Unihertz Jelly 2: Review After 4 Months of Daily Use
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2021
- This is my review of the Unihertz Jelly 2 Smartphone after daily use for 4 months. This video is intended for anyone looking to purchase this phone, ask questions about it, and to send it to the developers to hopefully make a better product next time around.
It's refreshing to see a review that points out all the quirks and little things no one talks about when using the phone. Some youtubers can market it as a pretty good phone and show off all the good things it can do, but knowing how the daily use is, is a really important factor to buying it. So you don't get disappointed when you buy it.
It's a great phone for its price! I always used the Samsung Note line and it took some getting used to with such a small form factor. I almost returned it after a week of use but I said I'll give it a month. It has become my main phone. Great for making calls, games, UA-cam and even surfing the web. Only thing is the battery will drain if you do those things often. Just buy a nitecore carbon fiber power bank (super light) or a 21700 battery with power charging ability. You'll be set the whole day.
@@superwellplayed I'm about to get it! But I have some questions, I want to know if this phone has helped you curb your phone usage and how? I currently own an iPhone XR and I want to get this phone, try it for a month and maybe sell the XR. My plan is getting the jelly 2 for messaging, quick bank deposits, etc. And also getting a dumbphone, which I'll use as a stopwatch, alarm clock, etc. I'm just worried that I'll get a mini/uncomfortable version of my current phone and my phone usage won't go down.
@@camiloapr5771 it can go both ways. For me for sure my phone uses has gone down, but a phone is still a phone and depending on what you do you can still get sucked in. For me the biggest difference is that I'm really conscious of it now
@@camiloapr5771 I use it as much as I use my iPhone 6s plus. Only thing is the battery is smaller and you would probably charge it every so often. I like the fact that it's smaller and not as heavy on the hands but you have to take into consideration the size of the screen and it takes a little getting used to. To curb phone using, go for a hike on a nice trail, meditate, read a book, don't use phone on bed and cut out electronics an hour or two before bed time. Only you can curb your phone using, it's a battle but anything is possible with the human mind...
This is more important then initial reviews
This is the type of content I want to see on youtube: how much do people like their phones a few months in. Actually insightful stuff
You can go to system gestures and turn off the swiping back feature. It already has the capacitive buttons and super tiny, so no use for those features. Also, my left capacitive button works fine every time. I think it is acting up from you dropping it, maybe use warranty to exchange? I use the lanyard that came with it and it has saved me from dropping it many of times. Your phone should have came with an extra screen protector in box, swap out your broken one! I recently updated to Android 11 and Unihertz had their own update as well. Finger print reader as worked for me 95% of the time, minus wet/sweaty fingers. I added 2 finger prints of the same finger and it has made the scanner more accurate. Also, swift key is the way to go on this small phone. Hope for an update on camera software, but that's not that big of a concern for me at the moment.
I'm looking to get 1 of these. How do you update it to Android 11? The unihertz website says it's Android 10.
Best phone review I've ever seen in ages hands down.
Love mine. Have had it since August 2020 with no problems. I'm a light to moderate user (no social media running in background to drain battery) so I can get 2-3 days of battery life. If you're a heavy user, it's not for you. The Chrome app is on the bottom because it is a Google phone! You can change that. Fingerprint works great--you don't try to get your full finger on it. You tap 5 or 6 times in different areas of your finger. I've done it for both hands. It always works. IDK--I'm never happy with reviews LOL
Really helpful video. I appreciate the detail, and I wasn't thrown off by the cuts at all.
I found the white text hard to read with no border.
Thanks for creating this content
One of the best reviews I’ve ever watched for anything. Thank you so much.
i sure wish you had a review for the 2e like this, i agree with the other poster, we need more real ones like you out there in youtube land!
Knowing that it can stay in night mode is good to know. Great review. Thanks!
Love this personal review. Thanks so much!
Great review for a quirky phone, knowing all these little things really make a difference in your experience and therefore whether to buy or not!
Don't buy this crap, LoL
Dude you have 46 subs for just one video in 7 years. Small phone, small channel. Keepin it really simple.
Nice review, I finally found a nice calculator alternative that I can sneak into class with.
The phone screen is not actually broken because if you peel in the top left or top right corner, then it’s actually just a screen protector that you broke and they normally give you a spare to replace it with.
i think it may actually be the screen. i am fairly confident that the phone comes with plastic screen protector and i don't think plastic screen protector cracks.
I'm so happy that phone fits in pockets!!!!
Beautiful van conversion! I’m typing this comment from my little home on wheels. I feel that downsizing and simplifying my digital space is a twin effort with downsizing and simplifying the physical. Glad to see a like mind! 😁
Thanks! Yes I agree. I love my little home. I’m currently out of country rn, but when I return I will do a video about my van too. Blessings!
Great review on this small phone thank you!
You got a natural screen presence, keep on going brother. It looks like you’re in a camper van? Share your story
Thanks, mate :)
I ordered one, and now I'm waiting for delivery. Truly miss small sizes of phohes.
Thank you for the honest review
Such a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing!
Finally, an actual user review, yay!
Cool review, thanks🎉
Thanks for the review. I might get it as a secondary phone for hostpot or as a audio player, since it has a friggin headphone jack!
Great review!
Nice honest
review. Thanks
It was indeed very useful, thanks for the review
The 2 chrome icons on your home screen is likely just 2 seperate shortcuts leading to the same app. You can tell by looking at the list of all the installed apps. Its not like the iphone where every app has an icon on the home screen
Thank you for this video, very helpful
Great review
I have this phone it works amazing no issues on my end!
Thanks for ur honest review. I'll be getting this phone. my only concern is the battery life. i hope it has okay battery
For me I've never had a problem. I think as long as you have less than 4 hours of active use a day, You're good
I installed GCam on my Jelly 2, camera resulting so much better.
Nice review.
I only now came about your video and I really appreciate it. I'm considering a Jelly in 2023 but the new Star version seems weird. Do you still use it? Does it still work?
very good review
This vid makes for great ASMR
Really excellent review with plenty of useful things to know! Just wondering is it possible to create a shortcut in the homescreen to a folder? I noticed I had that limitation with the Jelly Pro.
hmmm what kind of folder? i just played around with it for a bit, i don't think so.
@@nielsdejong2773 I wasn't able to create a shortcut from any folder in the Files app, but I think they've replaced it with the Google Files app with the Jelly 2.
How good does the music sound? I wanna buy this phone so I can stream my Spotify music through an Aux cord, but it’s size does have me wondering if it can push out decent sounding music.
Got the Jelly 2e on order and will try to upgrade the camera software to GCam.
maybe the king kong mini 2 with gorilla glass 4 is a good alternate for the uniherz jelly 2 because of screen protection plus water and dustproof and 3000mah battery, the specs are similar only the weight is a little more with 124g, both are using android 10 but the jelly 2 has nfc and fingerprint while the king kong mini 2 has not but for the better survival ability in dayly life without cracking the screen, a view of the king kong mini 2 is worth it.
Just a quick question, I wanted to know if the phone works with other sim portals as I live in Australia, I have local sims.
Great comments! You look like the long lost brother of Steve1989MRE btw :)
the second chrome icon is in the home row, the other one is a simple app icon in a folder. same app, though. you can change everything. i don't think it's the screen that's cracked, but the glass protector?
mmm...here's a fellow Busuu user ;-) happy learning
Regarding the fingerprint reader: for better results I have registered the same finger multiple times to give it even more variations (i.e Finger 1 and Finger 3 are both my left forefinger, Finger 2 and Finger 4 are both my right forefinger). It does seem to help.
i am using Unihertz jelly star. The best phone i ever had. never going back to those disgusting slabs
How is the keyboard? Is it too small?
to see spotify on the inicial screen you have to activate spotify notifications
Thank you very much. My Jelly will arive next week. I’m also want to reduce my time on my phone and live my life fully instead.
Need help? I want to buy one but informed ATT not compatible? This video shows ATT on the phone as carrier. Not sure what to do?
Whats the processor again? Can it charge while video chatting?
Well, Thanks for the calm and thorough review! Subing to see what this channel will become. Any particular reason you did not get the Atom? Did you manage to fix the spotify widget on the locked screen? Because that's pretty bad for me since I mainly plan to use for spotify and podcasts apps on top of basic phone things. I have an 8" tablet in the bag for when I deliberately want to consume or read things on the internet or interact with people through it.
I got the jelly because it is a newer release and slightly bigger screen. And nope, I still have to open the phone any time I want to use Spotify. sounds like me too. Currently traveling out of country and I use the jelly for day to day stuff and the tablet for research, entertainment etc. when need be
I hope you found this video helpful:)
Im a palm user for 4 years, will soon switch to this.. lets see
Will this work with Small unlocked carriers like Mint mobile?
I used one of these for a little while. I think it’s cool but just a little too small. I think something like the Galaxy S10e or iPhone 12/13 mini in size are more practical.
How well does it work for video chat??
Hello I would like to know if this phone has 2 sim cards and if the Google map is working normal because i have a Nokia flip and the Google maps doesn't work like a real smartphone. Thank you 🙂
How good is the standby?
Great video! Can you please say something about its battery. For how long it can work with maps and gps?
I would say, and I haven’t verified this exactly, that the battery last for about 4 hours of active use. I would say it’s about the same with maps and gps is the program is running and the screen is on
Buying it for my 9 year old : )
Are you sure that your screen is cracked? It looks like you have a glass screen protector over top of it and that looks like what is cracked.
Bro is beauteous
when jelly star review? :)
🙏
Have you tried to use the phone as a hotspot? I will be needing my phone to operate the hotspot well because I will be tethering it to my desktop, and using it as a phone.
I can confirm it works really good. I worked a whole day on it. On the other hand it will not able to run for instance MS Teams for hours. It will get too hot and will shut down, but for just a short meeting its Okay and all people will stare at you :)
I just want to add, I have a Jelly Star and the sd card can NOT be encrypted. No doubt it's probably the same for Jelly 2 since it's an older phone. Unless you are okay with someone having full access to all your photos and videos, you are only limited to the internal storage when it comes to securing your data. If someone finds your phone, they will have full access to your sd card.
Where did you get the screen and case protection? Can you give me some link? thanks :)
According to other unboxing videos I've watched, the phone comes with a screen protector preinstalled and you get a free case (and one extra screen protector)
For some reason i liked you. The way you are talking. Where do you live?
why u so scary............
Also I can't find a way to keep the hot spot on. It will turn off usually pretty soon after the screen turns off. Any suggestions?
Is there any device connected to it? On some android phones hotspots usually will turn of by itself if it's not connected to other device.
It disconnects even with devices connected. I've tried a few things, but nothing has works so far. Generally disconnects when the screen turns off
@@nielsdejong2773 Let me know if you or anyone finds a solution to this, mine must be able to run the hotspot!
This phone remain me of mine old Sony Xperia x10 mini that i bought in 2011 😅
Btw your screen is hợp tư the screen protector is cracked not the screen! 🎉
It needs to be slightly larger screen and thinner and it would be perfect. Ive been using these since their first gen which is even smaller.
Slightly larger screen I agree with, but thinner, no. It being thinner would only make the battery even smaller which is not good. I'd rather have a thick phone with good battery life than a thin phone with trash battery life.
Just buy a proper phone u geek's
Y que opinas del ATOM XL xD
Is the phone fully unlocked, can I take it to Boost Mobile? Or Spectrum?
as it's not available from mobile providers and only available from OEM, it is in fact delivered unlocked
Спасибо что поделились именно опытом использования, распаковки несут мало информации. Думаю этот телефон нужен для тех, кто не хочет потреблять слишком много контента, но в тоже время хочет иметь в телефоне все современные функции.
thanks from russia
I like mine, you cant break it. its really small, an ant dropped off the tallest building will only be going 4 mph when it hits the ground.
Nice vid thanks ! I think you only broke the screen protector ..
Naaa I wish it's definitely the screen. I hit right on the top speaker where the glass is unprotected
Jelly star is not better from jelly2 I want to know which one to buy
Well actually Jelly Star is better than Jelly 2 hardware and software wise. The only annoying thing with the Jelly Star is its LED at the back to be power consuming along with its power processor compared to Jelly 2. They do said you can throttle the hardware so it won't consume a lot of power so I'm thinking of buying the star as well. The LED seems optional but the design at the back looks awful for my taste compared to Jelly 2. They added that feature so that its easier to get notified with the huge LED blinking and catching your attention.
The camera is so bad in Jelly 2 equivalent to Nokia camera quality or a cheap webcam. I'm fine with it but some important stuff like reading QR code takes time and picturing documents. My Jelly 2's fingerprint sensor just stopped working on its own after 2 years now of excessive use. I've barely dropped it at all for the fingerprint to be damaged. It broke out of wear and tear. Not everyone uses fingerprint sensor but its actually a huge plus for a small phone instead of putting pin/password/swipe. People complain about its inaccurate fingerprint but I actually registered 2 fingerprint of the same finger to accurately process it.
It's really feels cheap and plastic but with its built-in rubber case its really feels more durable and better. The rubber casing is awful though they get covered with dirt overtime within a year more or less so in my experience there's no way I can get rid of those grimes. Instead of buying the another one of the same type I just bought a third party black case which makes it look better.
The volume and power buttons gets stuck after years of use. It's worse than a gaming device wear and tear button Only one button which is the programmable button that never gets stuck for 2 years now.
Upon reading Jelly Star reviews, they have better durable buttons than Jelly 2 has to offer. It supports modern android version as well. In my opinion you should buy Jelly Star because you'll just regret not having it after purchasing Jelly 2. When you face direct sunlight, Jelly 2 has its brightness limit. Jelly Star has a higher brightness setting than Jelly 2 if you plan to use a small phone outdoors.
About battery say somthing here
That's a screen protector
Hobalala man
Excuse the poor quality of FLIM editing :-)) made my day.
buy link
@0:59 its called a shortcut...
They are releasing a cheaper version. With a power bank it is perfect as a bicycle computer!!
You could be a model
at last some REAL review
watch out for small screens, they will distroy your eyes!
now you don't think so. and at 40 you will see only with glasses
Shame I like the jelly idea.
yOUR SCREEN ISNT ACTUALLY CRACKED, THATS THE GURILLA GLASS. REMOVE AND REPLACE IT, SCREN UNDERNEATH IS FINE
According to your phone base on how it looks like at the moment and what we see looking at it you really wreck it by the condition of it already that is why most of the functions it doesn't work ?
You drop it too much !
Poor phone, you should take care of it and look after it from day one dude in which you don't really care as you say ?
Don't expect too much from a cheap small phone compare to an Iphone or Samsung !
✨☎️✨ 👶👏🙏
The battery is terrible, it looks like a toy battery like the phone. I had to return it
Soil food web is a scam btw
maybe "okay" phone but service is crap. company who ignore costumers should be ignored by future costumers.
90% of these issues are user incompetence 😂
The first model was my favorite phone ever… I’m gonna hear the entire review so I’m not ordering on nostalgia…. But I might order on nostalgia plus a closeted nothing fetish?
Friend what a great, fair review on only the most pragmatic aspects of this phone!! I’m going to have to think a lot before I divide my carry device from iMessage, but I might miss the form factor enough.
I want to recommend a couple things, in case they could improve your experience! Firstly, I began my relationship with unihertz at the same time I was in a period of feverish mala use, along with a bit so stable mind. I ordered the rubber case and this small phone so I could keep it around my neck with the thing I used most. It was very safe there, and also suffered some regrettable drops with no screen damage. It did very well even at the opposite end of my key lanyard, which is a half pound reminder not to buy too many doors in life.
Unfortunately, the usb port (micro on that model) kept failing due to whatever stress I was putting on it, and in the end I was charging the batteries with an ancient cell phone and swapping between two portless jellies. They’re in the data recovery graveyard and their successor was the illustrious Nokia 800 Tough, May I Someday Recase My 6300 Within Him Yea… now for environmental convenience… it’s true… I bought an iPhone for AirDrop and the OPZ app 😭
Oh, which reminds me!!! Check GitHub for a CFW that will roll on your unlocked device, and some haughty need may have selected to work on that camera.
Love you bro and I hope your life is so very grand! Based palm tattoo!!
Haughty nerd, had to consult a meth demon to finish the coop tonight, and hereso ends my leisure break 🙇🏻♂️
That's a screen protector