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Apologies for side-tracking the OP discussion, but how's the performance on this thing? Have been looking for a tiny phone for a while.

ourmandave 9y ago
Just got mine Friday and I'm still waiting for a SIM from my carrier. It's a bit frustrating because the plastic wrapped battery is packed in the phone and the instructions don't tell you that. (I've gotten emails where they talk about mailing battery issues so I wondered if it even came with one or that would arrive separately.) Getting the back cover off is kind of hard. I didn't want to break it in the first 5 minutes. There's an unhelpful unboxing video on youtube because it didn't include set up but I finally found one where they pried it off with a guitar pick. There's also a youtube video of someone playing video games on it. Like, why? Gaming on a 5" screen is painful enough, for me anyway. No plans to carry it anywhere except my pocket.
balakk 9y ago
I just bought an iPhone SE. It's not as small as the Jelly, but way more usable. It runs latest ios 11 pretty well, has a decent camera, and > 1 day battery life for my usage. I am figuring it will last at least 2 years, considering it has the same internals as an iPhone 6S. If you're looking for a small phone, the SE nails it IMO.
- lightbyte 9y ago
  It's also 4-6x the price of the Jelly/Jelly Pro. I don't think that's worth it.
  - 101km 9y ago
    The Jelly is $100, the iPhone SE is $350. You can also pretty easily resell the iPhone after two years to recapture at least a third of the MSRP.
    - lightbyte 9y ago
      Whoops, you're right on the price. I was looking at the pre-order price. The used iPhone market is really that strong?
      - eli 9y ago
        Much stronger than any other brand: https://swappa.com/sell/iphones https://swappa.com/sell/iphones
      - jlgaddis 9y ago
        It sure is. There are plenty of people who want an iPhone but can't afford and/or simply don't need/want the latest, greatest version (being able to run 11.0.1 isn't really a big concern for most of them). A good friend of mine just upgraded to an iPhone 4 a few months ago. Pretty much all Apple products have excellent resale value (around here, anyways).
    - jessaustin 9y ago
      One can't imagine any "used" market for this other sort of phone...
- Joeri 9y ago
  It’s weird that the SE is now considered a small phone, because it’s the size of the 5s which used to be the big screen flagship. I went with the SE myself because it’s the only normal sized phone that’s actually good. It seems these days all you can buy in the high end range are phablets.
mrmondo 9y ago
If you’re looking for a small phone I’d recommend the iPhone SE over it any day of the week. As for something different and stupidly small it’s a neat little thing and it seems to perform pretty well although I’d recommend installing a custom rom and disabling animations etc... if you want it to be speedy, at the end of the day I don’t find Android’s UI/UX overly well thought out and iOS is certainly easier to use on a small screen.
- lightbyte 9y ago
  That phone is 4-6x the price, is it really worth that much more?
  - mrmondo 9y ago
    Easily - unless you main priority is only the price and you’re not bothered by / interested in ’smart’ functionality or apps, the camera, build quality and OS are excellent, also it’s worth noting that the iPhone’s security and privacy design is generally significantly better not to mention your phone will not only still work after several years - it’ll still get fast, regular security updates.
- _jal 9y ago
  I personally find the 4" iPhone form-factor to pretty much be the pinnacle of phone design. Just the perfect size for me.
Veratyr 9y ago
If you want performance, Sony's Xperia XZ1 Compact is a 4.7" phone with flagship specs. They're about the only ones who make high spec reasonable size phones these days.

ourmandave 9y ago

Just got mine Friday and I'm still waiting for a SIM from my carrier. It's a bit frustrating because the plastic wrapped battery is packed in the phone and the instructions don't tell you that. (I've gotten emails where they talk about mailing battery issues so I wondered if it even came with one or that would arrive separately.) Getting the back cover off is kind of hard. I didn't want to break it in the first 5 minutes. There's an unhelpful unboxing video on youtube because it didn't include set up but I finally found one where they pried it off with a guitar pick. There's also a youtube video of someone playing video games on it. Like, why? Gaming on a 5" screen is painful enough, for me anyway. No plans to carry it anywhere except my pocket.

balakk 9y ago

I just bought an iPhone SE. It's not as small as the Jelly, but way more usable. It runs latest ios 11 pretty well, has a decent camera, and > 1 day battery life for my usage. I am figuring it will last at least 2 years, considering it has the same internals as an iPhone 6S. If you're looking for a small phone, the SE nails it IMO.

lightbyte 9y ago
It's also 4-6x the price of the Jelly/Jelly Pro. I don't think that's worth it.
- 101km 9y ago
  The Jelly is $100, the iPhone SE is $350. You can also pretty easily resell the iPhone after two years to recapture at least a third of the MSRP.
  - lightbyte 9y ago
    Whoops, you're right on the price. I was looking at the pre-order price. The used iPhone market is really that strong?
    - eli 9y ago
      Much stronger than any other brand: https://swappa.com/sell/iphones https://swappa.com/sell/iphones
    - jlgaddis 9y ago
      It sure is. There are plenty of people who want an iPhone but can't afford and/or simply don't need/want the latest, greatest version (being able to run 11.0.1 isn't really a big concern for most of them). A good friend of mine just upgraded to an iPhone 4 a few months ago. Pretty much all Apple products have excellent resale value (around here, anyways).
  - jessaustin 9y ago
    One can't imagine any "used" market for this other sort of phone...
Joeri 9y ago
It’s weird that the SE is now considered a small phone, because it’s the size of the 5s which used to be the big screen flagship. I went with the SE myself because it’s the only normal sized phone that’s actually good. It seems these days all you can buy in the high end range are phablets.

mrmondo 9y ago

If you’re looking for a small phone I’d recommend the iPhone SE over it any day of the week. As for something different and stupidly small it’s a neat little thing and it seems to perform pretty well although I’d recommend installing a custom rom and disabling animations etc... if you want it to be speedy, at the end of the day I don’t find Android’s UI/UX overly well thought out and iOS is certainly easier to use on a small screen.

lightbyte 9y ago
That phone is 4-6x the price, is it really worth that much more?
- mrmondo 9y ago
  Easily - unless you main priority is only the price and you’re not bothered by / interested in ’smart’ functionality or apps, the camera, build quality and OS are excellent, also it’s worth noting that the iPhone’s security and privacy design is generally significantly better not to mention your phone will not only still work after several years - it’ll still get fast, regular security updates.
_jal 9y ago
I personally find the 4" iPhone form-factor to pretty much be the pinnacle of phone design. Just the perfect size for me.

Veratyr 9y ago

If you want performance, Sony's Xperia XZ1 Compact is a 4.7" phone with flagship specs. They're about the only ones who make high spec reasonable size phones these days.