So let me get this straight, the proposition is to spend 10 dollars a month so I don't have to use the phone they want me to spend 800-1000 dollars on?
This is my biggest complaint. Everyone is sacrificing usability for a little more space and it just keeps going on. With the news of note10 being 6.6 inches I'm really pissed how far they are taking this. I just want a reasonably sized flagship phone, with like a 5 inch display.
Sell it as a standalone/unlocked for under $250 and I'd still buy it as my primary phone. I've been hoping someone would release a small android phone and they go and limit it to an add-on Verizon device.
A phone for when you don't want a phone. It's a phone for your phone. It's a phone to show you why you love your other phone. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a phone!
I'm glad I still have my iPhone SE from 2016 running iOS 12 perfectly fine. 4" is a really nice size for a smartphone if you're not into watching a lot of stuff and gaming. Make small phones great again, plz!
Interesting little thingy. It was simpler to have smaller phones in the past, but I don't think it makes much sense to have two phones just so you can have a weekend phone. The best weekend phone is no phone :)
not worth having a weekend phone, I agree. however I would consider this as a phone I take with myself to a party, or a hiking, where I might need navigation, but a 5-inch phone is crazy. worth the money for it? not sure, but I would consider it
Why don't all the big phone companies make a 5 inch phone like the iPhone 5s and make it bezzelless? I would buy one straight away. I don't know why everyone wants a big 20 inch phone in both of their hands. Does not make sense to me
And not all are media buffs, I was quite happy with my Redmi 3s prime but specsheet mirage caught up with me so I now am using RN4..I cannot afford SONY or Iphone and from what I know,these two alone made/make sub 5 inchers
while this is a little too small, i would hope this would be a baby step (heh) to smaller phones being an option again. i'm tired of big phones! we need options for flagship specs in iPhone 5 sized android devices, perfect for one handed use. or maybe i'm just getting old and every phone cramps my hand
@@Dranged2k I think big phones should still be an option too. It's just now flagship phones are almost exclusively medium to large. No good small options anymore
I go back and forth on what I prefer in smaller and bigger phones almost every day. Love the screen Realestate and battery of these massive phones on the market which I use now. But I love the feel of phones like the X and even an older 5s and 6s still today as bigger tend to get pretty heavy and take up so much space. I feel with some of the adaptations that bigger phones have like reachability and moving the keyboard to one side or the other of the screen make it easier to use. While it's still big it's not quite as cramped of screen as a 4-4.7 inch phone gets at times.
The Ninja Assassin Honestly, I don't want it because that would ruin the whole "Special Edition" vibe this phone has which made it cool in the first place.
Notdeepee, I don’t care about the special edition, call it small edition and I will buy one every year. God I miss have new phones. But no phone nowadays have reasonable sizes
Who wants an iPhone, is to complicated for the average person to use. Nobody has the time and effort to go back to school to learn computer engineering to use an iPhone!
why would I buy another phone to leave my phone behind? And if I leave behind my phone, why would I buy that phone in the first place? Doesn't make sense.
@@manushshah9676 the palm and Android so it doesn't have anything to do with brand loyalty. And apple fans would simply buy an Apple watch with a data plan.
They overlooked one thing... When the weekend comes around that's when I go hard on my phone. Camera, navigation, videos, basically everything I need a fast phone for. Only time I would need something like this is maybe going to the beach. Shame they used Palms name on this.
I disagree. There's a lot of legitimate information online; both videos and text. You seem to be about my age. One thing I love is that we can double the speed of RUclips videos. This phone would be perfect for being on vacation and still getting everything relevant you'd need.
@cristianischill so what? He recommends which one you should use, but he doesn't recommend using them more than necessary. I agree with him and see no contradiction
This...might be a stepping stone to that. This thing would force me to only use it for calls or at most navigation as well. For some reason I (we) simply can't stop using the flagships.
Instead of making a secondary device, why don't companies focus on making a compact phone(no compromises) like the Xperia compact series or the iPhone SE.
@@NickHunter They are almost the same size as most phones though. Xperia's Compact phones and especially Apple's 4-inch phones feel much smaller. Apple really is the only company that makes great really small phones, and they haven't updated that line-up since 2016.
Will be $50 in 6 months. No point being exclusive on Verizon. This would make an awesome tethering mobile hotspot for other devices as long as it's connected to a wireless charger.
I mean there's definitely a market for this... Not everyone WANTS a 5+ inch display phone, me included. Imo the iPhone 4/5 was the ideal size screen on a phone. I'd love to see the screen of an iPhone Xs on the body of an iPhone 5, coming from a Google pixel owner
@@gabriele5785 Not only that, since this is e-SIM you'd need a way to activate the internal SIM from the network side and it probably only has Verizon cellular bands so it's a lot more complicated and involved than just 'cloning a SIM'.
This is weird. It has too much stuff to be a “disconnected life” phone, so it ends up being a too combobulated , slow ACTUAL phone rather than something like the Light Phone 2.
I cant believe how a 5" bezeless smartphone is not a thing. Imagine how manageable would be with a decent size screen. I would be first on the line to get it
Isn’t a smart watch a better option for that functionality? For example smart watch will always come with you and you don’t need to put it in pocket, so the probability is better.
I mean. I would love to own a device this size again... That's right, phones used to be this size, and didn't require two hands. I want that back. I would say buy this as a second phone, but a main phone.
Mobile phones were made so that we wouldn't have to carry bulky landlines with us. They evolved so that we wouldn't have to carry a camera, a music player and a plethora of other things with us. And now we're pondering the use of a small device so that we wouldn't have to carry our mobile phone with us?! I am sorry but Palm can stay dead!
@@chrisreynolds6391 but those are "updated" iterations of already successful tech. This, on the other hand, is the first of its kind, and I agree with the general consensus here that it seems like a bad idea. I love innovation, but this seems like a feeble attempt to get the Palm name back into the mobile phone market without actually releasing a competitive smartphone. I just can't see this doing well at all...despite the fact that they've paid celebs like Stephen Curry to advertise it. Then again, I've been wrong before.
I figured out a good use for it... say you want to keep in touch with your young child but dont want to give them a full powered phone. Can you use it like that?
I would love to see an iPhone SE 2... same size as the old one with an iPhone X styled Screen and improved camera. This would be the perfect size and phone for many people...
Samsung watches have been doing that for a while, the Gear S2 and onwards at least had that option on things like TMobile. Still kinda dubious value but it's a thing.
@NonyaBusiness! no if you stopped over reacting and thought about it this might become a trend and people will use it as a main driver phone or start buying these for their kids and what's so bad about having a secondary phone for when you don't want to bring your big expensive one out because you're scared it'll get broken like if you go hiking or swimming etc use your brain stop hating I know it does seem ridiculous but I think it's cool so far tbh
There is a market for small phones. I know people stucked in phones from more than 3 years ago because the size. I think not that small but maybe between 4.5 or 5 inch bezel less phone it could be a thing for a lot of people. It's ridiculous how even 5 inch became "a small phone"
What I did: Bought one of these used on eBay, activated it as a connected device. Pulled the SIM out and stuck it in my Note 9. Now I have a Note 9 and a iPhone XS that get the same calls. The Note also has AirMessage on it. So I can grab whatever phone I want and not miss out on anything. For only an extra $10 a month this is an amazing setup.
I like the idea. But even if I had Verizon, no regular sms messaging is a deal breaker. BTW - I also lament the failure of WebOS and for that matter BB10. To this day, I still sometimes swap my sim card over to my BB Classic.
This is the reason I use a 4.7” iPhone instead of the big ones. I use my phone for texting and responding to other types of messages and doing urgent things when I have no other devices around. It’s small, fits well in my pocket, and kind of discourages heavy use. I use an iPad or laptop for media consumption.
This would be a great idea if it was cheaper and less feature packed. I mean, the only reason for this would be to be your "thieves phone". Leave your big, expensive phone home when going out walking and take your tiny with basic features phones for calls and maybe check emails sometimes etc. But it has too many things in. Even 3gb of ram is too much for this purpose.
He said it was low spec but I consider 3gb ram pretty generous for a phone. It's definitely a premium item not a phone for slumming it. If you want a throwaway phone, my full-size ZTE zmax is only $60 new.
Yeah I don't know why people say that a 3 GB of RAM phone (meant to be used for basic tasks) is low on specs. Having said that I use an iPhone 5 as a secondary phone and besides not being able to use the same number for calls it does the job for everything else and I barely notice it on my pocket when I walk.
I honestly would love this for work. I work in construction and even the beefiest phone cases with a tempered glass couldn't save my note 9 screen from getting cracked, this would be a great alternative so I can still listen to my music while having a smaller form factor to carry while on the jobsite
I think this thing is great! That "Life" feature would literally work perfectly for my needs. If I wanna go biking or snowboarding I'm not gonna hear my phone go off while I'm concentrated on not crashing; may as well have my phone be "off" and not risk breaking a $1000 device. I want one
BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > *the trend phone's size revolution
I think it's better as a primary phone if you just need something light that is able to run all the mainstream apps. Not everyone needs a huge phone and right now this seems like an awesome option.
just 3 question 1 will there be a GSM version 2 Can it work as a stand alone phone 3 how long does the battery last 4 who much would it cost as a standalone that four questions
Sigh, I remember old days of me sitting on the bus, my pre, and web os. Swiping from card to card. Also the honey comb styling reminds me of the apple watch
People who are saying this is a ripoff aren't taking into consideration that people who bought phones like note 9 are gonna buy this. Look I'm sorry your parents let you trap with pocophone but that's not everyone's situation.
@@a-10warthog51 People who buy the note 9 might need something smaller for convenience and this is what that is. They already spent over 1k on there big phone I doubt they will really care about spending a little more. Not everyone wants a pocophone that phone is actually good but it's not for everyone.
Why didn't you look at the pictures on a bigger screen and throw up a quick comparison with a flagship? Why didn't you test the battery life in Palm Mode vs regular over one day?
Would you want a tiny second phone that shares your phone number?
No. Just another useless device that needs charging.
Nah, I would say just get a smartwatch. Doesn't really seem necessary
The Verge definititly
Sure
In my country , we have mobile banking and so i'd use that little phone for that . Send , receive , pay bills , manage , shop etc
So let me get this straight, the proposition is to spend 10 dollars a month so I don't have to use the phone they want me to spend 800-1000 dollars on?
Yes
Spend 350 dollar to get rid of your 1000 smartphone for sometime..... And now I am thinking who are those great people behind this philosophy.
@Dragon Cocplayer weeb
Incase you feel like giving ye ol wrists a break you know how convenient, not. Fixing a problem that never existed
land of Lincoln if you have $1000 phone, have apple care on it so if it gets lost or stolen, you can get a replacement.
Modern smartphones have become so big we now need a second, small smartphone 🤦🏻♂️
This is my biggest complaint. Everyone is sacrificing usability for a little more space and it just keeps going on. With the news of note10 being 6.6 inches I'm really pissed how far they are taking this. I just want a reasonably sized flagship phone, with like a 5 inch display.
Palm Phone Slogan : Think Small 😂
No we don't need it
Xiaomi?
Akash Rawat reason i went for the iPhone 8 (non-Plus)
They should name it "face palm"
The Mug Shot.
Aditya 4K -this comment made my day 😂😂😂
Man, this comment made my day! 🤦♀️
don't worry, unbox therapy will face palm it in a thumbnail
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Sell it as standalone for no more than $100 and I'll buy it rn
Sell it as a standalone/unlocked for under $250 and I'd still buy it as my primary phone.
I've been hoping someone would release a small android phone and they go and limit it to an add-on Verizon device.
@@ginfly99 yeah i think they went the wrong route wit making it an add on instead of being it's own product.
It would have taken almost no effort to give us the option. I assume Verizon made them a good offer to lock it down.
@@ginfly99 its selling for $350 Unlock with Sim Slot in HK
@@Jimmyageek thanks!
Create a problem, sell a solution!!
Step 3: profit!
Truth has been spoken.
Marketing 101!
Apple's hidden motto
Kevin Santos sales
A phone for when you don't want a phone. It's a phone for your phone. It's a phone to show you why you love your other phone. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a phone!
Sounds like a Seinfeld episode
$350?? You might as well buy another phone for that price...
This is Verizon, I would love to see it fail
Mental. Probably costs $5 to produce.
Just buy a 4inch phone and you are nearly there.
we got a ton of options for as low as 200$ , that too with sd636 , 4gb ram , , dual rear cam ,etc etc
You can get a pocophome for that price
Smaller than the pixel 3 xl notch
Haha
Lmao
Cynthia
Seems a little contradictory. Pay more money each month to use the primary device you paid so much money for less often.
Going camping or to a festival? Might be worth it then
@@LostieTrekieTechie not really just use the device you actually have
MyGoldenFro c
I'm glad I still have my iPhone SE from 2016 running iOS 12 perfectly fine. 4" is a really nice size for a smartphone if you're not into watching a lot of stuff and gaming. Make small phones great again, plz!
Diego Lucena Same! Yayyy!
Interesting little thingy. It was simpler to have smaller phones in the past, but I don't think it makes much sense to have two phones just so you can have a weekend phone. The best weekend phone is no phone :)
My favorite
Absolutely agree. A phone for your phone? Ridiculous.
Very true
not worth having a weekend phone, I agree. however I would consider this as a phone I take with myself to a party, or a hiking, where I might need navigation, but a 5-inch phone is crazy. worth the money for it? not sure, but I would consider it
The best weekend phone is the iphone se.
WTF...a phone for a phone 🙄
*I N C E P T I O N*
It’s going to be a trend soon. Stay woke
Consumerism
Yo dawg !
Futurama predicted it
Why don't all the big phone companies make a 5 inch phone like the iPhone 5s and make it bezzelless? I would buy one straight away.
I don't know why everyone wants a big 20 inch phone in both of their hands. Does not make sense to me
People love media consumption. Bigger screen.. Better experience
@@pennylessidiot4015 i understand but there's a large audience and i am included who prefer a 5 inch phone for daily use
Not all are inclined to use bigger screens . it's not as if you get custom made phones...so you gotta make out with what is available
And not all are media buffs, I was quite happy with my Redmi 3s prime but specsheet mirage caught up with me so I now am using RN4..I cannot afford SONY or Iphone and from what I know,these two alone made/make sub 5 inchers
I also love 5 inches phone. Buy xperia
while this is a little too small, i would hope this would be a baby step (heh) to smaller phones being an option again. i'm tired of big phones! we need options for flagship specs in iPhone 5 sized android devices, perfect for one handed use. or maybe i'm just getting old and every phone cramps my hand
The Portly Gamer if you want a small phone maybe get an iPhone SE?
There are tons of small phones on the market. I still have my old phones laying around the house.
The Portly Gamer I’m 6’1 and 14 and only growing so I’m against your claim I want phones to get bigger there also harder to loose when there bigger
@@Dranged2k I think big phones should still be an option too. It's just now flagship phones are almost exclusively medium to large. No good small options anymore
I go back and forth on what I prefer in smaller and bigger phones almost every day. Love the screen Realestate and battery of these massive phones on the market which I use now. But I love the feel of phones like the X and even an older 5s and 6s still today as bigger tend to get pretty heavy and take up so much space. I feel with some of the adaptations that bigger phones have like reachability and moving the keyboard to one side or the other of the screen make it easier to use. While it's still big it's not quite as cramped of screen as a 4-4.7 inch phone gets at times.
I wish they'd bring back small phones. Would love to see an iPhone SE 2.
The Ninja Assassin Still on the SE 1st Gen. WooHoo!
The Ninja Assassin Honestly, I don't want it because that would ruin the whole "Special Edition" vibe this phone has which made it cool in the first place.
Notdeepee, I don’t care about the special edition, call it small edition and I will buy one every year. God I miss have new phones. But no phone nowadays have reasonable sizes
Mauro césar Get yourself the SE. Upgrade it to iOS12. Your problem would have solved itself by then.
Who wants an iPhone, is to complicated for the average person to use. Nobody has the time and effort to go back to school to learn computer engineering to use an iPhone!
So Palm has released the original iPhone 11 years later?
Isn't this basically what a smartwatch does?
Michael Cooper Even the original iPhone was bigger than this. It had a 3.5 inch display.
Yes, thinking the same about a smart watch usage
Palmphone is making money
Wait for the iPhone 5 XSE
Except that the camera on its back
why would I buy another phone to leave my phone behind? And if I leave behind my phone, why would I buy that phone in the first place? Doesn't make sense.
If this were a $100 budget phone I could use with any carrier, sure. But they had to kneecap it.
What a stupid idea. Who would pay 350$ to avoid using their 1000$ phone? And it's doesn't even have volume buttons?
What a waste
You can't tell me people wouldn't be going nuts for this if Apple was the company that released it.
@@manushshah9676 the palm and Android so it doesn't have anything to do with brand loyalty. And apple fans would simply buy an Apple watch with a data plan.
A bunch of idiots who bout $1000 phones
But why do people spend $1000 on a phone in the first place?
Fixing a problem that never existed, donate those 10 bucks
$350 ? No thanks I'd pick the iPhone SE anyday.
For that price Pocophone is a much better buy.
@@TsunaXZ he's talking about size
@@martinvalenzuelarojas839 Then I'd rather go with Sony's Xperia XZ1 compact (4.6") or XZ2 compact (5.0") the camera on those phones are beast
Specs aren't the point of it at all. It's simplicity. I mean it has a snapdragon 435 and 800mAh battery.
I had typed same thing until I saw your comment. SE best compact phone and very relevant today.
If this was it's own phone and had a headphone jack this would be my dream phone
So basically a drinking phone :D
They overlooked one thing... When the weekend comes around that's when I go hard on my phone. Camera, navigation, videos, basically everything I need a fast phone for. Only time I would need something like this is maybe going to the beach.
Shame they used Palms name on this.
Amen to that. Having a Palm Pilot years ago we were made fun of. Now see the idiots over use phones is priceless.
I think we really just need to use our phones less.
I disagree. There's a lot of legitimate information online; both videos and text.
You seem to be about my age. One thing I love is that we can double the speed of RUclips videos. This phone would be perfect for being on vacation and still getting everything relevant you'd need.
@cristianischill so what? He recommends which one you should use, but he doesn't recommend using them more than necessary. I agree with him and see no contradiction
This...might be a stepping stone to that. This thing would force me to only use it for calls or at most navigation as well. For some reason I (we) simply can't stop using the flagships.
@driedcarmex oh god 😅😅
How's that different from airplane mode?
I guess it turns itself off automatically after you unlock your palm phone. :D
So it's like turning the screen off turns airplane mode ON. Turning the screen on turns it off, so you can go online. It's kind of clever. - Dieter
@@TheVerge you can achieve this with Tasker though
so its agressive Doze?
@11smile But is not it better have it as a native function instead of using use a 3rd party app?
Instead of making a secondary device, why don't companies focus on making a compact phone(no compromises) like the Xperia compact series or the iPhone SE.
Yes, EXACTLY. I loved my Sony Z3 compact. It's small, yet packs the same punch as it's bigger brother.
Pixel and Pixel 3 are a decently small size. I had the XL and now the Pixel 2, feels great in the hand and same specs as it's big bro
@@NickHunter They are almost the same size as most phones though. Xperia's Compact phones and especially Apple's 4-inch phones feel much smaller. Apple really is the only company that makes great really small phones, and they haven't updated that line-up since 2016.
Except Apple not making them anymore. They abandoned SE
They are too busy copying each other
350$ ? What a rip off !!😰
At that price might as well get a smart watch
Will be $50 in 6 months. No point being exclusive on Verizon. This would make an awesome tethering mobile hotspot for other devices as long as it's connected to a wireless charger.
WHY EVERYONE SAYS IT WILL BE CHEAP IF IT'S ONLY HARDER TO MAKE SMALL PHONES? I think best price for it is 250$
4+ years later, and it's still $200+ LOL
2:22 *CNET* is the *first thing* they *search* on *RUclips* before *their own channel!!!!*
Lol intensional
So now we're back in 2007?
And 2018 price
Bullshit.
I mean there's definitely a market for this... Not everyone WANTS a 5+ inch display phone, me included. Imo the iPhone 4/5 was the ideal size screen on a phone. I'd love to see the screen of an iPhone Xs on the body of an iPhone 5, coming from a Google pixel owner
Ryan Higa yep
The 2000s had the best handheld devices.
This is so cute. I love this thing lol. I wish I could instead just pop my SIM card into this thing instead of $10 extra
S A M E - Dieter
you would need to clone your sim in order to run it with no extra charges
considering profermance, it's costly than my iphone se. iphone se is a pocket rocket
itd be pretty nice for everything but watching videos, but the price is hilarious
@@gabriele5785 Not only that, since this is e-SIM you'd need a way to activate the internal SIM from the network side and it probably only has Verizon cellular bands so it's a lot more complicated and involved than just 'cloning a SIM'.
3.3" thats just 0.2" less than the original ABSOLUTELY BARBARIC ORIGINAL IPHONE ! SO HUGE! (2008)
$350? Gtfoh with that noise.
This is weird. It has too much stuff to be a “disconnected life” phone, so it ends up being a too combobulated , slow ACTUAL phone rather than something like the Light Phone 2.
@Adventist except you can use it wuthout needing a companion phone. It runs apps like a normal android phone
I really hope to see on market sub 5" display...again
I cant believe how a 5" bezeless smartphone is not a thing. Imagine how manageable would be with a decent size screen. I would be first on the line to get it
iPhone SE is still available
...android! :D
for me the perfect phone size was the Galaxy S2
@@andezurulleta1
I can't believe it either. Only sony has... tried, and didn't hit the mark.
Isn’t a smart watch a better option for that functionality? For example smart watch will always come with you and you don’t need to put it in pocket, so the probability is better.
Big Drawback is 800mAh battery at this price point
I mean. I would love to own a device this size again... That's right, phones used to be this size, and didn't require two hands. I want that back. I would say buy this as a second phone, but a main phone.
Tails Furse iPhone se! I switched to iOS just because I was tired of massive phones and the se has easily been my favorite smartphone
It's a smartwatch for your hand..... Honestly, I really wish someone would make a tiny, durable standalone device about this size.
pratical when you are on the beach though. people steal cellulars left right and centre
Exactly! I think its kinda useless.. Im still waiting for a tiny phone! Im planning on making my own haha:)
Mobile phones were made so that we wouldn't have to carry bulky landlines with us. They evolved so that we wouldn't have to carry a camera, a music player and a plethora of other things with us. And now we're pondering the use of a small device so that we wouldn't have to carry our mobile phone with us?! I am sorry but Palm can stay dead!
It already seems laggy, I would rather buy Nokia 3310
He said phone for your phone, not a grenede🎃
can someone tell me why this mini phone needs 3gb ram
same like an iphone X
It needs a bigger battery and an unlocked bootloader.
a side phone. most pointless device ever invented
Who knows. Did we really NEED the last 4 iterations of the iPhone or the Galaxy?
I'm not saying I'll buy one, but I appreciate the innovation.
it's garbage that will be filling our landfills in less than a year.
@@chrisreynolds6391 but those are "updated" iterations of already successful tech. This, on the other hand, is the first of its kind, and I agree with the general consensus here that it seems like a bad idea.
I love innovation, but this seems like a feeble attempt to get the Palm name back into the mobile phone market without actually releasing a competitive smartphone. I just can't see this doing well at all...despite the fact that they've paid celebs like Stephen Curry to advertise it. Then again, I've been wrong before.
if it was a standalone phone it'd be great for loads of people
The funny thing is. If I buy that tiny phone, it would be better than my bigger one.
I figured out a good use for it... say you want to keep in touch with your young child but dont want to give them a full powered phone. Can you use it like that?
I would love to see an iPhone SE 2... same size as the old one with an iPhone X styled Screen and improved camera. This would be the perfect size and phone for many people...
WTF is this? early 2000s?
a phone that truly fits the front pocket ,lol
Didn't HTC try to do something like this a few years ago? A smart watch with the dual number system would make more sense.
Samsung watches have been doing that for a while, the Gear S2 and onwards at least had that option on things like TMobile. Still kinda dubious value but it's a thing.
Or you can buy the iPhone SE.
I’ve been looking for a concept like this for ages
When i clicked on this video I thought “I would most likely use this” but after finishing it I can’t help but think.. what??
If they sell more than 1 of these, I would be really disappointed in humanity.
@NonyaBusiness! no if you stopped over reacting and thought about it this might become a trend and people will use it as a main driver phone or start buying these for their kids and what's so bad about having a secondary phone for when you don't want to bring your big expensive one out because you're scared it'll get broken like if you go hiking or swimming etc use your brain stop hating I know it does seem ridiculous but I think it's cool so far tbh
@NonyaBusiness! but that's after the price drops to $20 lmao just saying I forgot to mention I hate the price
Palm nostalgia...?
Nah, I'll just grab a used m105 on eBay
I predict more will be sent free to reviewers than actually sell in stores.
Has better specs that my phone lol
Moto G6 play here
There is a market for small phones. I know people stucked in phones from more than 3 years ago because the size. I think not that small but maybe between 4.5 or 5 inch bezel less phone it could be a thing for a lot of people. It's ridiculous how even 5 inch became "a small phone"
4.5 inches is a very comfortable size to use a phone with one or both hands.
Yeah there is a market for a good small phone. But this isn't really a phone.
SE ftw!!!
I am glad you can use this as a standalone phone now.
What I did:
Bought one of these used on eBay, activated it as a connected device. Pulled the SIM out and stuck it in my Note 9. Now I have a Note 9 and a iPhone XS that get the same calls. The Note also has AirMessage on it. So I can grab whatever phone I want and not miss out on anything.
For only an extra $10 a month this is an amazing setup.
Two things are infinite, universe and human stupidity and I am not sure about former
I like the idea. But even if I had Verizon, no regular sms messaging is a deal breaker. BTW - I also lament the failure of WebOS and for that matter BB10. To this day, I still sometimes swap my sim card over to my BB Classic.
Of course Verizon has to ruin everything
I've always simply wanted a small phone which could be used as my hotspot for a tablet when I had bigger things to do,
This is the reason I use a 4.7” iPhone instead of the big ones. I use my phone for texting and responding to other types of messages and doing urgent things when I have no other devices around. It’s small, fits well in my pocket, and kind of discourages heavy use. I use an iPad or laptop for media consumption.
An 800 mah battery.... God damn that's awful.
It doesn't have a headphone jack?
Nicholas Jeremy no one cares
Soviet Ninja I care, because the guy said you could listen to music on the tiny midget phone. 2:25
I will care if I buy one used in 5 years to play music in my car. My guess is these things will depreciate like crazy being locked to verizon.
This would be a great idea if it was cheaper and less feature packed. I mean, the only reason for this would be to be your "thieves phone". Leave your big, expensive phone home when going out walking and take your tiny with basic features phones for calls and maybe check emails sometimes etc. But it has too many things in. Even 3gb of ram is too much for this purpose.
He said it was low spec but I consider 3gb ram pretty generous for a phone. It's definitely a premium item not a phone for slumming it. If you want a throwaway phone, my full-size ZTE zmax is only $60 new.
Yeah I don't know why people say that a 3 GB of RAM phone (meant to be used for basic tasks) is low on specs. Having said that I use an iPhone 5 as a secondary phone and besides not being able to use the same number for calls it does the job for everything else and I barely notice it on my pocket when I walk.
It's 3.3"! The Galaxy pocket was 2.8" and I never thought it was small back then
My last palm phone was a treo 650 back in 2004/5 so thanks for remind me those great palm phones and pdas , great times
I want one! So tired of phones getting bigger and bigger and harder to hold.
I wish they sold it as a standalone for smaller people.
They're called little people! :D
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Yet this isn’t a phone and will only work if you already have a regular smartphone.
liquid79 said no person ever
is there any competitor to this phone？ im kinda interested in this form factor
Fan Yun it’s not a phone
Apple Watch with cellular and gps
Tbh I would gladly use something like this as my only phone.
I honestly would love this for work. I work in construction and even the beefiest phone cases with a tempered glass couldn't save my note 9 screen from getting cracked, this would be a great alternative so I can still listen to my music while having a smaller form factor to carry while on the jobsite
I think this thing is great! That "Life" feature would literally work perfectly for my needs. If I wanna go biking or snowboarding I'm not gonna hear my phone go off while I'm concentrated on not crashing; may as well have my phone be "off" and not risk breaking a $1000 device. I want one
Try not to sound so excited, Dieter
*Does this phone require another phone???*
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Yeah, but just because of the way the carrier is selling it
No it doesn’t
If only you could slap it on your wrist...
Psycho Cuber 😭😭😭 EXACTLY!
Lol
Yeah I'll just stick with my lte frontier watch lol
You didn't say one thing about how it plays sound. Is there a mini jack hole for earbuds? Does it do bluetooth to earbuds?
3:54 “You can obviously move stuff around” fails to move icon then segways into whatever the long press actually triggers 🤦🏽♂️
Bring cheap Android smartwatch, thats way better
For $350 just get a Pocophone F1
also holy damn it still has more RAM than most phones
Nokia 8 is another good one
BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL > BIG > MEDIUM > SMALL >
*the trend phone's size revolution
I think it's better as a primary phone if you just need something light that is able to run all the mainstream apps. Not everyone needs a huge phone and right now this seems like an awesome option.
Does it also come with a smaller Palm smart watch for when I don’t want to drag my regular size smart watch around?
Haha same processor and ram as the moto g6. Motorola you listening?
??? the moto g6 is supposed to be a budget/mid range device, them using lackluster specs for it makes sense?
Moto g5
Eh... Motorola won't sell the g6 for 350 bucks.
Its only 99 bucks
Just get Apple Watch. Does the same and more
Pointless.
just 3 question
1 will there be a GSM version
2 Can it work as a stand alone phone
3 how long does the battery last
4 who much would it cost as a standalone
that four questions
Sigh, I remember old days of me sitting on the bus, my pre, and web os. Swiping from card to card. Also the honey comb styling reminds me of the apple watch
Interesting but...................
Is it running PUBG???????
Probably yes but why would anyone go for a small sc5ren.
Yes but you will die on first 10 seconds
It's better my phone, spec-wise
Like, what
Thankfully it is now available as a standalone device!
Love to see all the possible use case scenarios people can come up with for this.
Failed. Big time.
This phone is smaller than the notch on iPhone x lol
People who are saying this is a ripoff aren't taking into consideration that people who bought phones like note 9 are gonna buy this. Look I'm sorry your parents let you trap with pocophone but that's not everyone's situation.
Your comment makes no sense also it is a rip off 350 for this?
@@a-10warthog51 People who buy the note 9 might need something smaller for convenience and this is what that is. They already spent over 1k on there big phone I doubt they will really care about spending a little more. Not everyone wants a pocophone that phone is actually good but it's not for everyone.
Why didn't you look at the pictures on a bigger screen and throw up a quick comparison with a flagship? Why didn't you test the battery life in Palm Mode vs regular over one day?