Unihertz Jelly Star, The World's Smallest 4G Android 13 Smartphone Transparent Design LED Light NFC OTG, Blue (Support T-Mobile & Verizon only)

This has replaced my iPhone 14. Can still use tap to pay and turn by turn nav, don't need an extra device for my podcasts and music, have my banking apps. Runs android 13 well, had more storage than my iPhone. Swipe to text is easy with minimal corrections needed. It took my screen time down from 11 hr daily average to three. It's so small and friendly looking even the worst texts from my boss don't feel as threatening. Fits in your pocket and is thick enough that it doesn't disappear down seat cracks when you drop it. I genuinely love this phone. When it dies I will be replacing it. The only complaint is that the camera is pretty mid to poor. Good in a pinch but can't take pics like other smart phones. If you're considering a change or just trying to have your phone take up less space in your life this is a great little phone and only 200$. Take the plunge and try it out

I really love the Unihertz Jelly Star tiny phone! The unboxing was a lot of fun with the cool packaging design. At first it seems like a plump little phone, but it is so perfectly ergonomic in the hand. The screen protector and clear case are pre-installed which is a great practice. It is easy to hold and easy to pocket in my straight fit pants. I ran 6 miles with it on the first day connected to my Fitbit and it was a great experience. I listened to a podcast, was using GPS, and bluetooth Jlab sport headphones were connected, and it handled it all no problem. Also, it was so nice to have a small device with me as opposed to my giant Moto G G5. The screen is crisp and it will take you a bit to get used to the tiny yet useable scale of the Android and app UI. The phone call quality blows my Moto G series phones away and my wife says I sound great. The speaker phone is very loud and of decent quality. The battery life seems pretty good and should last me a 1 1/2 day with my use of running, podcasts, and communications with family. The fingerprint sensor is so good and is in just the right place on the back of the Jelly. I love the programmable red button, and have it set to Google Assistant so I can ask it to tell me jokes :) If you long press the shortcut button you get the flashlight by default which I love. The keyboard seems ridiculously small but somehow it works well, and I can swipe type pretty easily. The back LED glyph lights seem like a fun gimmick, and they are and bring me joy in how they are used. I did disable them for music, but it is fun to show off for your kids. I love how they notify you when you are charging, receive a notification so you don't need to look at your phone, and have a neat sound paired with them. Also, there is a front notification light that takes me back to my Blackberry days! This phone seems to get out of the way and alerts you without the need to be drawn into your screen. I don't know about the camera quite yet, but I am sure it is a decent enough shooter for my needs at 48 MP. This might be my perfect minimalist phone paired with the Indistractable Launcher. This takes me back to when phones were fun and I am sure you will enjoy it too if you are looking for a tool and to get away from large screen phablets that have taken over and are designed to make us addicted. I hope Unihertz keeps making phones at this sale and add 5g next please.

I really really really wanted to love this phone. And I kinda do, but it fails in one really important way: reliability. Let me elaborate: I wanted a small phone because I want to emphasize the point that this is a tool. And I want this tool to be optimized for it's primary use case in my life: to speed up information flow. I want to be able to quickly pull it out of my pocket, jump to an app, do some quick interactions and information consumption, and put it back in my pocket. Or, do some focus work or reading on my bed, like I am typing this review out now on the jelly star. All with minimal hiccups, distractions, and interruptions. Anything else, like videos, games, social media- I don't mind if that experience sucks, because those are better saved for being intentionally done on a computer where the experience is gonna be way better than any phone ever could be. So, "reliability", and does it consistently "speed up information flow" in my life? No, unfortunately it does not. I'll highlight why in order of importance: Verizon issues, fingerprint reader issues, charger compatibility issues, battery life, Android issues. Verizon: The only thing worse than trying to get driving navigation on a 3 inch screen is that you also have no signal most of the time. I'm impressed that it works* on Verizon, the Jelly Star isn't certified and all the critical features appear to work- when I have a connection. The issue is that I have been experiencing way more signal dead zones around Seattle than I'm used to. On paper, the phone has LTE bands 2, 4, and 13, which to my knowledge should be everything needed for Verizon LTE, but something isn't working as well as other phones. The fingerprint reader fails more than I'm used to, to the point where it would be faster on average to turn off the fingerprint sensor and get used to typing in the pin every time. It should be done better than this, other fingerprint sensors are fine for me. I often charge my phone using Apple USB c MacBook chargers. But this phone doesn't accept charge from some of them, some of the time. The battery life is not good. On paper it should be okay, but in practice it is not. I lose about 20% per hour of active use, and a staggering 4% per hour of standby. So if I go to bed with it at 36% and it's not on the charger it will probably be dead in the morning. What all these issues build up to is that this phone ends up failing its primary purpose for me -speed up information flow in my life- because it constantly interrupts me with these annoying functional issues. It's arguably worse than being interrupted by social media apps! I believe there are better tools available for that job, not because I think they have a design better than the jelly star (they don't), but because they're more reliable- and that matters a lot to me. 4/5 stars because there's so much good here. I'd encourage you to check it out if you think you'll like it, because most of the issues I've had are fickle and could be better for someone else. But I also think that most people considering this phone are also looking for a reliable "tool" rather than a distraction box, and in that way I can't really recommend it based on my experience. I could see myself owning a future successor to this phone. Please make more phones like this Unihertz, or anyone. Preferably with ergonomics more like the iPhone 4- and don't forget to make it a reliable tool.

I bought this for my teenage daughter. She wanted a small smartphone that would fit in her pockets. There don't appear to be many options out there that are really small. She really likes this phone. It does all she needs, and runs the apps she needs, and it does indeed fit in her pockets. We have Verizon Prepaid, and just used the sim card from her previous phone. Worked like a charm. She has said that using Google Maps on such a small screen is a bit of a pain, but it does work and she has navigated all over the place with it. (I should add that Google's Messages app didn't seem to work quite right. Certain RCS messages failed, but wouldn't send MMS. I'm not sure if that was us setting it up wrong, or something with the phone, or just related to switching the sim card between phones. She is now using Verizon's messaging app and it's working fine. I add this to note we did have this problem, but I somehow suspect that the problem is not really with the phone since every other app works fine. In any case, she loves the phone despite this very slight hiccup.)

I ordered this phone because I wanted a phone that ACUTALLY FIT IN MY POCKET, also for less distractions. But I have to say this tiny phone is so flippin cute! It works like any other phone, the only difference is the size, and that its 4g.(which ik they'll probably make a 5g one soon.) But I have to say this phone does everything my 5g Samsung galaxy FE 21 does. The camera needs a Lil editing when taking pics at night especially if the room you're in is yellow or like an olive or cactus color. Also the battery lasts very well throughout the day. I've been playing music and a few phone games on it and it's battery holds up very well. So if anyone is looking to downsize on distractions or want a good phone that fits in their pocket I definitely recommend this phone! ☺️👍😊

Got this ad a first phone for our son. It has held up very well! On day 3, our son dropped it in the snow, and it immediately shut off (due to the extreme temperature), so we couldn't track it's location. 3 days later, when the snow finally melted, we were able to find it. So it had snow and water and dirt exposure. After drying it out for a couple days, then charging it up, it worked perfectly. It is a very small phone, so keep finger size in mind when purchasing, for typing purposes.

This would not work on Verizon even though they claim it will several times. I will not call Verizon to ask them to whitelist this phone because that's not my job. Just be a phone that doesn't need a workaround to use. This phone was cool for the first 10 minutes and I loved the idea of smaller phones, but this wouldn't work on Verizon for me. The issue I ran into was having mobile data but not able to get calls or texts. Every solution told me to call Verizon to have them whitelist the phone and that's when I gave up. If I have to call to get a workaround to have basic phone capabilities, then I can expect future issues that should be avoided altogether.

Great little phone. Melted a charging cable appropriate for the phone about halfway into the year. There is a 1 year warranty and I missed the cutoff date. Warranty allows you to pay $60 to replace the phone (you also have to pay to send it back w/ a tracking number) or get a refund but you still need to pay to ship it back. My budget wouldn't allow for it within the time frame so I did not return the item. Customer service was prompt and clear. I would recommend this phone if you have the ability to sort out a replacement phone and/or know you will have it in your budget to return the jellystar if it's defective. It is a great size and was easy to use. Would have been pleased with the price, had it continued to work past 8 months. I rated it three stars because it was defective.