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I've been running unihertz jelly 2 for ages and it's phenomenal. The only two annoyances I have are no 5g (I'm always tethering my laptop) and that google maps scooter mode just isn't available on this phone and there's basically no solution to get it working (and I'm hard pressed to figure out whose fault that is - google for failing to recognize the device location? Unihertz for failing to indicate my location correctly?)

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Any idea if these work fine with android auto? First I'm hearing of this company and the Jelly 2E for $159 is kind of awesome.

I wouldn't recommend 2E as the jelly is already a very low power phone that struggles with Slack for example lol.

No idea if they work with Android Auto but isn't android auto some kind of mapping plus music UI? The screen is quite small, I don't use it mounted on motorcycle when I ride for that reason.

Ah no android auto uses my car's display in this case. I found reports that it works but lags on the 2E, but works fine on the older more powerful 2.

I have one that I use as an mp3 player. My main gripe is the awful battery life.

I've had one for about a month. The battery life was very bad at first, but then I twiddled with the settings about stopping certain apps from running in the background and now it's tolerable

I just leave airplane mode on all the time and have a short screen timeout. I also use wired headphones. It's certainly usable as an mp3 player. The extra functionality is a bonus that I very occasionally use (I have a cheap sim card in it).

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