Okay, I broke the mold. I can’t stand mobile phones – they feel like an emotional ball and chain to me! But I live in the 21st century and I need one for communications and they are handy for looking up stuff on the run. I’m just not the selfie taking type and believe selfie sticks should be banned! I love travel and need to be connected on the road, so what’s the Best Compact Smartphone for me?
The main thing I can’t stand about modern smart phones is that they’re way too big. Stick them in your pocket, and it’s like you’re carrying a brick plus walking like you have a large turd wedged in your back passage. So that’s why I have the best compact smartphone which fits into that small pocket in your jeans. Actually, I’m going to recommend a couple of models.
The first one I’m going to suggest is the Unihertz Jelly Pro 3GB+32GB – The Smallest 4G Smartphone in The World, with Android 8.1 Oreo Unlocked – in Black or White
I’ve had this phone for a couple of years and I love it. It does everything that I need it to do, including taking photos, and since it’s an Android phone, it does anything that the bigger phones can.
Perfect for banking and transferring money on the road, you can use for Skype, install all of your social media accounts, and stream music to your favourite portable speaker.
The Specifications are below for the tech heads! Like I said, I like the simplicity of the phone, and since it’s dual SIM, I can take my home SIM card with me on roaming while using a local SIM card for day to day use.
Unihertz Jelly Pro – Specifications
- Dimensions: 92.4 x 43 x 13 mm
- Weight 60.4 grams (With the battery)
- Colours: Pearl White /Space Black /Sky Blue
- Operating system Android 7.0 (Android 8.1 Oreo update is available)
- CPU: Quad Core 1.1GHz
- RAM: 3GB
- ROM: 32GB
- Battery: 950mAh
- Display Size: 2.45 inch
- Resolution: 240 x 432 pixels
- Rear Camera: 8MP AF
- Front camera: 2MP FF
- Band support: GSM: 850 (Band 5)/900 (Band 8)/1800 (Band 3)/1900 (Band 2) MHz
- WCDMA: Band 1/2/4/5/8
- LTE: FDD Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/19/20/
- TDD Band 40
- SIM Card: Dual Nano SIM
- Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4GHz/5GHz
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1
- Built in GPS+GLONASS
- Sensor: G-Sensor,Compass, Gyroscope
- Supports FM Radio
- Supports 3.5mm Headphone Jack
- Supports MicroSD card up to 256 GB
- Micro USB port
If you’re after a more rugged version of the Jelly Pro, then Unihertz offers the Atom.
But if you’re after something more rugged, Unihertz has the Atom, The Smallest 4G Rugged Smartphone in The World – also with Android 8.1 with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. This would be perfect for hiking and mountain biking or other adventure type sports associated with travelling.
Need to know more? Here are the Atom’s specs.
Unihertz Atom – Specifications
- Dimensions – 96 x 45 x 18 mm
- Weight – 108 grams (with the battery)
- Operating System – Android 8.1
- CPU – Octa-Core 2.0 GHz
- RAM – 4GB ROM 64GB
- Battery – 2000mAh
- Display Size – 2.45 inch
- Resolution – 240 x 432 pixels
- Rear Camera – 16 MP AF
- Front camera 8 MP FF
- Band support: GSM: 850 (Band 5)/900 (Band 8)/1800 (Band 3)/1900 (Band 2) MHz
- WCDMA: Band 1/2/4/5/8
- TDSCDMA: B34/39
- LTE: FDD Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28A/28B
- TDD Band 34/38/39/40/41
- C2K: BC0,BC1
- SIM Card: Dual Nano SIM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4GHz/5GHz, Support Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2
- Support GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Sensor Fingerprint(front-mounted), G-Sensor, Compass, Gyroscope, Proximity
- Ambient Light Sensor, Compass
- Supports NFC
- Supports USB OTG
- Supports 3.5mm headphone Jack
- Support FM Radio
- USB: Type C
- IP68 water proof
And guess what? These phones are great conversation starters at the pub because since you’ll be the only one who has a tiny smart phone and you’ll stand out because everyone else has an Apple iPhone or a Samsung!
With the Jelly Pro and Atom, I really both of them because they’re lightweight and compact, but does everything I need it to do for a smart phone. People tell me it looks like the ‘Zoolander phone’, but I don’t care!
Have I won you over? Then…
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