*Please make sure you check the bands listed to make sure it is compatible for your network if you consider purchasing this!* UPDATE: Got Geekbench 5 on this. Single 544. Multi 1811. Big difference from Geekbench 6. Roughly on par with the Blackview BL5000 A massive thank you to Unihertz for sending me this sample out for review! I really do appreciate it! I hope this video is more than enough :) Get the item mentioned on AliExpress: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ollMXbr My opinions in this video are my own, I am not being paid by AliExpress or Unihertz, they have just sent out the sample for me to review which is what I like to do :) ====================================================== I hope you all enjoyed this review! I think I managed to cover everything. Would you buy this device? What are your opinions on this release? Let me know down below! pay no attention to the end of the video. none. Timestamps: Introduction, Links & Disclaimers: 0:00 Current Pricing & Other Options: 1:34 Full Specifications: 2:17 Advertising: 6:13 Unboxing: 11:22 Around the Phone: 13:11 Power On, Initial Setup, Setting up Face Unlock & Fingerprint: 15:45 Other Examples, Display Quality, Fingerprint & Face Unlock Test: 17:21 Shortcuts, Torch, NFC Fail, Default Apps & No LEDS...yet: 18:28 Settings - Connections & NFC is fine: 19:44 LEDS WORK, Call Quality & Sim Cards: 20:25 Scrolling through the System Apps: 21:49 The LEDs in all their glory!: 23:01 The Minor Patch & Programmable Side Keys: 25:21 Freezer, Home Screen Settings & Further AI Apps: 27:24 Battery Settings, Battery Test, Charging & Reverse Charging: 28:46 Settings - Storage, Sounds, Display & Wallpapers: 30:34 Settings - Accessibility, Security, System Navigation & About Phone: 32:30 The Phone is TOASTY due to the LEDs: 33:40 The Camera & its issues: 34:13 The VERY LONG CAMERA TEST - Photos: 37:21 The VERY LONG CAMERA TEST - Videos: 41:38 Looking over the Camera Quality: 54:26 What I've Installed & Browser Test: 58:32 FM Radio, Slight Rambling, Open Camera, Sound Recorder etc: 1:00:00 The TOOLBOX: 1:01:18 RUclips Test & Speaker Test: 1:04:32 Proper Speaker Test (with LAZERSHOW): 1:05:35 Infrared Port Test with ZazaRemote: 1:07:09 Geekbench Test: 1:09:09 Gaming Test - Mighty DOOM: 1:10:37 Gaming Test - Genshin Impact: 1:11:37 Gaming Test - Ark Survival Evolved: 1:13:46 Double Checking the Specs & QuickshortcutMaker: 1:15:08 The VERY LONG Conclusion: 1:17:02 Teardown & Investigation: 1:20:19 It lives on, final thoughts & thank you to Unihertz: 1:26:59 Thanks Troy! Thanks for sticking through this one :): 1:28:10 Outro: 1:29:03 Any questions let me know! Be good people!
I can't help but appreciate the manufacturers that send you devices, knowing that you're going to investigate absolutely everything down to the internals. It loans a spot of credibility I think
@@tylern6420 in general the xiaomi phones are nice as they are well supported and can be bootloader unlocked almost always. The good ones got a bit too pricey however.
@@TheRailroad99and Xiaomi did not tell me to throw an expensive smartwatch into the trash, just like Samsung did, in 2021. Xiaomi is making good quality products.
@@andrasszabo7386 if you don't mind the Uygur forced to work on those assembly lines, or did you think products really came that cheap without some exploitations? Naïve
best phone, still using it. Sad that 300$ flagship killers (with the top QCOM SoC) aren't really a thing anymore. Phones just got too expensive (And I think this will actually hurt the phone industry. Atleast I would have replaced my phones 1 or 2 years ago if such a flagship killer was a available), with the high prices I will still wait to buy one. My Poco is now almost 5 years old - crazy... Still very much usable, Android /phone software finally seems to have reached the point where the basic requirements don't change that much anymore. PCs reached this with Windows Vista 15 years ago. A 2008 PC is still plenty fast for browsing the web and doing everyday tasks
@@TheRailroad99 This! Mine had the audio die on me completely. Opened it up, seems like a motherboard issue. Been extremely frustrated with the whole Android scene, not only do these devices not exist, but devices at even higher price points are becoming worse. Poco as a brand included, I mean just look at the X3, which was a budget midrange phone at $200, and then look at the X4 and X5. Samsung decided "horseshit" was an acceptable substitute for "phone", Huawei can't use good quality hardware to pair up with their incredible software, Xiaomi became a premium brand. The fact that a used iPhone makes sense in 2023 is insulting, since Apple isn't, and has never been a high bar to clear. I bought one off a fella here, I do honestly think it's the only way to go if you don't want compromise, but also don't want to spend multiple months worth of rent, or a facy vacation at some designer jungle hut on Airbnb. I literally don't know of a phone that's receiving that much software support love from developers. Like maybe a pixel? But those cameras just ain't the best anymore.
Got an LG V60 for a little less, and I couldn't have asked for better at such a price. Really it's nearly the perfect phone for me. Sad LG tapped out of the market.
@@scoredbuffalo31 Do they have unlocked bootloaders? I'd unironically buy an LG Wing today if there was any 3rd party developer support. Or just any LG phone with a DAC.
It's nice to hear these companies are sending you the devices, it's well deserved and will hopefully help your channel grow further. Your style works wonders even on these more higher end devices. They're long, but they're very helpful and gives us a good idea on what the device can/can't do that I don't really get from other reviewers. The fairly lengthy enough gaming section is actually something I'm very interested at and those who aren't into that can still either be entertained by it or just skip along thanks to your well though out chapters. Still ended up having a nice, chill time watching all of it even if I need to take a couple breaks in between. I've seen some RUclipsrs cover this unihertz device but none as in depth as this. I am personally looking forward to seeing what the Nothing Phone 2 brings to the table. I was tempted to get the first one but I am starting to have too many phones as is and I don't even review them 😂
IT can help also customers to choose basic phones for their needs- older they are, they most use thèse phones for calls and yoitube- playing cards, Facebook etc. Si battery life, good screen and user friendly prigrams are more important than memory for Games or face recognition.
I watched the whole thing without using a single timestamp. Some thoughts: 1) Quick Charge is Qualcomm's standard for fast charging. The one everyone else uses, even OnePlus uses as a fallback when you don't have a VOOC charger handy, is USB Power Delivery. Many (all?) other Snapdragon flagships support both QC and the faster versions of PD. I use an old Moto Turbo Power brick (QC Quick Charge with a different name for marketing reasons) to charge a Mediatek tablet and WiFi hotspot and the brick knows to drop down to PD-1 automatically. 2) I don't think I've ever seen you this underwhelmed before. Frustrated, yes. But underwhelmed, nah. It's one of those phones where it's cool if you win it in an online sweepstakes, but isn't worth paying for. I like Unihertz's business model of reviving older designs for the modern era. I keep hoping Unihertz will knock-off the Xperia Play. This Nothing phone knockoff appears to have been a mistake. What's the point? 3) Yes, I read the message and I heard something. It sounded like burping.
Thank you for the review! I am actually a big fan of the Unihertz brand as they strive to make phones that stand out in a competitive market. Have you considered reviewing the Unihertz Jelly 2? I own one and it's a tiny, cute curiosity with a 3-inch display, headphone jack, NFC, programmable button, fingerprint sensor, LTE, infrared port, and even a hand warmer, as it tends to overheat! It costs around 200 USD, but if you're looking for a more budget-friendly option, you can go with the Jelly 2E for about 160 USD, which has lower specs. Think of it more as a feature phone that easily fits into your pocket but operates on a normal Android system. I'm sure your audience would love to see your thoughts on it. Keep up the awesome work!
honestly ghost hunting with smoorez will be absolutely sick, big fan of that stuff so seeing one of my favorite tech channels do ghost hunting would be very neat 😂
This is the best phone review ive watch from thisbyear. I don't mind about the phone itself but your review video is a masterpiece. Very detailed and prescise. New sub here, make more amazing videos fam. Thanks to youtube recommendation for finding a yt channel like yours.
Great achievement, can't really remember the first video I saw of yours but it was a market find one will have to go back and rewatch some classic smoorez.
No IP rating is almost to be expected on a cheap phone - but the fact that (at around the 10:20 mark, during the "Customized Shortcut Button" section) one of the things listed is "Open UNDERWATER(!!!) Camera" was.... Well...... "Surprising"!! XD
I have a feeling that maybe the camera glitch may have been caused by the intense heat coming from prolonged use of the RGB LED lights. That's my guess anyway.
On amoled screens, that is an issue I have only experienced on Samsung devices. My 2020 Xiaomi amoled still did not have that burn-in. And the Unihertz Luna's screen is not even amoled so it will not burn in.
As you said many times in your video, the Helio G99 is not a good fit for this device. Per the spec sheet on MediaTek's webiste, G99 lacks 5G support and can only encode and decode video at up to 2560x1440, which is why you can't record in 4K with this device. I have been collecting Unihertz devices (for some reason) and they've had some great hits and some sour misses. The TickTock comes to mind as another Unihertz phone that doesn't live up to its potential; the subscreen was cool for about an hour and then I realized the implementation was pretty useless. I don't think you did a review of the TickTock, but it would probably be interesting to take a look at. There are two updated, smaller models as well with the same dual-screen concept. I've had a Titan as my primary phone for over two years now, and I still love it. I'd love to see a refresh of the Titan in a similar form factor, keeping the massive 4.6" square screen. I will probably buy a Luna soon as a curiosity, but I agree that it misses the mark in several ways. I really appreciate the in-depth looks you take at all these devices. You're awesome!
@@trentonking5508 oh boy I wish I got paid to write comments like that. You're welcome to pay me, if you want. In the meantime, I'll just keep trying to be nice to people on the internet for free. The reason I called out the Titan is that SMOOREZ has done a similar in-depth review of that device, so he's no stranger to Unihertz either.
@@umby9I wonder what is the Mediatek Helio G99 for? Kinda reminds me of the other Mediatek SoCs that I now forgot from a decade ago. The ones with very poor optimizations and quick to heat up in a short amount of time from playing any games to recording videos from a Mediatek-powered phone.
@@MandrakeRoomba I want Smoorez to know he is being watched on all sorts of devices and I think that's cool. I'm not here to flex, I respect Smoorez too much for that.
kind of sad that unihertz needed this. I know unihertz for very special niche devices (like keyboard phones or phones with a weird form factor). Maybe, if they are reading the comments: Please make a small (but not tiny) device, something around 5 to 5.5 inches, but modern (small bezels) with top specs (Qualcomm, not MediaTek. MediaTek is unusable as most MTK devices get very bad update support and MTK has poor open source resources for LineageOS etc). Something like the iPhone mini series, but for android. Sadly, there are not many phones like this. Pixel 4a for example was great (however not top specs), the zenphone was great as well (and indeed had top specs, but AFAIK a locked bootloader). It will be a niche device, so make sure people will like it by having it unlockable. Many big brands (namely OnePlus, Xiaomi, and partially also Oppo) got big because power users / nerds recommended them to other people. (Great examples are the older OnePlus devices or Pocophone series - both sold better than expected because of this effect). The phone could be priced in the $400 - 550 region (I guess less is not really possible for flagship spec CPUs).
The 4k limit may be down to the GPU. The Redmi Note 11 Pro lost the ability to do 4k versus the 10 when they switched to Mediatek with the same Mali 57 GPU. The Note 12 Pro got the feature back when they switched to a different chipset.
Loved your review, not a fan of the fon tho. But the way you reviewed everything was great to see, just like a trustworthy friend would before handing me a phone made by a shady company ★no offense★ cheers mate, keep up the good work, earned urself a sub btw ✌️
Mighty DOOM isn't too bad actually. You just missed a glory kill too! The only bad part about it is, that it's online only and has too many microtransactions.
They certainly put nothing into it. I wouldn't touch it for that price, it's not even a Snapdragon. They could have put "LUNA" down the back and included a mini extra screen, that would be a little more unique. Put EL around the edges as it's low power and won't generate heat. Do something someone else did, but do it better.
The thing had so much potential, maybe a better chip, back housing designed better (mainly camera placement), operating system, the ui, bloat, camera quality and wireless charging.
Was only a matter of time until something like the Nothing Phone One turned up. But sadly - this one does not take the idea of flashy LEDs - and give it its own spin. The "glyph" interface looks like a cheap copy of the Nothing phone. As for the specs - while i do not think that you need top of the line specs (like do not need those AT ALL) ... i think phones, cheapo phones should have specs like a Samsung S9 or S10 these days. I can get a used (but pristine condition) S10+ or S10 5g ... for roughly 150$ today. The Nothing Phone One costs 400$ for heavens sake ... ( + import tax, because my country sucks when it comes to global trade deals) ... and the Nothing Phone is a very, very solid phone, spec wide as well as build quality wise. This Luna phone "should" be of similar or better quality when it comes to its build .. because its specs are worse. So why buy a 400$ Luna, when you can buy a 400$ Nothing phone....
Honestly, for the 'new' device, I CANNOT PUT this thing TOO BADLY. Sure, you can go in the market and find second-hand phones with much better specs and stuffs in equal or lower price, but for generic device that does everyday stuffs, this thing is in 'very good' range tbh. It features all parts that aren't outdated, very large storage capacity, very large RAM, and 'weird' gimmicks for only $299. This thing is still 'much' better in terms of specs compared to so many of cutting edge budget interbrand phones out there (I bet the best you'd get in retail is 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, and lowest specs 5G chip). I seriously doubt if you are able to find interbrand phones with this specs, since this phone is 4G with one of best availability and good chip (Helio G99). Only put down of mine is that the cooling system could be done much better. For now it only rely on display to spread heat and in fact that the display is the heat generator itself. This thing won't last long in intensive tasks especially Genshin Impact. Phones in this price range could have graphene cooler. Another nit-pick thing is that camera is rather sub par quality for all camera stuffs inside. Many of budget interbrand phones still win in this particular case. I talk with my experience owning similar phone, although mine doesn't heat up like crazy although Genshin Impact 60 FPS is still nono without external cooling. And I think that this device could serve people with thoughts of changing phones in occasions, plus not having to go into headache finding best devices your money can buy, or putting in a risk of getting some random stuffs from previous owner, etc. Still, if you wanna go cheap with best specs, this is not an option, but for reasonably cheap phones without the need to deal with person, this thing could perfectly serve you.
With the 3 icons I never had a Samsung smart phone so I was always used to the back button on the left because with a book when you want to go back a page you turn to the left.
kinda like the old nokia days when people would mods the phones with leds to have multi color keypads or similar ..also the leds at the kinda remind me of the old nokia 3220 with the multi color leds which go off when a call comes in .
Ye, my Poco F3 for 285 euros was a great deal back in 2022 may. It really does wipe the floor with this unihertz, I was kinda hoping it would do better
this was long for sure, man i'll be honest, i didn't liked the nothing phone since it basically took up an iphone and used up some leds and android. so this is even worse lol, they are copying an already uninspired device, but for a really cheap price it could work. i really love the red magic, that fan is amazing! the little burps at the end were priceless
I think this keyboard looks a lot more like a neon sign than the nothing phone. I also think the luna actually has RGB unlike the nothing phone. I would assume that the asus ROG phone would have similar RGB, though from what I saw it's not as in your face as this, but there is a screen on the back which I guess makes up for it.
Those two extra buttons would have been soooo useful for gaming if placed along the edges. Just like some asus rog phones did. playing with screen buttons is always so hard due to not having those physical buttons.
so i got this phone back when you posted this video because i needed something to replace my galaxy s10. and getting it on amzn meant i could return it if it came as hat garbage. aside from the google play store blocking installs of apps "that are not compatible with this device" sideloading them worked fine in 9 out of 10 instances. like i can still update genshin if i bash my fists at my keyboard and find an updater that will work. load it from my pc to my phone then let it take its sweet time to actually install. it still plays well enough i can run around in game on a bus ride. the only other issue i have is battery life. i think it suffers from hung background tasks and will just. tank at random until i reboot it to prevent it from making me worry its gonna set my pocket on fire. i used your video to add thermal compound to it and its been -better-
Oh wow, headphone jack and IR port! Nice. No OLED display, also nice (not prone to burn in)! No removable battery and no microSD slot. Not a flagship Snapdragon CPU either. *cries* That was fairly close to what I wanted in a phone.
I'm really curious how you would get along with using a zello walkie talkie, but reviewing it in every other way but the main intended feature, since most of the zello walkie talkies are just android devices. maybe one of the companies would be willing to send you one.
Unihertz has done a really good job making the UI, especially in the settings. The only things that may hold us back is the MediaTek chipset, the camera design (kinda Apple ripoff) and the thickness.
Honestly wouldn't mind the thickness if it meant we'd finally get decent batteries (7000+mAh) so the damn things last 2 days or more. If it had a Snapdragon and a better camera (OIS) the resulting phone would have a damn good chance of being my next phone
the lights also make it just absolutely cook. i think they are using some kinda janky led driver system that is hugely overcurrenting the led effects. but all in all turning them on on a dark walk or as a "party trick" is fun! aside from mine having a good selection of them being mismatched in brightness so some colors have gross color shifted bands like a failing OLED
Helio G99 its quite an OK processor to run Genshin Impact. But don't set as maximum settings as possible as it might be very laggy. Overall it can be quite decent to run any heavy games like I mention above. It can be a perfect second phone. Plus, it have similar like Nothing Phone (1) design language behind the phone which is quite nice and its much cheaper than Nothing Phone (1). 18 watt charger might take some time to charge up compared to Nothing Phone (1) which have 33 watts.
Hello there mate I did a review on this phone and it kind of s*** Idk how did you manage those nightvideo outside that good BTW nice work and we can see the whole hard work 🎉🎉🎉
Throughly enjoyed the video. I admit I watched this after the new "jelly" video. Which I was really quite impressed with. This was a bit of a let down from the get go. Lol Before even getting to the camera tests I had gone on Amazon and bought myself a new phone, but not this. Lol To answer a few questions. Yes Ghost hunting would be fun to watch. The LEDs do look better reversed. The crazy cat man within me totally adores Ripley. Her markings and big white belly are adorable. My girl ,Dervla, does not approve of me paying attention to another cat. Lol 😅😅😅
Af far as I can see, the "Brighten with HDR"/"HDR effect" thing Google Photos is trying to sell you isn't related to the phone's actual HDR camera feature. It offers me the same thing on regular old jpg files that aren't from my camera, and even memes that weren't made with a camera. It just seems to be some brightness/contrast/gamma/saturation twiddling that presumably looks nicer on images with 10-bit color where it can reveal over- and underexposed areas better. Similarly Google Photos' "blur background" effect is just some AI background select thing, and works fine even though my phone doesn't have a depth sensor.
This phone is really a welcome device that put huge price on it to F with people thinking its nothing phone, so they buy it, thinking they found nice deal for original model. Yeah, camera is nice, lights are cool but rest? NOPE, avoid. For that price you can get Galaxy A52s 5G that I bought for my mother last year and its amazing, AMOLED screen, IP67, nice camera with cool AR tricks and run most of games without a problem. Or you can pick Poco X5 Pro that for me personally is big flop but its solid phone for everyone that really is a "phone that just work"(its just not X series as I remember but it is solid model for non power users.).
You could get a decent used Pixel 6, maybe even a Pro with a few scratches for this price, all with 4K video and 5G support. The lights are cool, but the lack of modern features in exchange is a bit of a drag at that price point.
I bought my pixel 6 pro used in like new condition for less than $200. Unfortunately for $300 I'd have to say no to this. The marketing is sketch, the specs are meh, the software support is questionable at best. Ehhhh
*Please make sure you check the bands listed to make sure it is compatible for your network if you consider purchasing this!*
UPDATE: Got Geekbench 5 on this. Single 544. Multi 1811.
Big difference from Geekbench 6. Roughly on par with the Blackview BL5000
A massive thank you to Unihertz for sending me this sample out for review!
I really do appreciate it! I hope this video is more than enough :)
Get the item mentioned on AliExpress: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ollMXbr
My opinions in this video are my own, I am not being paid by AliExpress or Unihertz, they have just sent out the sample for me to review which is what I like to do :)
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I hope you all enjoyed this review! I think I managed to cover everything. Would you buy this device? What are your opinions on this release? Let me know down below!
pay no attention to the end of the video. none.
Timestamps:
Introduction, Links & Disclaimers: 0:00
Current Pricing & Other Options: 1:34
Full Specifications: 2:17
Advertising: 6:13
Unboxing: 11:22
Around the Phone: 13:11
Power On, Initial Setup, Setting up Face Unlock & Fingerprint: 15:45
Other Examples, Display Quality, Fingerprint & Face Unlock Test: 17:21
Shortcuts, Torch, NFC Fail, Default Apps & No LEDS...yet: 18:28
Settings - Connections & NFC is fine: 19:44
LEDS WORK, Call Quality & Sim Cards: 20:25
Scrolling through the System Apps: 21:49
The LEDs in all their glory!: 23:01
The Minor Patch & Programmable Side Keys: 25:21
Freezer, Home Screen Settings & Further AI Apps: 27:24
Battery Settings, Battery Test, Charging & Reverse Charging: 28:46
Settings - Storage, Sounds, Display & Wallpapers: 30:34
Settings - Accessibility, Security, System Navigation & About Phone: 32:30
The Phone is TOASTY due to the LEDs: 33:40
The Camera & its issues: 34:13
The VERY LONG CAMERA TEST - Photos: 37:21
The VERY LONG CAMERA TEST - Videos: 41:38
Looking over the Camera Quality: 54:26
What I've Installed & Browser Test: 58:32
FM Radio, Slight Rambling, Open Camera, Sound Recorder etc: 1:00:00
The TOOLBOX: 1:01:18
RUclips Test & Speaker Test: 1:04:32
Proper Speaker Test (with LAZERSHOW): 1:05:35
Infrared Port Test with ZazaRemote: 1:07:09
Geekbench Test: 1:09:09
Gaming Test - Mighty DOOM: 1:10:37
Gaming Test - Genshin Impact: 1:11:37
Gaming Test - Ark Survival Evolved: 1:13:46
Double Checking the Specs & QuickshortcutMaker: 1:15:08
The VERY LONG Conclusion: 1:17:02
Teardown & Investigation: 1:20:19
It lives on, final thoughts & thank you to Unihertz: 1:26:59
Thanks Troy! Thanks for sticking through this one :): 1:28:10
Outro: 1:29:03
Any questions let me know!
Be good people!
Thank you SMOOREZ for the very long camera test. Always is and will be my favorite segment.
Thanks a lot, i really enjoyed, wish we could play genshin, yes inside the led was more good
App freezing disables apps. You can do that on rooted phones too.
@@FUCKSampleClearance4U same because of the music!
Can I please have the phone
Counted, it has 214 LEDs
215😩
Bright enough to work as a flashlight?
I can't help but appreciate the manufacturers that send you devices, knowing that you're going to investigate absolutely everything down to the internals. It loans a spot of credibility I think
Bruh... Seeing ZazaRemote makes me so nostalgic for the time when flagship phones still had IR blasters.
The most useful feature phones ever had, imo.
xiaomi still does them
and xiaomi also lets you shut off the swap in advanced options
@@tylern6420 in general the xiaomi phones are nice as they are well supported and can be bootloader unlocked almost always. The good ones got a bit too pricey however.
@@TheRailroad99and Xiaomi did not tell me to throw an expensive smartwatch into the trash, just like Samsung did, in 2021. Xiaomi is making good quality products.
@@andrasszabo7386 if you don't mind the Uygur forced to work on those assembly lines, or did you think products really came that cheap without some exploitations? Naïve
The fact that at one time for the same price you could get a Pocofone F1 is so mental.
best phone, still using it. Sad that 300$ flagship killers (with the top QCOM SoC) aren't really a thing anymore. Phones just got too expensive (And I think this will actually hurt the phone industry. Atleast I would have replaced my phones 1 or 2 years ago if such a flagship killer was a available), with the high prices I will still wait to buy one. My Poco is now almost 5 years old - crazy... Still very much usable, Android /phone software finally seems to have reached the point where the basic requirements don't change that much anymore. PCs reached this with Windows Vista 15 years ago. A 2008 PC is still plenty fast for browsing the web and doing everyday tasks
Or Poco F3.
@@TheRailroad99 This! Mine had the audio die on me completely. Opened it up, seems like a motherboard issue. Been extremely frustrated with the whole Android scene, not only do these devices not exist, but devices at even higher price points are becoming worse. Poco as a brand included, I mean just look at the X3, which was a budget midrange phone at $200, and then look at the X4 and X5. Samsung decided "horseshit" was an acceptable substitute for "phone", Huawei can't use good quality hardware to pair up with their incredible software, Xiaomi became a premium brand. The fact that a used iPhone makes sense in 2023 is insulting, since Apple isn't, and has never been a high bar to clear. I bought one off a fella here, I do honestly think it's the only way to go if you don't want compromise, but also don't want to spend multiple months worth of rent, or a facy vacation at some designer jungle hut on Airbnb. I literally don't know of a phone that's receiving that much software support love from developers. Like maybe a pixel? But those cameras just ain't the best anymore.
Got an LG V60 for a little less, and I couldn't have asked for better at such a price. Really it's nearly the perfect phone for me. Sad LG tapped out of the market.
@@scoredbuffalo31 Do they have unlocked bootloaders?
I'd unironically buy an LG Wing today if there was any 3rd party developer support. Or just any LG phone with a DAC.
AHH YES
THE " we have nothing phone at home"
Please make a premiere video now
Ok
It's nice to hear these companies are sending you the devices, it's well deserved and will hopefully help your channel grow further. Your style works wonders even on these more higher end devices. They're long, but they're very helpful and gives us a good idea on what the device can/can't do that I don't really get from other reviewers. The fairly lengthy enough gaming section is actually something I'm very interested at and those who aren't into that can still either be entertained by it or just skip along thanks to your well though out chapters. Still ended up having a nice, chill time watching all of it even if I need to take a couple breaks in between. I've seen some RUclipsrs cover this unihertz device but none as in depth as this. I am personally looking forward to seeing what the Nothing Phone 2 brings to the table. I was tempted to get the first one but I am starting to have too many phones as is and I don't even review them 😂
IT can help also customers to choose basic phones for their needs- older they are, they most use thèse phones for calls and yoitube- playing cards, Facebook etc. Si battery life, good screen and user friendly prigrams are more important than memory for Games or face recognition.
I have a ton of respect for Unihertz.. especially for having a phone with a physical keyboard! I'd love a 5G Titan.
I watched the whole thing without using a single timestamp. Some thoughts:
1) Quick Charge is Qualcomm's standard for fast charging. The one everyone else uses, even OnePlus uses as a fallback when you don't have a VOOC charger handy, is USB Power Delivery. Many (all?) other Snapdragon flagships support both QC and the faster versions of PD. I use an old Moto Turbo Power brick (QC Quick Charge with a different name for marketing reasons) to charge a Mediatek tablet and WiFi hotspot and the brick knows to drop down to PD-1 automatically.
2) I don't think I've ever seen you this underwhelmed before. Frustrated, yes. But underwhelmed, nah. It's one of those phones where it's cool if you win it in an online sweepstakes, but isn't worth paying for. I like Unihertz's business model of reviving older designs for the modern era. I keep hoping Unihertz will knock-off the Xperia Play. This Nothing phone knockoff appears to have been a mistake. What's the point?
3) Yes, I read the message and I heard something. It sounded like burping.
Yeah for a brand that prides itself on its quirky niche phones that actually fill specific roles this one is really confusing.
Interesting, was looking for something to watch, and am very happy to see the length, ready for all the details!
* chucks some pizza in the oven *
Thank you for the review! I am actually a big fan of the Unihertz brand as they strive to make phones that stand out in a competitive market.
Have you considered reviewing the Unihertz Jelly 2? I own one and it's a tiny, cute curiosity with a 3-inch display, headphone jack, NFC, programmable button, fingerprint sensor, LTE, infrared port, and even a hand warmer, as it tends to overheat! It costs around 200 USD, but if you're looking for a more budget-friendly option, you can go with the Jelly 2E for about 160 USD, which has lower specs. Think of it more as a feature phone that easily fits into your pocket but operates on a normal Android system. I'm sure your audience would love to see your thoughts on it.
Keep up the awesome work!
Qualcomm Quickcharge is just the standard for fast charging iirc
Terribly underrated channel!!
Time for a bag of snacks and a bottle of Coke, new Smoorez video!
Please premiere the video right now
honestly ghost hunting with smoorez will be absolutely sick, big fan of that stuff so seeing one of my favorite tech channels do ghost hunting would be very neat 😂
Alt title: I tried getting the Nothing Phone but got this parody version instead
I was watching the short circuit video on the phone yesterday and I was hoping you'd do a video on it, thanks for fulfilling my wishes
I've been waiting for them to drop the new Something Phone!!!
Greetings from Manchester.
I ALWAYS njoy your videos.
I NEVER skip.
The dots you saw on the battery I recon is sign language.
Bro the phone looks like it's infected with something lmaooooo
This is the best phone review ive watch from thisbyear. I don't mind about the phone itself but your review video is a masterpiece. Very detailed and prescise. New sub here, make more amazing videos fam. Thanks to youtube recommendation for finding a yt channel like yours.
Great achievement, can't really remember the first video I saw of yours but it was a market find one will have to go back and rewatch some classic smoorez.
You cannot possibly be meaning to say phones from 2012-13 could do 4k video recording 💀💀💀
No IP rating is almost to be expected on a cheap phone - but the fact that (at around the 10:20 mark, during the "Customized Shortcut Button" section) one of the things listed is "Open UNDERWATER(!!!) Camera" was.... Well...... "Surprising"!! XD
Samsung phones at the same price are IP67 rated
I have a feeling that maybe the camera glitch may have been caused by the intense heat coming from prolonged use of the RGB LED lights. That's my guess anyway.
Gestures are better to avoid screen burning. I had on my S20+ navigation buttons, and now they are permanently on screen.
On amoled screens, that is an issue I have only experienced on Samsung devices. My 2020 Xiaomi amoled still did not have that burn-in. And the Unihertz Luna's screen is not even amoled so it will not burn in.
Yeah I wonder why Samsung sAMOLED display is prone to burn in problem.
im writing this comment on a note 5 with severe burn in, lol
ive had s9+ for over 5 years and no screen burn-ins at all. its just a matter of not using the phone every day for 8 hours on 100% brightness fr.
As you said many times in your video, the Helio G99 is not a good fit for this device. Per the spec sheet on MediaTek's webiste, G99 lacks 5G support and can only encode and decode video at up to 2560x1440, which is why you can't record in 4K with this device.
I have been collecting Unihertz devices (for some reason) and they've had some great hits and some sour misses. The TickTock comes to mind as another Unihertz phone that doesn't live up to its potential; the subscreen was cool for about an hour and then I realized the implementation was pretty useless. I don't think you did a review of the TickTock, but it would probably be interesting to take a look at. There are two updated, smaller models as well with the same dual-screen concept.
I've had a Titan as my primary phone for over two years now, and I still love it. I'd love to see a refresh of the Titan in a similar form factor, keeping the massive 4.6" square screen. I will probably buy a Luna soon as a curiosity, but I agree that it misses the mark in several ways.
I really appreciate the in-depth looks you take at all these devices. You're awesome!
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@@trentonking5508 oh boy I wish I got paid to write comments like that. You're welcome to pay me, if you want. In the meantime, I'll just keep trying to be nice to people on the internet for free.
The reason I called out the Titan is that SMOOREZ has done a similar in-depth review of that device, so he's no stranger to Unihertz either.
@@umby9I wonder what is the Mediatek Helio G99 for?
Kinda reminds me of the other Mediatek SoCs that I now forgot from a decade ago. The ones with very poor optimizations and quick to heat up in a short amount of time from playing any games to recording videos from a Mediatek-powered phone.
I have a Titan Slim, and the lack of support for 5G WiFi with multi/mesh access points is a big deal breaker....
20:31 holy shit that's a throwback to my dad's Nokia 3220
I just watched this in VR via a Quest 2, Via Bigscreen on a massive cinema screen. Living it large lol
Wierd flex but ok
@@MandrakeRoomba I want Smoorez to know he is being watched on all sorts of devices and I think that's cool. I'm not here to flex, I respect Smoorez too much for that.
I like their Unihertz Tank way more. Great battery, great phone. Love this brick!
kind of sad that unihertz needed this.
I know unihertz for very special niche devices (like keyboard phones or phones with a weird form factor).
Maybe, if they are reading the comments: Please make a small (but not tiny) device, something around 5 to 5.5 inches, but modern (small bezels) with top specs (Qualcomm, not MediaTek. MediaTek is unusable as most MTK devices get very bad update support and MTK has poor open source resources for LineageOS etc). Something like the iPhone mini series, but for android.
Sadly, there are not many phones like this. Pixel 4a for example was great (however not top specs), the zenphone was great as well (and indeed had top specs, but AFAIK a locked bootloader).
It will be a niche device, so make sure people will like it by having it unlockable. Many big brands (namely OnePlus, Xiaomi, and partially also Oppo) got big because power users / nerds recommended them to other people. (Great examples are the older OnePlus devices or Pocophone series - both sold better than expected because of this effect). The phone could be priced in the $400 - 550 region (I guess less is not really possible for flagship spec CPUs).
The 4k limit may be down to the GPU. The Redmi Note 11 Pro lost the ability to do 4k versus the 10 when they switched to Mediatek with the same Mali 57 GPU. The Note 12 Pro got the feature back when they switched to a different chipset.
Literally watching on my own nothing phone xD
Badass. 100% better LED implementation than the razer phone 2
Loved your review, not a fan of the fon tho. But the way you reviewed everything was great to see, just like a trustworthy friend would before handing me a phone made by a shady company ★no offense★
cheers mate, keep up the good work, earned urself a sub btw ✌️
I wish that this had wireless charging, and a Qualcomm chip instead of MTK.
Mighty DOOM isn't too bad actually. You just missed a glory kill too!
The only bad part about it is, that it's online only and has too many microtransactions.
I miss your phone reviews
I bought a xiaomi note 10 pro for the same price and it has so many more camera options 😅
They certainly put nothing into it. I wouldn't touch it for that price, it's not even a Snapdragon. They could have put "LUNA" down the back and included a mini extra screen, that would be a little more unique. Put EL around the edges as it's low power and won't generate heat. Do something someone else did, but do it better.
- Mom, can we get a Nothing phone?
- You have a "Nothing" phone, already!
The thing had so much potential, maybe a better chip, back housing designed better (mainly camera placement), operating system, the ui, bloat, camera quality and wireless charging.
What's funnier is that the actual nothing phone cost a lot less than this
new smoorez upload... WOOP WOOP
The 60hertz refresh rate is the deal breaker!!
Was only a matter of time until something like the Nothing Phone One turned up. But sadly - this one does not take the idea of flashy LEDs - and give it its own spin. The "glyph" interface looks like a cheap copy of the Nothing phone.
As for the specs - while i do not think that you need top of the line specs (like do not need those AT ALL) ... i think phones, cheapo phones should have specs like a Samsung S9 or S10 these days. I can get a used (but pristine condition) S10+ or S10 5g ... for roughly 150$ today. The Nothing Phone One costs 400$ for heavens sake ... ( + import tax, because my country sucks when it comes to global trade deals) ... and the Nothing Phone is a very, very solid phone, spec wide as well as build quality wise.
This Luna phone "should" be of similar or better quality when it comes to its build .. because its specs are worse.
So why buy a 400$ Luna, when you can buy a 400$ Nothing phone....
Thanks for the in depth review. The camera system looks like it's the same 108MP as the Ulefone Power Armor 19. Very poor night scenes and no HDR.
i just want a GOOD 4 inch phone with good camera and bezels and no round corners on the screen
Honestly, for the 'new' device, I CANNOT PUT this thing TOO BADLY. Sure, you can go in the market and find second-hand phones with much better specs and stuffs in equal or lower price, but for generic device that does everyday stuffs, this thing is in 'very good' range tbh. It features all parts that aren't outdated, very large storage capacity, very large RAM, and 'weird' gimmicks for only $299. This thing is still 'much' better in terms of specs compared to so many of cutting edge budget interbrand phones out there (I bet the best you'd get in retail is 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, and lowest specs 5G chip). I seriously doubt if you are able to find interbrand phones with this specs, since this phone is 4G with one of best availability and good chip (Helio G99).
Only put down of mine is that the cooling system could be done much better. For now it only rely on display to spread heat and in fact that the display is the heat generator itself. This thing won't last long in intensive tasks especially Genshin Impact. Phones in this price range could have graphene cooler. Another nit-pick thing is that camera is rather sub par quality for all camera stuffs inside. Many of budget interbrand phones still win in this particular case.
I talk with my experience owning similar phone, although mine doesn't heat up like crazy although Genshin Impact 60 FPS is still nono without external cooling. And I think that this device could serve people with thoughts of changing phones in occasions, plus not having to go into headache finding best devices your money can buy, or putting in a risk of getting some random stuffs from previous owner, etc. Still, if you wanna go cheap with best specs, this is not an option, but for reasonably cheap phones without the need to deal with person, this thing could perfectly serve you.
I feel like my sidekick lx did the whole light thing back in the day
With the 3 icons I never had a Samsung smart phone so I was always used to the back button on the left because with a book when you want to go back a page you turn to the left.
You can set it that way on Samsung phones as well (well up to the last update on the s10+ at least, don't know if it changed after that).
I wish I could get a decent phone that thick and bulky. I love phablets.
kinda like the old nokia days when people would mods the phones with leds to have multi color keypads or similar ..also the leds at the kinda remind me of the old nokia 3220 with the multi color leds which go off when a call comes in .
Those lights from back side kinda resemble lights in a night club, perhaps that's why it looks better 😂😂
i mean 100$ more and you get an poco f4 with flagship specs and 33w charging
even a pixel 6 pro or 7
used tho
Exactly. It's not even that much cheaper than the original nothing phone
Ye, my Poco F3 for 285 euros was a great deal back in 2022 may. It really does wipe the floor with this unihertz, I was kinda hoping it would do better
@@daftbence Light gimmick . Even nothing has a few other pros
this was long for sure, man i'll be honest, i didn't liked the nothing phone since it basically took up an iphone and used up some leds and android. so this is even worse lol, they are copying an already uninspired device, but for a really cheap price it could work. i really love the red magic, that fan is amazing!
the little burps at the end were priceless
Something is bound to be better than nothing, right? ;)
my 5 years old $80 iPhone 7 can take 4k videos and this can't
My 7 year old $80 Xperia can take 4K videos and this can't
Considering I bought a Moto Edge 30 for around 300 USD, this price seems unreasonable
I think this keyboard looks a lot more like a neon sign than the nothing phone. I also think the luna actually has RGB unlike the nothing phone. I would assume that the asus ROG phone would have similar RGB, though from what I saw it's not as in your face as this, but there is a screen on the back which I guess makes up for it.
Those two extra buttons would have been soooo useful for gaming if placed along the edges. Just like some asus rog phones did.
playing with screen buttons is always so hard due to not having those physical buttons.
Lovin the content bud 🙌
I have a Titan. Not sure I'd buy another Unihertz phone.
Model?
so i got this phone back when you posted this video because i needed something to replace my galaxy s10. and getting it on amzn meant i could return it if it came as hat garbage. aside from the google play store blocking installs of apps "that are not compatible with this device" sideloading them worked fine in 9 out of 10 instances. like i can still update genshin if i bash my fists at my keyboard and find an updater that will work. load it from my pc to my phone then let it take its sweet time to actually install. it still plays well enough i can run around in game on a bus ride. the only other issue i have is battery life. i think it suffers from hung background tasks and will just. tank at random until i reboot it to prevent it from making me worry its gonna set my pocket on fire. i used your video to add thermal compound to it and its been -better-
Oh wow, headphone jack and IR port! Nice. No OLED display, also nice (not prone to burn in)!
No removable battery and no microSD slot. Not a flagship Snapdragon CPU either. *cries* That was fairly close to what I wanted in a phone.
Hi love your vid’s. Love 😊 from America here
Same
Hey I have a universal phone. The knock off blackberry I wonder how this works
I'm really curious how you would get along with using a zello walkie talkie, but reviewing it in every other way but the main intended feature, since most of the zello walkie talkies are just android devices. maybe one of the companies would be willing to send you one.
Are the LEDs at the back independent? Can I develop an application using independent LEDs, or are they divided into groups? It would be cool..
There were lots of SMOOREZ jokes on that short circuit video.
50:29 LOL the crickets
Unihertz has done a really good job making the UI, especially in the settings. The only things that may hold us back is the MediaTek chipset, the camera design (kinda Apple ripoff) and the thickness.
Honestly wouldn't mind the thickness if it meant we'd finally get decent batteries (7000+mAh) so the damn things last 2 days or more. If it had a Snapdragon and a better camera (OIS) the resulting phone would have a damn good chance of being my next phone
the lights also make it just absolutely cook. i think they are using some kinda janky led driver system that is hugely overcurrenting the led effects. but all in all turning them on on a dark walk or as a "party trick" is fun! aside from mine having a good selection of them being mismatched in brightness so some colors have gross color shifted bands like a failing OLED
Helio G99 its quite an OK processor to run Genshin Impact. But don't set as maximum settings as possible as it might be very laggy.
Overall it can be quite decent to run any heavy games like I mention above. It can be a perfect second phone. Plus, it have similar like Nothing Phone (1) design language behind the phone which is quite nice and its much cheaper than Nothing Phone (1).
18 watt charger might take some time to charge up compared to Nothing Phone (1) which have 33 watts.
I see that the cat is enjoying one of those red packets this time around
I like unique eng accent of this guy, and way he telling story obout it, look at the colours.... 🤪🥰
The Nothing Phone but bad! Amazing. Good laugh of a review. Great video
Face unlock animation comes from Pixel 4 XL
Hello there mate
I did a review on this phone and it kind of s***
Idk how did you manage those nightvideo outside that good
BTW nice work and we can see the whole hard work 🎉🎉🎉
Could be a nice phone with some more work maybe the next generation model will be better.
Throughly enjoyed the video. I admit I watched this after the new "jelly" video. Which I was really quite impressed with.
This was a bit of a let down from the get go. Lol
Before even getting to the camera tests I had gone on Amazon and bought myself a new phone, but not this. Lol
To answer a few questions. Yes Ghost hunting would be fun to watch. The LEDs do look better reversed.
The crazy cat man within me totally adores Ripley. Her markings and big white belly are adorable. My girl ,Dervla, does not approve of me paying attention to another cat. Lol 😅😅😅
Looks pretty good for 299$, not that good but better than some other options, ways awesome for android to have more competitions
hmmm, is that nothing phone on the back???
Af far as I can see, the "Brighten with HDR"/"HDR effect" thing Google Photos is trying to sell you isn't related to the phone's actual HDR camera feature. It offers me the same thing on regular old jpg files that aren't from my camera, and even memes that weren't made with a camera. It just seems to be some brightness/contrast/gamma/saturation twiddling that presumably looks nicer on images with 10-bit color where it can reveal over- and underexposed areas better. Similarly Google Photos' "blur background" effect is just some AI background select thing, and works fine even though my phone doesn't have a depth sensor.
There's our good old buddy SMOOREZ!
This phone is really a welcome device that put huge price on it to F with people thinking its nothing phone, so they buy it, thinking they found nice deal for original model.
Yeah, camera is nice, lights are cool but rest? NOPE, avoid.
For that price you can get Galaxy A52s 5G that I bought for my mother last year and its amazing, AMOLED screen, IP67, nice camera with cool AR tricks and run most of games without a problem. Or you can pick Poco X5 Pro that for me personally is big flop but its solid phone for everyone that really is a "phone that just work"(its just not X series as I remember but it is solid model for non power users.).
Spot on.
It's not a bad phone for 299$
Not the best too
You could get a decent used Pixel 6, maybe even a Pro with a few scratches for this price, all with 4K video and 5G support. The lights are cool, but the lack of modern features in exchange is a bit of a drag at that price point.
I love shortcut buttons🥺
304 grams is outrageous 😂
I donno, it works tho
Thank you for the friendly reminder to avoid MTK SoCs
11:20 yeah, well, you just pulled a pistol on the guy with the missile launcher.
Yeah if they made the back cover transparent the whole phone will look much more interesting.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail it gave me nothing phone 1 vibes
At least 2 LEDs
I bought my pixel 6 pro used in like new condition for less than $200. Unfortunately for $300 I'd have to say no to this.
The marketing is sketch, the specs are meh, the software support is questionable at best. Ehhhh
You buy it, then, once the dazzle goes, and your mates down the pub say "What's that?" You just mumble a reply "Oh it's nothing..." 😒 😉 😎🇬🇧
The back looks like Captain Olimar smiling at you
Just to go to mainstream brands, you can get a Pixel 6a new for less than £100 more than this phone in the UK.
Only if I know ghost hunters in Melbourne. Maybe go to Wahalla for the ghost tour there.