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Go and check the link, but essentially:
small
2023 release (Android 13)
HEADPHONE JACK (I was almost sold here)
NFC
8GB RAM (that is powerful)
256 GB internal storage
Dual SIM or SIM+MicroSD
IR BLASTER (whatttttttt)
LED indicators (front AND BACK)
fingerprint scanner
face ID
FM Radio
PROGRAMMABLE BUTTON (ok I’m in love already STOPPP)
I mean… this list is mindblowing. So…
What’s the downside?
Honestly, you can go and check all reviews… but this phone is virtually perfect for the size, the only issue I have is that the screen is a bit too tiny, 3 inches, and 480p, and I think this will make many people run away.
It should make me look elsewhere also… but where? Any other small phone with a bigger screen is pretty bad, old, etc… and I really needed a new phone, so I realised this was an opportunity to commit to the cause, and buy and hopefully push this form factor from Unihertz to mainstream brands.
Hopefully one day we can get one with a slightly bigger screen, I believe 4 inches and 1080p would be brutal. But for now… I think I’ve found my new phone. In fact, I bought it 3 hours after knowing its existance.
If you are not sold yet…
Go check reviews on YouTube (example). Honestly, you’ll see every reviewer falls in love with the device, even non-small phone lovers. It looks like it performs pretty well, it’s decently fast, battery is solid, screen is bright and colorful, the LEDs are really useful, even Face ID (which I’ll probably disable) is quick, it does not heat up at all, and even photos are pretty decent…
And it’s something like 200 $. Come on. What a deal.
Nah, OEMs had to make them larger to provide sufficient cooling surface area for the battery and cpu.
That was the first driver, and then marketing took over to make larger phones seem like a better choice.
Now that Android is much more power efficient (and the hardware is too), we could have smaller phones with only a modest reduction in performance.
Stuff like ceramic or glass backs were also as much about cooling, but marketed as a cool feature.
Ceramic and glass transfer heat far better than plastic. So when you’re running your flagship phablet at max to play a game, it can shed that heat much more readily, and also charge the battery at 15watts.
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Nah, OEMs had to make them larger to provide sufficient cooling surface area for the battery and cpu.
That was the first driver, and then marketing took over to make larger phones seem like a better choice.
Now that Android is much more power efficient (and the hardware is too), we could have smaller phones with only a modest reduction in performance.
Stuff like ceramic or glass backs were also as much about cooling, but marketed as a cool feature.
Ceramic and glass transfer heat far better than plastic. So when you’re running your flagship phablet at max to play a game, it can shed that heat much more readily, and also charge the battery at 15watts.
No they didn’t. They put the same CPU in smaller models.
Lol it’s really easy, people like big screens - nothing else.