Unihertz Jelly Star Mini Smartphone, 3 Inch the World's Smallest Tiny Cell Phone 4G Android 13 Transparent Design LED Light NFC OTG, Black (NO Charger)

A couple of months in now, and this phone has been perfect for my 10 year old's first phone. Originally I considered a dumb phone, but really wanted tracking so needed to go smart. I wanted small so it could fit into his pocket nicely and also would deter him from wanting to play too many games on it. I've locked it down using Google Family link, which means he can only install apps with my permission (and password) and that he can't disable location settings and things like that. The battery life is excellent, and easily lasts 2-3 days with minimal use. The signal is excellent with ASDA mobile (£5 pm). It's small, quite light weight and pocket sized, so fits into his jeans pocket. The price £180 is reasonable for the features of the phone. It looks great and appealing, and slightly unusual. It's as easy to use for him, who has great eyesight and small fingers, but I struggle to see the screen and type on the screen - due to me being old and having sausage fingers. I think it's a perfect first phone for a 10 year old, it suits my budget, has all the features he needs, and should see him through the next couple of years hopefully.

I love this phone! It wasn't exactly my first choice as I was hoping to get a 2022 iPhone SE but couldn't afford to, and I needed a phone urgently due to my honour X7 freezing constantly and not responding to anything, so decided to look for something that would do for a temporary measure.I was looking for something small due to having small hands and came across this one, I've never seen three inch screen phones before, or even heard of them, so thought I'd try it out and it's perfect!The phone is very very small so be prepared for a massive downgrade from a large screen but it's very compact, light and easy to use. The keyboard fits the size of the screen and is very small so if you have large hands this isn't the phone for you (fyi I'm currently writing this review on the jelly star phone!)It does come with a case and lanyard which is great when out walking as you can have it round your wrist making it easier to answer phone calls and messages, especially if it's important and your worried bout not being able to locate it due to its size.The memory capacity is awesome so far with all the 85 apps transferred across from my honour phone, as well as pictures, files and emails that I've transferred as well I've only used 13% of the 256 GB memory. It does have capacity for a 128 GB memory card too if the slot is not used for another SIM card.The sound quality is excellent, it's loud and clear much like you'd expect on a high end brand of phone.It does have some pre installed apps one of which is student mode where if your working, studying, or need some time out from screen time you can open up study mode and have some apps restricted for a set time, being a university student this is going to come in extremely useful when I go back to uni as less distractions.After a bit of researching I discovered that unihertz are the only company that have this app available so it's 100% one of a kind.Despite it's size the picture quality when streaming Netflix, Prime video and Disney+ is awesome! It's in HD quality and the picture is crystal clear almost like it's in 4K HD, I can also watch a 2 hour film without needing to have it on charge while streaming so it's performance so far has been flawless.It doesn't take very long for it to reach full charge either when plugged in, it does get a bit warm when charging at first but soon cools itself down with no issues and I can safely leave it on a charge overnight like I have done with my previous phones.Overall it's definitely become my favourite purchase from Amazon so far and 100% staying as my permanent phone rather than as a temporary one, if you're looking for a small phone I'd definitely recommend this one it's definitely excellent value for money!

WhyI wanted a small second phone to take for an evening out, something I could use in an emergency for calls but also use for Whatsapp, with bluetooth to connect to my car.The good:This phone is tiny, barely bigger than my car key, so perfect size wise. Android auto works as well as my '"full size" Samsung ultra, no difference at all - so podcasts work, maps, voice control etc etc. You can use Whatsapp, google maps and basically any other app, including banking apps. Google pay works normally so there's nothing really you can't do on this phone.The badThe fingerprint scanner occasionally glitches, send it to sleep, wake up and it's fine. The screen is very small, so don't expect to read documents easily. Watching YouTube etc isn't the easiest, audio is fine but again the screen is so small you can't really see any detail.The uglyDue to the small screen size typing is an issue. By the time the keyboard is displayed you can barely see what you've typed. You can live with that, but the main issue is the keyboard is so small each key is tiny so you can easily hit any of about 6 letters with each press. It's a minor grumble, I mainly get around it by using voice typing, it saves a lot of hassle.SummaryPerfect for what I wanted, small size to take out without a giant phone in my pockets, NFC, android auto etc so it's a winner, just don't expect to enjoy doomscrolling, it's so small it's hard to call it a pleasure to use.