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Unihertz, it’s Not Too Late to Save the Jelly Max!

Posted on August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 by chrisa

But they MUST embrace LineageOS (IMO), regular updates matter

I can already hear the reviews of the upcoming Jelly Max in YouTube – “….a great phone, probably the best so far from Unihertz, but one you probably shouldn’t buy…”. It drives me crazy to know that’s coming, but it will, if Unihertz continues their track record of not supporting phones with at least security updates – if not entire major Android versions – for 2 or 3 years minimum after release. It doesn’t have to be this way!

The Max has a lot going for it. It’s a reasonable size, which gets you fans right out of the gate – first a perfect screen size at 5″. Everyone else is …

Small phones are almost completely dead, and this is a shame

Posted on July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by chrisa

I was pleased to find out the Moto Razr (2024) was available, and I’ve since purchased it for a review. But only because I want to use it 90% of the time folded in. I hate big phones!

And yes, I’ve been in tech long enough that anything over 5.5″ feels too big. Need I remind everyone that the iPhone line came with a 4.7″ screen for 6 years (iPhone 6 – 9 and SE) and we all got along just fine with it. Why on earth do we now all want a minimum 6.5″ screen on something we have to try and hold comfortably in one hand?!

A Moto Razr 2024 sitting on a MagSafe dock, displaying a web page while folded.

Samsung still produces something approaching hold-able with their Galaxy S line, and …