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Unihertz sells some decent Android phones that have 3 and 5 inch displays, respectively: https://www.unihertz.com

AFAIK, these are similar to the iPhone SE? The SE form factor was great in terms of size and thickness. Easy to use with one hand. I miss that.

>>nextos+(OP)
The Jelly Max looks really tempting, but I'm a little apprehensive after running the Jelly Star for a while and dealing with constant dropped calls and bad call quality all around.

>>nextos+(OP)
Unihertz devices fill a gap but are subpar phones in terms of hardware. They also don't get any software updates the minute after they are launched.

>>gsa+zb
I would be all over the Unihertz stuff if that wasn’t the case. I see people talking about Lineage working, but I haven’t looked into it.

My ideal phone is something small and rugged with physical keys that supports Android Auto for navigation and a few other basic apps I need (Bitwarden basically).

>>seanss+lr
Your phone basically exists from Unihertz. You just refuse to buy it. Which, well…

>>select+Px
I’m not completely against it yet, especially if it looks like I can use something like Lineage.

Software aside, I’ve heard mixed things about the keyboard on the Titan. Keeping an open mind though, I would like to support companies filling this niche.

>>gsa+zb
>They also don't get any software updates the minute after they are launched.

If you install Lineage or something, isn't that essentially a non-issue?

Otherwise those seem great! Never heard of them.

>>lbrito+1E
No official LineageOS support according to https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/. And no, missing vendor support is still an issue even with Lineage support, as soon as firmware (and sometimes driver) updates are needed.

>>sensen+L7
I'm in a similar boat. I really (really!) wanted to love the jelly star (when I used it for almost a month), but on Verizon I didn't have an LTE signal most of the time in the Seattle area, including downtown, which I find unreasonable. Also the battery life was horrible, 20% per hour of active use and 4% per hour of standby.

Using the jelly star proved that using a small screen is not a problem for me and I would gladly pay money for an experience like that.

But it also proved that it is not an acceptable option in terms of quality. Hopefully the Jelly Max is better in these regards.

I think Jelly Max the ideal size for me too (jelly star was a little too small for doing driving navigation). I'll keep an ear out

>>sensen+L7
It looks quite good, but I missed 3.5mm audio jack.