 13 m…

> The iPhone 13 mini has a 2400 mAh battery, the 13 has 3200. 33% more battery capacity is a lot, and at 2400mAh I don't think the mini doesn't survive an entire day of relatively heavy use without a charge. So make it 3mm thicker?

This would probably be a dealbreaker for a lot of people. Unihertz makes small android phones that are on the thicker side, and I've been hesitant to buy one because of their girth (despite there not being any alternative small android phones on the market).

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Post by drewzero1 »

bloqs wrote: post #39
perardi wrote: post #6

“matching size and design of iPhone 13 Mini” So, by all accounts, the iPhone mini has been an extremely slow seller. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopula... Why would that form factor succeed in the Android space? --- I see these meme on tech sites all the time: “oh phones are too big I just want something simple”. That is a valid sentiment that I think is shared by basically no average consum…

Every female member of my family has complained about devices being too big. Its clearly based on anecdotal evidence. People with smaller hands want to be able to operate the phone fully with one hand.

Not only smaller hands, but smaller pockets.

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Post by bobbiechen »

One interesting feature on my Samsung Galaxy S9 is "one-handed mode", which shrinks the screen area to about the size of the iPhone Mini screen, leaving black bars along one side and the top. It's interesting that they're aware of the issue and have a software solution.

One-handed mode is decent when holding the phone parallel to the ground supported by your hand, but still doesn't cut it for holding the phone up since you'll need to grip the entire phone body anyways.

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Post by hammock »

SoftTalker wrote: post #110
hammock wrote: post #32

Shameless plug for the Jelly 2. https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 It's not a "flagship" but it is fully featured - nothing spared - and half the size of my palm. The screen is just small enough to be too annoying to do anything really distracting on. I have gotten NOTHING but compliments on it since I started using it a month ago (on a reco I picked up here).

One concern with a very small phone is that it necessarily has a very small battery. If you can charge frequently, or you only use the phone for an occasional text message it may be OK for you, but if you're checking it every few minutes and active on social media you'll likely not be happy with it.

With regular use the battery lasts about as long as the iPhone 13 Pro, that is to say, slightly less than a full day. But the point of this phone is that ideally you are using it less.
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