Unihertz Atom L 6GB+128GB, Rugged Unlocked Smartphone Android 11 4300mAh Battery 48 MP Camera (Support T-Mobile & Verizon only)

This UPDATES MY REVIEW. MARCH 2022, I used mine with Consumer Cellular. With a drop of 3G my phone worked on Data, but not did not process calling. CC and local reps at Target could not fix what they said to be a SIM card incompatibility. And that forced me to buy a sleazy new phone. I like my Atom L much better. Be wary of this problem and if anyone has better advice please provide info. ---------- Orig review -----------My first smart phone was a petite Atom which I liked. This continued to work following ocean immersion. As I became a heavier user I needed a larger phone with higher capacity battery. The Atom L met that requirement. Although a larger size it is still not too big and the larger screen, especially keyboard, is nice. It seems very rugged and has other added capabilities (over the Atom) such as SD card compatibility. The camera is very good. I use Consumer Cellular and some system settings had to be changed to download data with easy tech support of CU, I found a nice rotating clip case by Turtleback (for iPhone 5/5S/SE) that is a perfect fit (itemA-PMPVerSMExtHDL2). Other on-line reviews cover the phone in more detail. Overall a good practical phone that is not fragile. The owner manual is a bit too minimal. That should be improved. An update a year later - still working fine with good battery life. Yesterday after dark dropped it off the end of a pier in sea water. Using a crab net I recovered it this AM and after a period it seemed to recover fine and tests our OK and seems to be fully functional again. I would buy this again. I think a good choice for heavy duty use where a basic, non-glitz, smart phone is the requirement.

I like the phone size. Battery life is good for smart phone. I have always bought rugged phones because of my work environment. The last cat phone I had was indestructible. I have never broken a screen ever. I wouldn’t consider this a rugged phone at all. I dropped it when getting out of the car only a 1 foot drop and chipped, the side of the screen. If the bezels were higher, they would protect the screen, but the glass sticks out and it’s easily broken after that it fell off my nightstand about 2 feet onto a wood floor and broke the screen. I have seen regular phones that were more rugged and could take a drop without breaking , the Bluetooth is also a problem drops in and out no matter which car I have it hooked to. It only drops out on phone calls works fine when listening to music or anything else. If they fix these two problems, it would be a great phone. Update May 1, 2025. I have tried to order a new screen for this phone it’s only available through the manufacturer. They have been out of stock for months and finally sent one that was missing the power and volume buttons. They asked if it would be possible I could you reuse the old ones. I said I don’t know but I’ll try. They finally shipped the new part and it was missing the speaker and microphone grill as well. I’ve asked around and cannot find any cell repair shop that will touch these phones. It’s pretty much a waste of money trying to do anything to these phones when they break. unless they’re under warranty just throw them away. Unihertz has no interest in repairing these phones off of warranty. Even if you pay this phone is only two years old and really should have an update as android 11 is not running some of the new apps. So far there has been no updates available and I don’t believe that they will ever offer any. I spent a lot of time emailing them trying to get a part for this phone to be sent one that is not complete and unusable. Every time I ask for a refund for it or if I can send it back they told us me I could buy a new phone, after I pay for them, they will give me some money back a discount of some sort. I don’t know if I trust them.

Hardware wise, it's exactly what I've been searching for: rugged and compact and Android 10. Unfortunately it was aggressively rejected and the accounts were suspended by both of the GSM networks I use, Cricket and AT&T (technically the same architecture, since AT&T owns Cricket, but they have very different data packages and customer service so I have accounts with both). Unihertz still has work to do with this phone. Edit: It turns out that AT&T/Cricket has begun a policy of rejecting any and all phone changes while they migrate off 3G technology, so any time you move a SIM it will block your service until you call in and tell them what kind of phone you're using. According to the rep I spoke with, this will continue until at least February 2022. Edit Again: After two hours on the phone with AT&T tech support, I finally made an actual phone call and started using mobile data. I was happy for less than one hour when they suspended the service again for using a 3G phone. I may keep the phone because I like it and I think Unihertz will eventually be able to resolve this with a software update, but for now it goes back in the box and the review remains at two stars. Final Edit (June 2021): I kept saying I was going to put it back in the box, but it kept working. After that last suspension two months ago it hasn't had even the slightest hiccup in service. If you buy this phone, I suggest you don't put in the SIM until you turn it on, give it access to WiFi, and let it completely finish the software setup. Make sure you check for any Android updates (Settings>System>Advanced>System update). Be sure you check your network settings and verify 4G is selected/preferred and HD calling is enabled. Do not put in the SIM and let it connect to your cellular provider UNTIL all the software is installed and the configuration is up to date. As for the phone itself, I was wanting something comparable to the old Sony Xperia Compact but with updated operating system. This checks the boxes in size, software, and operating power, but the interface just doesn't seem as robust. I keep selecting apps I had no intention of entering. It's nearly the same size as the Compact yet I spend far more time correcting text than sending it, even though using the same keyboard, dictionary, and texting app on both phones. I prefer it to anything else currently in Android production but really, that's not saying a whole lot. I think this is something they can improve on with hardware so I look forward to seeing the next iteration from Unihertz. Overall, four stars I think. Everything was fine until walking through the grocery store one day and a little 4-year-old jumped up in her shopping cart and yelled, "Daddy, Daddy, that man's phone looks just like mine!!" So glad Unihertz and I could add some joy to someone's day.

スマホの質感は良いのですが、Y!mobileのSIMに反応せず、外では電話しか使えません(T_T) 追記 当方iphoneからの機種変更で、simがiphone用になっていたため反応しなかったようです。 Y!mobileにてsim交換をしたら、直ぐに使えるようになりました。 後は永く使えれば、最高です。

Comprei este telefone pela resistência e durabilidade e até agora não podia estar mais satisfeito. O telefone já caiu inumeras vezes e parece que acabou de sair da caixa. Não sou muito exigente a nível técnico, mas parece-me ser bastante rápido e com um uso médio/alto, a bateria dura dois dias. A camera é bastante razoável. Recomendo!

Excellent compromis taille d'écran/taille d'appareil, excellente prise en main, excellent service de la part d'Unihertz, excellent son, caméra très convenable, batterie suffisante, fonctionnalités intéressantes. Si vous aimez les smartphones grand format, fins et légers, celui-là n'est clairement pas fait pour vous, si vous recherchez un smartphone compact, robuste avec une excellente finition celui-là est parfait ! Le poids et les dimensions sont clairement indiqués dans la présentation de l'appareil donc pas de surprise il suffit de lire le descriptif !

Finally got a smartphone as the 3g network where I live will be turned off before long, also because modern life is at the point where it's assumed you own one of the infernal contraptions now (QR code scanning etc). Picked this one as; (i) it's not too big, you can hold and operate it with one hand. (ii) Battery lasts a long time (iii) It's rugged enough for the casually clumsy (me) I'm impressed. I've tried a few before and they have always hit the wall at high speed during the first week or two of use. This one has done almost nothing that annoyed/frustrated me - a fact I am amazed about. Texting is not that difficult, it works well given the size of the screen, besides which you can always just talk the text message - and it will type it for you. It's a bit heavy (I assume due to the big battery and rugged casing), but I don't really mind as I'm not a millennial phone zombie. Therefore the phone is not permanently glued to my hand while I update the endless report that is faceache or post pics of my dinner on instafool. The weight is therefore immaterial. Looks and feels good build quality (if that matters). Very impressed with the battery life. I have been letting it drain entirely between 1st and every subsequent charge as I think that may help battery life (?), anyway.. its a good 4 days between charges. Only thing I haven't sorted yet is how to de-program the red button on the side. That button is currently the torch - I want it to do nothing. I guess I'll figure that out sometime. It probably helps that I have had an android tablet for the last two years to get used to the way these things behave. No doubt it suits lots of different parts of the smart phone market - the part it's suiting in this instance is for someone who only adopted a smartphone reluctantly and out of necessity. Oh yes - I very much like having Audible on it - now I can have a book read to me while out walking. (it has a 3.5mm phone jack). Speakers are very powerful when listening around the house. Overall very happy and impressed with the phone (and astonished to be writing that about any smartphone) Ermmm... That's it.

Cercavo un telefono (android) piccolo e lo trovai e, per il momento (dovessi cambiare idea nei prossimi mesi aggiorno la recensione), lo trovo veramente ottimo. Odio i padelloni, se devo guardare un film o qualsiasi cosa richieda tanto schermo mi porto un tablet o uso il pc. Mi serve un telefono che telefoni, abbia un ottimo GPS (e bussola etc), non mi infastidisca quando lo porto a camminare in montagna e mi possa, quindi, stare in tasca senza problemi. Questo, oltre a tutte le caratteristiche sopra elencate, è pure "resistente" e IP68 (ovviamente, non ho ancora provato ne a farlo cadere ne a immergerlo, ma sono disposto a crederci). Inizialmente pensavo al Jelly 2, ancora più piccolo, ma sono felice di aver speso qualche decina di Eur in più. riassumendo: 1. sensazioni: ero un poco preoccupato per lo spessore, invece, per quanto riguarda le tasche e la sensazione tenendolo in mano, nessun problema, anzi, decisamente piacevole: non da l'impressione di qualcosa che si potrebbe rompere se lo stringi troppo, o se lo metti nella tasca posteriore dei pantaloni e ti ci siedi sopra. Mi ricorda, come sensazione, i vecchi Nokia 3310 indistruttibili. 2. schermo: piccolo, ma comunque uso occhiali da lettura 1,5 anche per il precedente telefono (non enorme, ma più grande) e anche per leggere lo schermo del PC. Non mi da alcun problema (per me che uso occhiali). Secondo me chi ha una normale vista da vicino non avrà nessun problema. Io uso lo swipe per scrivere e non ho alcun problema, il touch screen mi pare molto preciso. 3. velocità: rispetto al mio precedente telefono è un fulmine (ma il precedente era un 16Gb/2Gb di cui non faccio nome). Quindi molto soddisfatto, ma forse solo perché questo è un 128Gb/6Gb. 4. foto: non uso molto il telefono per fare foto, ma mi sembrano buone. 48Mpix in effetti non sono pochi. 5. tasto configurabile: molto comodo per fare foto al volo o per accendere la torcia senza doverci pensare troppo. 6. sensore impronta (questo per me è fondamentale). Il telefono precedente aveva il sensore sul retro ( e quindi viene naturale configurare indice e medio delle due mani). Questo è frontale e viene naturale configurare i due pollici e, per me, l'indice destro. Funziona ottimamente. 7. Wifi. Ho avuto qualche problema di instabilità con il router wireless di casa (wind 3), dopo aver configurato IP fisso (come consigliato) nessun problema. 8. rapporto qualità prezzo: per me ottima, costa più di quanto sono abituato a spendere per uno strumento che, IMHO, non dovrebbe costare più di tanto, ma molto meno di oggetti magari più "trendy" ma tecnicamente equivalenti. 9. ha anche la radio FM che per alcuni è molto comoda e che stanno eliminando dalla maggior parte degli altri telefoni Per il momento nulla altro da aggiungere. Dovessi cambiare idea nei prossimi mesi aggiorno.