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Loving my Unihertz Atom (for a particular sports application). https://www.unihertz.com/products/atom https://www.unihertz.com/products/atom if you haven't trie

Loving my Unihertz Atom (for a particular sports application). https://www.unihertz.com/products/atom https://www.unihertz.com/products/atom if you haven't tried one. I agree that it would be great if Nokia did this product but in a reasonable size.

komali2 4y ago
I've been running unihertz jelly 2 for ages and it's phenomenal. The only two annoyances I have are no 5g (I'm always tethering my laptop) and that google maps scooter mode just isn't available on this phone and there's basically no solution to get it working (and I'm hard pressed to figure out whose fault that is - google for failing to recognize the device location? Unihertz for failing to indicate my location correctly?)
- officeplant 4y ago
  Any idea if these work fine with android auto? First I'm hearing of this company and the Jelly 2E for $159 is kind of awesome.
  - komali2 4y ago
    I wouldn't recommend 2E as the jelly is already a very low power phone that struggles with Slack for example lol. No idea if they work with Android Auto but isn't android auto some kind of mapping plus music UI? The screen is quite small, I don't use it mounted on motorcycle when I ride for that reason.
    - officeplant 4y ago
      Ah no android auto uses my car's display in this case. I found reports that it works but lags on the 2E, but works fine on the older more powerful 2.
- raffraffraff 4y ago
  I have one that I use as an mp3 player. My main gripe is the awful battery life.
  - tsm 4y ago
    I've had one for about a month. The battery life was very bad at first, but then I twiddled with the settings about stopping certain apps from running in the background and now it's tolerable
    - raffraffraff 4y ago
      I just leave airplane mode on all the time and have a short screen timeout. I also use wired headphones. It's certainly usable as an mp3 player. The extra functionality is a bonus that I very occasionally use (I have a cheap sim card in it).
paulmd 4y ago
It's interesting hearing in this thread about some of the smaller android companies, you mentioned unihertz and someone else mentioned ulefone. Something a little different from the usual flagships at least.
- donjoe 4y ago
  Umidigi is another company to mention. Their Bison models pretty much fill the gap between a massive rugged phone and a standard phone. The phone's battery @~6kmAh usually covers a 2-3 day trip without charging.
- jaclaz 4y ago
  Another one, JFYI, is Cubot. I bought an el-cheapo, small (really small) one (originally only to manage EU green passes) that (after that use was over) I started using as a "backup" phone when I cannot carry the (larger, heavier) "main" one. It turned out to be not bad at all, of course within its limits. The model I got was a King Kong mini, but I believe that in the last two-three years they made some two or three newer models.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
  I'd love a Ulefone Power Armor 13, like the one I've been daily driving for the past 14 months, but with smaller screen size. The Power Armor 13 takes multi day heavy use to approximately what I've always wanted out of a handheld computer.
yellowapple 4y ago
I just wish Unihertz had better ROMs or made it easier to flash alternatives like LineageOS. I've got a Titan and the software ruins an otherwise-wonderful piece of hardware.

komali2 4y ago

I've been running unihertz jelly 2 for ages and it's phenomenal. The only two annoyances I have are no 5g (I'm always tethering my laptop) and that google maps scooter mode just isn't available on this phone and there's basically no solution to get it working (and I'm hard pressed to figure out whose fault that is - google for failing to recognize the device location? Unihertz for failing to indicate my location correctly?)

officeplant 4y ago
Any idea if these work fine with android auto? First I'm hearing of this company and the Jelly 2E for $159 is kind of awesome.
- komali2 4y ago
  I wouldn't recommend 2E as the jelly is already a very low power phone that struggles with Slack for example lol. No idea if they work with Android Auto but isn't android auto some kind of mapping plus music UI? The screen is quite small, I don't use it mounted on motorcycle when I ride for that reason.
  - officeplant 4y ago
    Ah no android auto uses my car's display in this case. I found reports that it works but lags on the 2E, but works fine on the older more powerful 2.
raffraffraff 4y ago
I have one that I use as an mp3 player. My main gripe is the awful battery life.
- tsm 4y ago
  I've had one for about a month. The battery life was very bad at first, but then I twiddled with the settings about stopping certain apps from running in the background and now it's tolerable
  - raffraffraff 4y ago
    I just leave airplane mode on all the time and have a short screen timeout. I also use wired headphones. It's certainly usable as an mp3 player. The extra functionality is a bonus that I very occasionally use (I have a cheap sim card in it).

paulmd 4y ago

It's interesting hearing in this thread about some of the smaller android companies, you mentioned unihertz and someone else mentioned ulefone. Something a little different from the usual flagships at least.

donjoe 4y ago
Umidigi is another company to mention. Their Bison models pretty much fill the gap between a massive rugged phone and a standard phone. The phone's battery @~6kmAh usually covers a 2-3 day trip without charging.
jaclaz 4y ago
Another one, JFYI, is Cubot. I bought an el-cheapo, small (really small) one (originally only to manage EU green passes) that (after that use was over) I started using as a "backup" phone when I cannot carry the (larger, heavier) "main" one. It turned out to be not bad at all, of course within its limits. The model I got was a King Kong mini, but I believe that in the last two-three years they made some two or three newer models.
TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
I'd love a Ulefone Power Armor 13, like the one I've been daily driving for the past 14 months, but with smaller screen size. The Power Armor 13 takes multi day heavy use to approximately what I've always wanted out of a handheld computer.

yellowapple 4y ago

I just wish Unihertz had better ROMs or made it easier to flash alternatives like LineageOS. I've got a Titan and the software ruins an otherwise-wonderful piece of hardware.