Is it difficult to change back cover of unihertz jelly star? Please share your experience. I got this device from a friend and I'm wondering if I could change it to red or blue (I don't like black and also ir is broken as you can see). I've seen on youtube that all of the components are in the back cover, and I'm afraid that I break the device.
Hello guys, i am planning to buy a new compact smartphone 6.1 “ size (don’t want 6.7” brick, difficult to handle).
Currently using iPhone 11 since 2020 which is heating a lot now a days
My use case is preety normal which include browsing, normal photography, OTT streaming and no gaming at all.
My budget is 40k.
So what are my options?
Plz suggest.
while holding on to my xz1 compact for dear life, i'm excited about the new bluefox model. i preordered it and hope it will turn out to be the phone we want and deserve :) yes, "actual product may differ", but let's hope for the best. usually with phones like these, when the dimensions are good, i'm most concerned about the thickness, which in this case is very close to the maximum that i would agree to. no headphone jack is a little bummer but i can live with that. i just hope they are going to ask a decent price for it. how much would you be willing to pay?
ps: in case you wondered, the aiphor website doesn't allow opening developer tools (f12 key in firefox), nor does right-clicking seem to work. you can access dev tools via your browser settings/menu or shift-rightclick into page sourcecode and find the image files you need.. :)
Should I get a jelly max if I drop my phone regularly? If so, what cases have you guys found?
QWERTY feels cramped on small phones.
But QWERTY mini's fewer, larger keys make typing easier with fewer typos.
What keyboard do you usually use on a small phone?
There's really not much I can find on the internet about this phone. Does anyone have any thoughts on it? It would be used in Australia.
It has to be light. Light trumps size everyday of the week for me. I picked up my old samsung edge and was amazed at how light it was. Today's phones are just too heavy for comfortable use.
The razr ultra 50 at around 188 gms is pushing it with the ideal weight being somewhere from 150 to 165 gms or less.
I am writing this on a minimal eink phone mp01 and the weight is perfect at 165 gms.
I just got my minimal phone today!! So far Im loving it.
Phones in image: Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro, Lenovo Vibe x2, Samsung s7262
I have an s22, but i really want a small phone and with the zenfone 10 being how it is with sofwtare support and the boot loader locked, i could go for a pixel 5 but i am not sure if installed linage os could be good since i think the support is close to end or is already over, but i want recomendation and thoughts about this, thank you in advance
I've just discovered the Ikko Mind One Pro and I'm wondering how many of you have one and what your impressions are?
I've seen people saying an old iPhone mini 15 is cheaper and faster/better, but of course you're stuck with apple os.
I don't play games or watch a lot of video, mainly use phone for chat, calls, emails and reading news etc, so how does it fare in that department?
Does it lag with these basic operations? Is it actually slow?
How do you like the camera?
Any issues with apps not working right on the square screen?
Very interested to hear people's thoughts!
TIA
So it seems there are really only a few options for mobile phones around 5 inches in size. I don't want much bigger. And pretty much all of them are catering to a secondary niche like massive battery life or camera use. Aren't the point of phones like these to be a little lighter? Why do they need 5000mAh+ batteries?
I've been using a Galaxy S10e (5.8inch, 150g) with otterbox case (making it 220g) for 6 years. This is my second - the first lasted nearly 5 years before the battery started to die and the second one is starting to slow down with application reliability and support. I need my phone for work and applications are crashing frequently enough that I can't ignore the long search ahead for a new phone. I drop my phone weekly and have had it fall out of my bag on my bike. Never cracked a screen. Never caused damage to it. The phone is a lightweight tank with all of the ports you need. Wonderful stuff.
My new phone needs to be 4.5-5.5inch, have a headphone jack, micro SD card slot and compatibility with a substantial case that will protect it from drops. It needs to be compatible with Android upgrades so it doesn't start tanking in a couple of years time, or at least have a version that will allow for app compatibility for the next 4-5 years. I'm not buying this phone to prevent doomscrolling as I don't feel like it's a problem for me. Half-decent processing power would be nice. Something comparable to my 6 year old S10e would be good enough.
What I'm after does not exist.
Honourable mentions go to:
Ulephone Armor mini 20 - 300g+ and 25mm thick is not a small phone. If only they just gave it a 4000mAh battery instead of a 6200 one. 230g and 15mm would have been great!
Cubot KingKong Mini 4 - Underpowered processer. Brand without much of a reputation.
Fossibot F116/Lagenio Eagle Pro - 23mm thick is not a small phone, but more importantly this phone seems to be an action cam first and a phone second. Both companies aren't that well established and the screen is smaller than I want.
Clicks Communicator/ Unihertz Titan/Titan Pro - No substantial case options available currently. Technically the only phones that tick all of my options, but not a fan of the physical keyboard.
Ulefone Armor X12 - Only comes with Android 13. Probably won't have support that much longer than my current phone. Underpowered. Bigger and heavier than want I want. (257g without a case).
If I sacrifice the headphone jack I've got 3 options:
1 - Bluefox NX1 - Smaller than I want, no rugged case options, but most importantly I have reservations about the security of their products. The same company, "Welcome", sells phones that have Malware on them - https://xdaforums.com/t/soyes-s23-pro-mini-chinese-phone-from-aliexpress.4681069/#post-89681927.
2 - Bluefox NX2/NXBeta (2nd gen). Better size, but same problems as mentioned above.
3 - Unihertz Jelly Max - Thick and chunky, 16.3mm without a case is pushing it. no rugged case options.
I've driven myself crazy looking at my options and have hit a dead end. I've spent an hour a day over the past 3 weeks scouring what's available. Every YouTube video about these phones are almost always unconditionally glazing them, speaking about how AMAZING they are and it just doesn't seem genuine. And of course there's an affiliate link down the bottom. Very little information about security, support, company communication, parts availability, connection incompatibilities etc. There are also plenty of threads I've found that criticise the customer support of brands like Ulefone.
I wish more people would also speak about how brands like Cubot and Ulefone are almost certainly getting their phones made in the same factory. Their webpages look identical.
Please let me know if I'm missing any or shouldn't be paranoid about putting a significant amount of my personal information on a device that doesn't receive frequent security updates or long-term support from the manufacturer.
Is this just the path I have to take if I want a phone below 6inches?
Is anybody in Central Europe (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic) that is willing to sell a Hmd Terra M? I live in Czech Republic and like many other phones is impossible to find here, but I saw that in Germany and other European countries is available but no internet shop is sending to Czech Republic. I reallu like this phone and I will use just for basic things plus installing a couple of apps like Signal or Threema.
Hello everyone, I am planning to buy a new phone under 25k. I'm confused because there are many options in this range. I want to get the best phone available within this budget. Can anyone suggest the best phone under this price? In rupees
i’ve been thinking about getting one. i haven’t seen anyone confirm that jelly star has been updated to android 16. this was supposed to happen last month, did it work?
I'm sure we have all heard the common excuse that phone manufactures have a hard time sourcing smaller screens. I've heard it thrown out plenty when ppl are trying to crowd source a small phone or work on a dream project. I was on the Small Android Phone Project discord for over a year and this excuse was constantly being thrown out. But I'm somewhat into the retro handheld console scene and I'm so often blown away by the quality of screens on these things.
For those not in the know, there is a large and healthy market for smaller devices to emulate older consoles, such as GBA, PSP, PS1, PS2, N64, Dreamcast, etc. Some standouts are:
AYN THOR - bottom screen is 3.92" 1080*1240 resolution
Retroid Pocket 4 - 4.7" 750*1334
Anbernic RG Vita - 5.5" 1920*1080
Anbernic RG Slide - 4.7" 1280*960
These are just a few examples, and they all have different sizes and resolutions. There is clearly a supply of smaller touchscreen available, and some of these, such as the THOR and RP4 are already running android. Just need to swap the chipset out for one that has a cellular modem and add in the other hardware a phone would need(mic, camera, etc).
This is my first time trying to make a phone mod. I'm currently trying to make a custom case for it.
I don't know what the designers were thinking, but they made so many stupid decisions designing this phone and its OS.
For one thing, they changed the accessibility features, so that if you want to reach the top of the phone one-handed, now you have to grab the button of the screen (also a strain) and swipe down (exacerbating the strain) and it takes several tries to get it to work. And today I discovered it doesn't work at all on the home screen. (Edited to add: Okay, apparently it does work, but it took more than a dozen tries.)
Using a phone shouldn't HURT this much.
If anyone makes a new smartphone the same size as the iPhone 5S, I'm buying it. I still have my first-gen SE (which was that size), but the hardware finally broke down. It was THE perfect phone, though.