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I'm writing this on a Unihertz Jelly Star which is tiny, and I consider it my "protest phone" at the lack of decent small phones.

A friend jokingly calls it my "microphone", another a "prison phone" (due to its size allowing for more easily smuggling in body cavities). Occasionally I go to mobile phone shops and ask if they have a case for it just for the fun of seeing the look on their faces when they see it (I don't actually want a case, and in fact it came with one which I threw in the bin).

Personally, I couldn't be happier with it.

Only problems: they don't do software updates; camera is poor; non-OLED screen.

In an ideal world I'd have a slightly bigger phone, but not too much bigger. I've grown very fond of this phone.

>>jakegm+(OP)
non-OLED screen

I'd consider that an advantage: No burn-in.

>>jakegm+(OP)
The jelly star has got junk in the trunk though

>>userbi+E2
Is OLED burn-in really something people still care about? I have a handful of OLED devices, some of which I've used daily for nearly 10 years, and none of them have any burn-in. I've never even seen burn-in on anything other than a signage TV, and that happens even on some LCDs.

>>jakegm+(OP)
The Jelly Star's battery life is surprisingly decent for its size - I get about 8 hours of moderate use, but it requires a mid-day charge if you're using GPS or watching videos.

>>ChrisR+Tf
What sort of junk?

>>jakegm+(OP)
The lack of updates/general software sketchiness is what has me turned off from the Jelly. I know a product like that never has a chance in hell of running Graphene, I’d be way more interested if it could run Lineage.

>>franga+Ng
> I've never even seen burn-in on anything other than a signage TV, and that happens even on some LCDs

AFAIK, the hardware still suffers from that problem, but it's been fixed in most devices by software fixes. Instead of displaying the exactly same content 24/7, it has "cleaning programs" or similar to runs once in a while to prevent the burn in from happening. Our OLED TV does the same I think too.

>>diggan+Jn
Of course, and many devices also use various pixel shift techniques. My point is that this isn't really a drawback from the user's perspective. Saying "I consider non-OLED to be a selling point because it won't burn in" simply doesn't make sense anymore.

>>ethan_+Xm
So, same as iPhone mini :)

>>jcgl+cn
I run lineage on mine. It's much better than the OS it came with.

>>hellow+1n
it's about twice as thick as any other typical phone

>>jcgl+cn
There's an unofficial Lineage build, I believe.

>>jakegm+(OP)
The Jelly Max is 5" (so bigger than previous Jellies, smaller than mainstream phones). I'd strongly consider one except for their lack of software updates.

>>ChrisR+Tf
The thickness of the phone honestly isn't an issue at all. The phone is so small that it remains easily pocketable.

>>franga+Ng
I know someone who spends so much time with YouTube on their phone that the logo is visibly burned in to the screen. The phone is less than 2 years old.

>>philip+px1
Samsung smartphones are everywhere here and I've never seen a burn-in screen. Is there a difference between OLED and AMOLED? I thought that AMOLED was just a "flavor" of OLED.