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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 wkat4242 »

CameronNemo wrote: post #17
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?

Knowing unihertz they'll abandon it as soon as they have a newer model out. Long term support is not their thing. You'll be lucky to get one version upgrade (my non pro original jelly never got one despite being promised) and a handful of security patches.

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

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Post by skavi »

bmaupin wrote: post #5

The Jelly Star is interesting too, another 3" phone with Android 13 and better specs than the 2e: https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-star

The Jelly 2 is also quite a bit faster. The 2e is slow enough that I wouldn’t expect it to be a great experience for most people.

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

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Post by dleslie »

kortilla wrote: post #20
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?

Of the pocket? I wish. Make it water proof and improve the camera and it could easily be the perfect phone for me.

Whatever apps that don't work with the screen dimensions I just don't use. Every communication app I need works fine, as does every map and weather app.

I have zero issues with the Proton suite, OSMand, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Messenger, Authy, WeatherCan, Ring, TidesNearMe, Firefox, Foobar, Podcast Republic, Cx File, Newpipe, and more.

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

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

CameronNemo wrote: post #17
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?

I'm not even as worried about the major versions as security patches. I rather prefer my phones to last more than a year, which is kinda hard when their security stance looks like so much swiss cheese.

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

#36

Post by qup »

crow_bow wrote: post #13
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…

> 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 think the stylesheet changed. This happened to me as well, I had to switch to a reader app.

I typically use Firefox on Android, Samsung (normal sized)

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

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Post by wkat4242 »

kortilla wrote: post #20
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?

The atom series are supposedly waterproof though reviews show very mixed results.

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

#38

Post by superb-owl »

gurchik wrote: post #30

I bought a Jelly Pro a few years ago and I regretted it. I am part of an on-call schedule but I don't feel comfortable mingling personal devices and work apps and credentials. I wanted an inexpensive device that was small enough I could keep in my pocket with my personal devices. In return for wanting both "cheap" and "small" I was willing to compromise significantly on "performance." All I wanted it to do was to rec…

The jelly 2e works much better. Maybe slightly worse than the average android phone I've had, but very much acceptable.

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

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Post by projektfu »

gurchik wrote: post #30

I bought a Jelly Pro a few years ago and I regretted it. I am part of an on-call schedule but I don't feel comfortable mingling personal devices and work apps and credentials. I wanted an inexpensive device that was small enough I could keep in my pocket with my personal devices. In return for wanting both "cheap" and "small" I was willing to compromise significantly on "performance." All I wanted it to do was to rec…

I never had that problem but the phone did a lot of things in the name of preserving its tiny battery. It was an unreliable running partner and didn't respect any settings to keep apps running. Even then, the battery wouldn't last a full day. I loved the form factor but I'm too forgetful to charge twice a day.

I think lots of apps probably wouldn't work on such a small screen now.

I am tempted to try using one of the new ones.

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