Unihertz Jelly 2 - Compact Android 11 Mini Smartphone, 4G Unlocked, 6GB RAM + 128GB Storage, NFC, Dark Green (Support T-Mobile & Verizon & AT&T only)
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- US Carrier support T-mobile & Verizon & AT&T only
- Verizon: please check our forum/facebook or contact customer support about how to set it in Verizon network
- If you own a Unihertz Jelly 2 device and plan to switch to the AT&T network, please contact customer support on user manual
- Ultra-Compact Design: Experience the world's smallest Android 11 smartphone in a credit card-sized form factor - the Unihertz Jelly 2 is designed for ultimate portability.
- Versatile Navigation: Navigate with confidence using GPS, Beidou, and Glonass, ensuring accurate location services wherever you are.
Description
1, Apply for the AT&T software update via Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) from the Unihertz team. This method is only available for devices with the latest firmware. Before submitting the application, ensure that your system firmware version is up to date. 2, Manually download the latest firmware that includes the AT&T update and follow the instructions to perform a local update and complete the update process. Be careful to choose the correct firmware adapted to your phone's current version. You can also contact customer support on user manual, our technical department is glad to offer support. Equipped with GPS + Beidou + Glonass system and 5 types of sensors, Jelly 2 has great satellite coverage and a strong, stable signal for better position accuracy and navigation routing. Visual display should never be compromised by a small screen. Jelly 2 comes with a superior visual quality (326ppl) that allows you to enjoy movies, games, and more with vibrant colors and sharp details. Enter the mobile payment era with Jelly 2’s robust and secured NFC. Payment and electronic access can be made all via one phone with great convenience. Jelly 2 is not only a smartphone but also a universal remote, with which you are able to control various electronic devices at home, for example, TV. Surf online with the local high-speed 4G network while on holidays or business trips overseas. The Jelly 2 offers global LTE bands that have over 6 types and 38 bands. Jelly 2 has longer battery life than Jelly Pro and similar to that of the iPhone7, which will allow you to stream music, shows, movies, etc., for long hours. Jelly 2 supports working on the network of T-Mobile & Verizon & AT&T in the US. If you have issues with activating your SIM card in Verizon, please try to activate it with another Verizon-certified phone first, then transfer the SIM card to the Jelly 2. Unihertz: Shape the Future of Mobile Devices Unihertz is not just a smartphone brand; it's a paradigm shift in mobile technology. Specializing in crafting compact, yet powerful smartphones, Unihertz has become a symbol of innovation and portability in an industry dominated by size. At the core of our philosophy is the belief that cutting-edge technology should seamlessly integrate into your life without compromising on style or functionality.
Brand: Unihertz
Operating System: Android 11.0
Ram Memory Installed Size: 6 GB
CPU Model: MediaTek Helio
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
Memory Storage Capacity: 6 GB
Screen Size: 3 inches
Resolution: 480 x 854
Refresh Rate: 120
Model Name: Jelly 2
Operating System: Android 11.0
RAM Memory Installed: 6 GB
Processor Series: MediaTek Helio
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Memory Storage Capacity: 6 GB
Color: Dark Green
SIM Card Slot Count: Dual SIM
Connector Type: USB Type C
Form Factor: Bar
Biometric Security Feature: Fingerprint Recognition
Human-Interface Input: Touchscreen
Sim Card Size: Nano
Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant
Headphones Jack: 3.5 mm
Compatible Devices: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T
Additional Features: NFC
Flash Memory Supported Size Maximum: 128 GB
Material Features: [DA] Durable and lightweight plastic
Front Photo Sensor Resolution: 8 mp
Rear Facing Camera Photo Sensor Resolution: 16 mp
Camera Description: Front, Rear
Camera Flash: no flash
Shooting Modes: Automatic, manual
Optical Sensor Resolution: 16 mp
Number of Rear Facing Cameras: 1
Number of Front Cameras: 1
Item Weight: 110 g
Item Dimensions: 4.41 x 3.7 x 2.05 inches
Effective Video Resolution: 8 pixels
Video Capture Resolution: 1080p
Frame Rate: 30フレーム毎秒
Screen Size: 3 inches
Resolution: 480 x 854
Refresh Rate: 120
Display Type: LCD
Aspect Ratio: 1.781
Display Resolution Maximum: 854x480 pixels
Display Pixel Density: 291 pixels_per_inch
Wireless Provider: Verizon
Cellular Technology: 4G
Connectivity Technology: Bluetooth, NFC, USB, Wi-Fi
Wireless Network Technology: GSM, LTE
Brand: Unihertz
Model Year: 2020
Built-In Media: Phone Case, Power Adapter, SIM Tray Ejector, Screen Protector, USB Cable
Warranty Description: 1 year warranty
Manufacturer: Unihertz
Model Series: Jelly
Specific Uses For Product: [INDETERMINATE]
Unit Count: 1 Count
Battery Capacity: 2000 milliamp_hours
Battery Description: Lithium-Ion
Battery Power: 2000 milliampere_hour
Battery Average Life: 11.53 hours
Phone Talk Time: 10 hours
Average Battery Life Talk Time: 10 hours
GPS Geotagging Functionality: True
Supported Satellite Navigation System: BeiDou, GPS
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***Updated after more than TWO years of owning this phone: Still going strong and I still love this phone just as much as ever. It has remained amazing and I still get compliments all the time on it. The functionality and usefulness of the phone hasn't changed, and I'm still completely pleased. I want for nothing. Still so glad to have a small, fully-app'd, fully packed phone that can fit in the tiny pocket in my purse or just my pants pocket! I won't replace this phone until it conks out or something, and it hasn't yet! And even after that happens, the only phone I would ever own going forward is another one of these little Jellys (whatever is the newest model at the time) - I'd never, never go back to a big phone. The Jelly phone ruins you for big phones because you pretty immediately appreciate (get attached to) your much less conspicuous lifestyle with the Jelly. Thank you!! Please keep making these high quality small phones. ***Updated at 9 months: My opinion hasn’t changed at all; in fact, I only feel more strongly that this phone is AMAZING and WONDERFUL and a RELIEF from the heavy, big phones. It hasn’t let me down once. No regrets. I would buy this phone again in a heart-beat if something ever happened to this one. I cannot see myself ever going back to larger phones. There would be no reason to. SUMMARY: AMAZING. LITTLE. PHONE. So handy, functional, fast, high-quality, discreet, and attractive. Truly, no sacrifices have to be made. Why don’t more people know about this? PROS: -Great size: Easy to throw in purse or pocket or fanny pack -Nice resolution: Pictures look sharp and quality; easy to read screen for typing -Works with Verizon (YES IT DOES! Just follow the tips below; don’t believe Verizon) -Lanyard: Makes carrying the phone so carefree -Customizable in every way -Fast, functional, intuitive: You don’t have to sacrifice any of the things you’re used to having on a larger smartphone -Battery life: I use it heavily every day and it has a wonderful battery life. I do not stream videos or music, except for sometimes, but I do tons of texting, calling, reminder app-ing, and some internet searching. ***I get at least two whole days - sometimes almost three days - of battery life before needing to charge. That is holding true to this day – I have had this phone for 9 months now. -Customer service: Very responsive -Typing: Multiple ways to type; keyboard can rotate; I make fewer mistakes on this phone than my previous big smartphone -Dictation! Works perfectly! If you don’t like typing, then problem solved. I do this a lot! -Hotspot: Works great – I use it for my laptop at home and the speed is perfectly quick and reliable -Camera: Works great; pictures are crisp, sharp, and high-quality looking; camera is easy to use -Google Maps: Unbelievably convenient to have this great, popular GPS app on such a small device CONS: -Phone case: I really like the concept of the skin case (and it’s lightweight and lets you see the pretty green phone) but the only issue is that the case is not protective of screen side of the phone; the case stops below the edge of the screen side of the phone and so if you drop the phone on its screen side, the glass will be slap against the ground with no buffer. -Speakerphone might be a little quirky sometimes: Before I figured this out, the person I was speaking to (if I have them on speakerphone) would hear an echo of their own voice – I soon figured out that if you turn down the speaker volume to maybe just above the halfway, and not too high, then the echo for them goes away. -Vibration when calls connect: It’s not a big deal and I got used to it, but it seems unnecessary. -Messages app that came on the phone didn’t send/receive clear pictures; they were grainy pictures. I fixed this by changing to a different messaging app (Textra). Not sure why that helped! -Ejector tray for SIM card may be difficult to open. Obviously, you have to use the ejection tool but still I struggled to get the tray open. I almost couldn’t and I worried I was breaking something in the process. -Limited ringtones/sounds, but of course you can always download others. GENERAL: I’ve had such an incredibly positive experience with this phone. I’ve had it for 9 months so far and haven’t changed my mind yet. I’m almost 30 years old and so I’m in the group of people who have had small cell phones in the past and really miss them for their less-intrusive size/presence. I always preferred the qwerty keyboard from the slider phones I used to have, but alas you can’t find that anymore (I typed so much faster on those). But, this Jelly 2 phone does have essentially a qwerty keyboard (on the screen) that feels much closer to the size and ease of use as those old sliders; this is because the Jelly 2 screen is smaller so it makes the keyboard (when you rotate the phone longways left-right) feel just the right size for your thumbs. The Jelly 2 phone does the swipe texting/typing, which I really like. It saves a lot of time. I no longer rotate the phone and type with my thumbs because I’ve gotten used to the smaller keyboard when the phone is standing upright, but the option is always there. Also, there’s always the option of dictation! It’s so easy! The Jelly 2 phone can do everything a "normal," larger smartphone can do. You can add any apps, you can remove many apps that came already on the phone. You can customize everything just like on a regular-sized smartphone. It was very easy to get used to the smaller screen size – after all, that was the size of screen we all had for a long time. Trust me, it isn’t hard to get used to the screen size or see/read the writing. Most/all webpages I’ve used have been friendly to this screen size and I’ve had no problems accessing web content or scrolling around pages; also, the zoom abilities are very convenient (with pinching the fingers, etc.). The phone is super-fast and functional (absolutely as good as the best larger smartphones out there); I have never felt that anything was sacrificed for the size/system. It has made me so incredibly pleased and happy to be able to throw this phone in my purse, my pocket, my fanny pack. It's so lightweight and small. I can whip this little phone out and can do anything I need to; then just throw it back in my purse/pocket/fanny pack/whatever, and you’d never know it was there. That means so much to me. The Jelly 2 phone came with all the Google apps including Google Photos. I personally prefer to use standard gallery apps, rather than Google Photos, so I simply downloaded one. I also chose a new reminder app (SimplestReminderPro) and it has been absolutely wonderful. There is a feature on this phone called App Blocker and it is I think the main place you can go for customizing the app running restrictions. You should experiment with restricting/limiting app running time so that you can conserve battery. I also disabled or uninstalled any apps that I wouldn’t use. It was important to me that Google Maps was on this phone - it works great! It shows you plenty enough (all you need to see), gives you heads up, and works beautifully. It works just like what you’re used to. How extremely convenient and useful to be able to have Google Maps on such a small device. I like the programmable button on the side (the red one). You can program a short press, two short presses, and a long press to do something automatically (like turn on the flash light, turn on the camera, take a screen shot, and the plenty of other things). My Jelly 2 phone kit came with a phone case, a lanyard, and two screen protectors. I LOVE the lanyard. It is the perfect companion to this phone. I just loop the lanyard around my wrist while I’m using the phone, and it is like a safety net in case I drop the phone. Also, it looks super cute to carry it on the wrist. ***Here are the tips for making this phone work seamlessly with Verizon: I’m on a big family plan with Verizon. My SIM card was underneath my battery in my old phone, so I couldn't leave the phone on while I took out the SIM card (as some other reviews have stated that you need to). So, I turned off my old phone, took the battery out, took the SIM card out; then put the SIM card into the little tray in the Jelly 2 phone (which was also turned off). Once you get your SIM card into the Jelly 2 phone, turn the Jelly 2 phone on and go through all the setup questions/settings. You will need a wireless internet source in order to complete the setup; I used my husband’s phone’s hotspot. Once you get everything up and running, go in the Setting menu, choose the Network and Internet folder, click Mobile Network, and make sure that your 4G Calling is turned on. Right below the 4G Calling is the “Preferred Network Type” – make sure you set that to LTE. Also, it was easiest to retrieve all my old contacts from Google where they had always been backed-up while I was using my old phone. SUMMARY: I am blown away by this phone and am really grateful/relieved to have it - even still after 9 months I feel the same. It’s incredibly convenient and quick/easy to use. I get so many compliments on it; people, especially young people (which is a little surprising), really seem to want something small and handy like this and want to make the switch. Who wouldn't?? This phone makes me feel like I’m back in the “old” days when the phones were pocket-sized and they didn’t visually dominate your purse or your life. It’s nice to have something that does what you need it to do and more (i.e. doesn’t sacrifice any modern speed, quality, or capabilities) and yet doesn’t seem like such a heavy symbol of importance – both physically and metaphorically speaking. Sorry, but phones are not truly important in life, even though they are very useful. Phones do not equal happiness, self-esteem, or the only answer to boredom. It’s unfortunate that cell phones have evolved to be the large, dominating objects that they are. That’s where this Jelly 2 phone comes in. It’s discreet, handy, functional, and attractive. It can do everything you want and more. It has turned out to be a high-quality product. I wanted a phone that would match my minimalist lifestyle. The Jelly 2 phone is it, and I’m still so happy with it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022 by Birdalia Hibiscus
I bought this phone to use as a second device, to keep my much more expensive main phone away from my 2nd job. After a few days of using it, I decided to switch to this as my main phone. It's actually really good. It's fast, has good audio quality, tons of storage, runs Android 11, and does everything I need. Typing on it is fine, especially with swiping on Gboard. It has decent wifi reception and can use all of the 4G bands that are common in the US. Call quality is excellent. Bluetooth works great. It even has NFC, so Google Pay works! Now for a few gripes. Like many other reviews have said, the fingerprint reader is pretty bad. I wear gloves when I work, so I just use a pattern anyway. The cameras aren't fantastic, but they work fine. Battery life is good, but not great. I get a solid workday out of it, but I have to charge it every night. I kind of am spoiled by the three work-day battery in my other phone, I guess. The only REALLY annoying thing is the extremely aggressive app blocker. On one hand, it's great because it kills apps completely when you're not using them, so nothing eats your battery. On the other hand, this also prevents things like notifications from those apps from showing up until you open the app again. You can disable it on a per-app basis, though. If your provider requires an app to work, like Google Fi, you HAVE to disable ALL features of the app blocker for the provider's app. To do that, open Settings > Intelligent assistance > App blocker and turn all of the toggles OFF for that app. Then it will work as expected. It took me way too long to figure this out, and your provider's support guys really can't help, since this is a weird little phone. Minor complaints aside, this is a really, really fun phone. According to the talking heads, everything about it is wrong - the screen is tiny and kind of dim in sunlight, the CPU is older and is "slow" by current standards, the camera isn't great, the battery is small, and it's really thick compared to flagship phones. (It's actually the same thickness and width as my last Nokia dumb phone, but it's about an inch shorter. It actually fits in your pocket, even when you sit down! I can't remember the last time I had a smartphone that I could sit down with it in my pocket!) I wouldn't want to use it if I was depending on it for navigation all day, or if I was travelling and having to translate stuff. But as a general-use phone, this might be my favorite phone ever. I even like the weird blue color. It's super cute, and everyone who sees it asks about it. If this fits your use case, go for it. I think you'll like it!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022 by An Onion
I've had it for a few days and spent several hours trying to make it usable as my sole daily phone. Everybody has different uses and lifestyles, so it's good to have options in the market for phones, which are pocket computers and the subset of computers they fit into is tablets, just a touchscreen interface. So a phone is just the small size range of tablets. They are general purpose computers that could be used for endless purposes in endless styles. For my own personal purposes, I prefer to use a laptop/tablet as much as possible and I have very little use for voice calls or texting on a phone. I avoid voice calls as much as possible and I found some good options to handle SMS/texting on my laptop/tablet instead of my phone--the best one seems to be Google Messages, but I've also had good results with Pushbullet and there are others. So here's what I want a phone to do primarily: --camera, taking photos/videos, mostly for practical documentation, not to win NatGeo contests --voice recording for voice memos --voice input for typing --timers, alarms, stopwatch, clock --music/audio playback, battery info for earbuds And here's what I don't need a phone to do usually, maybe once in a while at most: --phone calls --texting, emailing, messaging in general, text input in general --video playback or editing --web browsing --social media So basically I'm in an extreme minority of people who don't want to use phones the way they're commonly used, but I don't want a dumbphone and I'm not trying to reduce my phone usage; I'm trying to actually increase my phone usage by making a phone a more useful tool based on its portability and convenience. Amazingly, people are still buying tiny clip-on mp3 players these days, which are a huge advantage over phones for audio playback while exercising. Before I started using smartphones about 6 years ago, I was an avid user of Sansa Clip. But it really doesn't make any sense to have a single-purpose device like that with huge compromises on screens, firmware, software, etc. It makes way more sense to have a regular smartphone that's shrunk into the smallest usable form factor. So Jelly 2 is pretty close to that, although the Palm phone is actually much closer because it's half the size and weight of Jelly 2. I had a hard time choosing between Palm and Jelly 2. I got the Jelly 2 because of the more up-to-date software, better specs on the processor and memory, and because the customizable side button seemed like a killer feature. But I'm not happy to have a device that's twice the size and weight as it could be just for the sake of longer battery life. That doesn't make any sense, because there are lots of great tiny powerbanks available to recharge as needed. You can buy a tiny powerbank and a Palm phone and have the same battery life and convenience as a larger built-in battery, but in many usage scenarios it's a big advantage to not have that extra size and weight on the phone itself. People who complain about the Palm battery life are missing the point and maybe don't realize how many tiny powerbanks are easy and cheap to buy and easy to carry and use. Charging twice a day instead of once using a tiny powerbank that takes up hardly any space in a bag? Perfect solution instead of making the phone twice as big and heavy. So I might even switch to Palm in the future, but I'm testing the Jelly 2 for now and I love it. The elephant in the room is text input. It's almost impossible to use this phone for typing with fingers. Part of that is a software problem because all the OSKs I've found so far use screen space inefficiently. There's a bunch of "large button" and alternative keyboard apps, but so far I haven't found one that solves the software problem nicely. Part of the problem is the inherent physical limitations of the device and the user's fingers. I have very large hands. I wear XL gloves. My fingers are not fat, but they're larger than average, so that's a big variable for different people. Tiny people with thin fingers have the best life. Food costs are lower and they can use smaller phones, among so many other advantages, not to go off-topic. So typing with fingers is only a last-resort emergency operation with this phone. The other typing option is a capacitive stylus. I've found that to be dramatically better than fingers with Jelly 2, but still pretty bad. Once again, part of the problem is the software design of the OSK. There is are 2 other ways to input text though: handwriting and voice. I've tested handwriting input with a capacitive stylus on Jelly 2 using Google Keep and Nebo. Basically it was a failure. No need to go into the details. It doesn't work. It works perfectly fine on any standard large phone even with a capacitive stylus, but the combo of small screen and coarse input of capacitive stylus makes this method unusable. Nebo is a very good app in general for drawing and handwriting input. I've had good impressions using it on my Windows laptop/tablet, which has an active stylus. And it seems great on a standard large phone, but it was basically useless when I tested it on Jelly 2. So obviously the solution is an active stylus. I have always owned stylus phones, Samsung Note models and LG Stylo models. Active styluses are amazing, a total game-changer. They are incredibly precise and useful. The difference in usability between active and capacitive styluses is the difference between a sports car and a bicycle with flat tires. If Unihertz would make a Jelly model with active stylus, it would be worth any price they ask. I would happily pay double the price for that feature. It would completely transform the functionality of this phone. It would be a totally legitimate tool for text input. The same applies to Palm. If they released a model with active stylus, I would switch to that in a heartbeat. Given the niche status of phones like these, it's not likely these companies can profit from an even more niche product, but I think once people start to discover that these types of phones even exist at all, they could become very popular. I just learned that tiny phones exist last week. I literally had never heard of them before and never even thought about the topic, and I'm a gadget-loving tech-geek type person who pays attention to a lot of things in the world. I really had no idea these phones existed. I suddenly had the idea one day that a tiny phone would be better because I really just want to do... the things I listed above. So then I went on the internet to look for tiny phones and discovered a whole new world, including all the cute, hilarious, cheap "2G only" micro-phones. ACTIVE STYLUS PLEASE! But there's another huge topic, which is voice typing. I never even tried that before, but I found it works great, like shockingly great. So for example, in Google Keep I can speak and see almost immediate transcriptions that are about 95% accurate in general, and the mistakes are pretty small and easy to ignore in most usage scenarios. It's a moderately mature technology. Unfortunately I don't think the technology is mature enough to handle the full variation in dialects that exist in the world. Just English alone has dozens of dialects with significant differences in pronunciation, so the voice recognition tech probably fails for a lot of people. I'm lucky because I speak a common dialect of English, although I don't have cot-caught merger but Keep seems to, and I've noticed some other failures on vowel recognition already in my brief testing of voice typing the past few days. I'm sure I have a lot to learn about that topic, but the bottom line is that voice typing is a viable solution for text input on Jelly 2, which basically rescues this device. Without that or an active stylus, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to justify using this instead of a standard larger phone. While text input is a low priority in my usage goals, it's still moderately important. Congratulations to Unihertz for making an amazing product. The build quality is incredible. It feels like a premium device. It's beautiful and magnificent. I have high hopes for this as I find solutions on the software side--the whole experience of looking for apps and testing them is quite a nightmare and something I didn't really dabble in for my past phones. The phone did come with default built-in junk apps that can't be uninstalled, but a pretty small number and not a big deal. I found the solution is to use a third-party launcher/homescreen/icon customization app and then the icons can basically disappear. But given my usage, the inferior specs of the Palm phone are probably more than adequate and so I'm still considering trying that in the future and switching. A major issue is actually the comfort in the hand, because if it's too thin it might be harder to hold. I'm mostly holding the Jelly in between my 1st and 4th fingers (if you indexed them without the thumb). I'm posting a photo of that there. I've found that by far the most comfortable, and it doesn't block the microphone, but holding it in landscape mode has also been very comfortable and despite blocking the mic it would be better for typing if I could find suitable keyboard software. Hopefully this paradigm of tiny phones will catch on and then companies will offer more choices to suit different people with all their different preferences and hand sizes. ACTIVE STYLUS PLEASE! By the way, I'm in the USA and already had a T-Mobile account. I simply swapped the SIM into Jelly 2 and it worked right away with no issues. UPDATE: I found that the red side button meant for customization is extremely valuable. It's absolutely perfect for screenshots and for the camera. It has 3 modes: short press, long press, double press. I haven't found a use for the 3rd one yet, but for screenshots and camera, a separate "physical" button is ideal. With the camera now, I can hold it very securely with one hand and take photos with the same hand very comfortably, 100% one-handed, which is difficult, almost impossible, for me to do with a regular sized phone and the touchscreen button on the camera app. I don't know to what extent physical side buttons like power and volume can be custom programmed to take photos on typical phones, but when it's a combo press of some kind it can be pretty awkward to use. With this single side button on the middle of the side, it's simply perfect ergonomics with one hand. For screenshots, it's a big advantage to have a button that isn't on the screen, and my past experience has been bad with a screenshot button on the bottom row as a 4th dedicated touch button alongside home, back and window navigation. It was bad because I often accidentally pressed the button, which was very close to its neighbor. Not a huge deal, just lots of accidental screenshots. But the red button doesn't work unless the phone is already on, so it's not especially useful for most purposes. If you have to press the power button first, then you can do almost anything just as easily with a normal touchscreen button. If you press the red button while the phone is off, nothing happens, so it's not a pure "one button" operation, but it's still extremely valuable for screenshots and photos.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023 by M. Parker
This phone is really cute. It does the job even at half of most mobile phone sizes. This one has a 3 inch screen while many recent phones are now past 6 inches. I have strong eyes (for now), so, reading things on the screen is not problem for me. The lighting on the screen is bright enough and doesn't hurt my eyes when using it at the normal setting. I only wish this phone had a blue light filter for those who are sensitive. Apps run VERY well on this phone and the interface reacts well to my touch. It's pretty fast and very decent. If you have big fingers, I wouldn't get this phone for messaging, though. The keyboard reacts very well to my touch and it even allows me to swipe on the keyboard to make words. Sound on my calls are good and clear. Not super fine or HD quality sound, but, I can hear the caller on the other side very well. It is loud enough. Some reviewers said it sounds tinny, but, I disagree. It's not tinny. However, on loudspeaker, it IS. Even if I can hear music on its loudspeaker fine, it's not stereo quality (and it just has one speaker). So, don't expect Dolby-style sound like you would on your Galaxy S21. Some of the sound on certain YouTube videos aren't very loud, unfortunately and you won't be able to hear it well on this phone. I'd say use bluetooth speakers or use a headset (hey it DOES have 3.5mm HEADPHONE JACK, so, there is HOPE after all, for many of us who PREFER a wired headset over bluetooth buds), but, you would probably say "why? I would rather just get a better phone than that, then". Well, okay, then. I ain't your papa. You do you, ok? The camera is standard, in my opinion. You can't expect super high Samsung quality photos on a small, albeit mighty, phone. Pics taken in low lighting aren't 100% great, but, it does a fine job, depending on your liking. If your kink is in photography, i don't think I would recommend taking pictures all the time with this phone. I do think unihertz has potential to up the ante on a better quality camera if they ever make a Jelly 3. Now, in terms of video quality...same deal. Average videos. Sound recorded is clear and adequate at best, but at worst, it sounds raspy. Playing the videos I recorded with this phone on my 4K television was how I determined that. Recording at full HD res and with flash didn't do it much justice either. But, as far as I'm concerned, it's still a hell of a lot better than what you get for with other phones costing under $200, although I understand POCO phones and Realme phones have much better camera and video quality at just below $300. Although, those are not the real beef I have with this phone. The real beef is the BATTERY. At 2000mAh, I mean...you gotta be kidding me. There are bigger phones with that battery size that lasts longer. If they equipped it with a 3000mAh battery, I probably wouldn't be complaining. The first 2 days I used my phone with all it's normal functions, apps, phone calls, etc., my phone lasted 7 hours at most. Luckily I always carry a powerbank with me, so I had to charge this little sucker up to full power, which took about 2 hours. So, not bad on the charging at this point. I used my phone in different settings just to see how I could extend battery life. First, I just kept refraining from using the phone unless I had to reply to a serious message or make necessary phone calls, and I would use a bluetooth dialer to answer any other phone call. That did work, but I managed to only gain an extra 2-3 hours of extra life. So, not very much help. Then I used the battery saver function, while using bluetooth dialer to make and answer calls. A little more decent. I just gained an extra 5 hours of life. That was the only upside, but, still, not at all pleased with the battery life of this phone. They could have given the phone a 3000 mAh and I would get a decent 16 hours of use, if not a full day. All in all, you get what you pay for. It's a cute phone. I won't deny that. I love it. I just wish that, while it is value for money, a lot more could have been done to this little gem. Better camera and video quality and stabilization as well, and a longer-lasting battery.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021 by Victor Romero
UPDATE 2/13/2023: Downgrading from 5 to 1 star. I LOVED my original Jelly 2, but when I had to order a replacement (my fault), the replacement phone would NOT keep a wifi signal and I would have to constantly restart it to get wifi to connect. I even bought a third Jelly 2 hoping it was a one off problem, but the third one has the same wifi problem. Every time I want to do anything, first I have to dick around and fix the wifi connect, restart, etc. I found some stuff on Reddit where others are experiencing this and mentioned it is due to the latest version of Android 11. One guy fixed it by downgrading Android and reflashing his ROM, but that's beyond me. I've also tried to contact Unihertz support for the past week. They DO NOT respond and even when they are online in China (I am reaching out within normal business hours that THEY posted) I get ZERO response. I am bitterly disappointed at the days of wasted time trying to figure this out, configuring new phones, etc. And now I have to shop for an entirely new phone because I can't get a solution for my Jelly 2. Plus I'm probably going to have to eat the cost of at least one of these because I wasted so much time being hopeful that it would resolve itself (and I had surgery in between). So regrettably, DO NOT BUY JELLY 2! So sad! INITIAL REVIEW: I've always loved miniature, full-featured electronics like the iPod Nano and this Jelly 2 is my latest love. I was tired of ever-expanding smart phones and wanted something that wouldn't drag on my shirt pocket or be difficult to wriggle out of my pants pocket when I'm sitting down, but I didn't want to sacrifice too much functionality. After a thorough search and reviewing many reviews, I chose the Jelly 2 from Unihertz. After using it for three weeks, I'm very happy with my decision. About me. I'm in my 50s and my vision isn't perfect. I use my phone for a lot of things including email, texting, monitoring Eufy security cameras at our beach house, controlling our Roomba, watching Youtube videos, playing music while running or biking, navigating in the car, photos, snapchatting with my daughter, video calls using Google Duo with my parents, even keeping score of my volleyball matches and rotation in a Google Sheet (which I've optimized for the small screen). Pros: - Small form factor - 25% lighter than my previous Moto G7 - Fully functional Android phone Cons: - No real cons since I chose intentionally to go with a small phone. It would be unfair to compare the Jelly 2 to a full-size smart phone because that's not what it competes with. You could compare it to other ultra-small smart phones like the iPhone mini and the Palm phone. Compromises: - smaller home screens mean you have fewer app icons at your fingertips. Requires more intentional organization and use of folders. Other than that, I can't think of anything. The Jelly 2 is comfortable to hold - not too small. It came with a screen protector installed and a case that I really like. I might remove the screen protector because it doesn't extend all the way to the edge of the screen and kinda catches on my thumb when I try to swipe left to go "back". However, there is a fixed "back" button that solves this problem and I'm just trying to get into the habit of using it after 10+ years of Moto Gs. Battery life has been "Ok." As with all my phones, it depends on what I'm running. I plug it in every night and sometimes it needs a supplemental charge at night when I'm watching TV, but this is not a Con for the Jelly 2 because all my Moto Gs had similar battery life. Hope you find this review helpful.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022 by Pete's Amazon Storefront-keep my content FREE!
Update 25May2021: A great phone is even better. The first software update made it so that the battery icon now displays a visual indicator of charge level or a percentage of charge remaining even while in battery saver mode. Props to Unihertz for implementing that change. ----- I tend to only use a phone for talk and text, and prefer models that are smaller than my iPod Touch, preferably a good bit smaller. Preferably the size of my old LG enV2, if I'm being honest. I used the Unihertz Atom for a month but found the keyboard too small even for my minimal uses. It was excellent as a way to deter excessive, or any, screen use, but even typing a word or two was frustrating. I switched to Jelly 2 about a month ago and the difference is amazing. I am absolutely in love with this little phone! Even with my bad eyes and clumsy fingers, texting is very doable with no more errors than I make on my iPod Touch keyboard, especially with the Swiftkey keyboard app that supports swype typing. I wouldn't want to type long emails on it, but I have no problem texting or typing short emails. Discord, Facebook, Flickr and Chrome are all very functional and easy to use even on such a small screen. Despite the fact that I try to limit my phone use to talk and text, I find myself using it for other functions that I'd normally use over WIFI with my iPod Touch. I appreciate that Jelly 2 has more RAM and storage than Atom, and that it supports a micro SD card in the second SIM slot. I'm using it with a Verizon SIM card that was activated in a Verizon phone and switched to the Jelly 2. So far, no problems with Verizon as my service provider. Although I liked the rubberized grip of Atom, I prefer the removable case that Jelly 2 has, and hope it will be available as a separate purchase and in different colors at some point. I prefer the older Android app drawer style UI, but the Clean Launcher app decently provides that functionality. I'd also like it to have a larger battery, although I know that's a trade off with keeping the device size small. I was getting 3 days between charges with the Atom but can't seem to go more than 2 with Jelly 2, probably because I'm tempted to use it for more than just talk and text. Overnight battery drain is about 1% per hour on standby in battery saver mode. I don't like that you can't see the battery charge level in battery saver mode. The icon at the top doesn't display a visual level or percentage. If you value a small footprint over screen or battery size, Jelly 2 can absolutely function as a main smart phone replacement. If you enjoy watching videos or playing games on your phone or need to do a lot of typing, it may not be the best choice. If you want a tiny, rugged phone to use as a temporary alternate to a larger or more fragile device, or something that will really discourage screen use, go with the Atom. Photos below include a comparison with the Unihertz Atom, iPod Touch and LG enV2.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2021 by L. Talbott
Received this phone this morning and set it up which was very easy and very quickly. So far it runs very well. I love how small it is how compact it is. With a few adjustments I was able to connect to Android auto in my vehicle and now it works fine. You have to get used to the texting, however, right now I just use voice to text and it works perfectly. I love how small it is and how easy it is to carry it around. Really good product I wish others would put out small smartphones like this in the future. I hope this company does well with sales. Update on this review. I’ve given this update because although everything else seems to run OK the fingerprint sensor just does not work. And the face sensor doesn’t work at all. Other than that, it’s been a good phone.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024 by Robin Davies
For health reasons, I avoid wireless exposure as much as possible and as a result keep my phone on airplane mode most of the time. At home, I plug it into an Ethernet cord + adapter for downloading audio books, podcasts and music (without using wireless). In the past I have had a pay-as-you go plan from TMobile for $30/month. But for how much data I use (typically 1G or less per month), $30 seemed too much to spend. For the most recent couple years I used a 7" tablet plan (with 1G of data/month) from verizon $8.mo, instead of a phone. I could not get a "tablet plan" with a regular cell phone - Verizon won't do it - and it became annoying to have to use a tablet on the go because the size forced me to carry a lager bag than I wanted. When my tablet broke it was time to find another solution! In comes TELLO + the Unihertz JELLY2!!! This wonderful little phone + a plan of my choosing with Tello has been a perfect solution for me. I wish I had found Tello earlier. My Tello sim is using tmobile towers which have worked every time I need to pull up a map or send a text (I live in the country in NH). I pay for 1G of data and $100 minutes for $6 per month! It is exactly what I need, no more no less. If I ever need more data I can buy another Gig for $5. My usage is pulling up an occasional Map (then turning Airplay mode back on & keeping on location to navigate), texting via Telegram & Google voice, browsing/searching, or a very brief phone call. This little phone works great. The flashlight is helpful. The camera quality is very good. Battery life is great. Swipe text works great. Android apps I use such as Audible, Napster, google maps, Telegram, Google Voice, Protonmail work great. It fits in a pocket and allows me to wear my small purse again that larger phones won't fit in! It is the kind of phone that works for what you need, but also minimizes the addictive effects of larger phones simply by being just a bit too small to escape into. This is great for those who are choosing to back away from cell phone use/addiction. IMO, streaming should be done through a wired connection, at home, with a projector or at least a computer screen... treated more like movie night. At home you can stream without toxic wireless exposure (from WiFi, Bluetooth and 4G/5G) by using an Ethernet connection and a $9 USB C to Ethernet Adapter adapter. In short, this phone will help you emancipate yourself from cell phone slavery and put the cell phone back in its proper place as a tool and nothing more. Enjoy life, slow down, be present for your in person relationships, learn skills, dance, sing, create beauty; invest in your life. Don't allow the cell phone to steal your life from you. Recognize that social media is anti-social and prevents you from investing in your real life. This cute little tool will help you demote your phone back to being just that, a tool. It is a great price AND, you will very quickly save money if you get rid of your costly monthly "unlimited" plan and replace it with paying for only what you need with Tello. I highly recommend this phone! For me, it's perfect!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2024 by Amazon Customer