Ok it’s 4G and Android 12, so a little bit behind the times, and weighs over a pound, but it has 65 watt fast charging and a built in 1200 lumen flashlight (I wonder if that doubles as a video light). I found out about it a few days ago and have been fascinated by it since then. The weight isn’t so bad if you consider that it gets rid of the need to bring a power bank.
Not gonna buy real soon but wow. Maybe they will do a 5G version sometime. I posted in another community that I want to be able to pull it out and say “that’s not a phone, THIS is a phone”.
Any thoughts?
For regular every day use, I’d be a little worried about not getting any security updates.
But something like this with emergency satellite texts (like a Garmin InReach or a new iPhone), this would make for a killer backcountry device.
Yeah, I think I’ll wait for a newer version. The same place also makes a very tiny Android 13 phone that weighs around 4 oz. That would also be great for backcountry on the theory that you leave it turned off unless you need it. I’ve been looking at the Moto Defy satellite tranceiver (like an Inreach but with no screen, you control it from a phone) and unfortunately it has what sounds like an annoying proprietary app. I think the feature will make it into more phones soon though.
Yeah satellite sos is such an underrated feature. It seems like nothing until you need it. I almost had to use it yesterday when I was mountain biking up around the CO/WY border miles away from anything and no cell service. I crashed and the first thought as I hit the ground was “if I break anything I’m fucked out here” until I remembered I have the satellite SOS. Luckily I was alright, just tweaked my wrist and scraped up my arm pretty good. Was able to finish the ride back to the car.
But I would have absolutely been fucked without it if something happened.
There is an updated one called the 8849 Tank 3 running Android 13. It has major upgrades like a 23,800mAh battery, Dimensity 8200, 16GB of RAM and 120Hz screen.
Thanks, interesting, it is not on unihertz’s site. It looks brand new. I wonder if it will be unveiled with the supposedly forthcoming black friday event. Blurb: https://liliputing.com/unihertz-tank-3-smartphone-has-a-23800-mah-battery/
Added: it’s even bigger than the Tank 2, 31mm thick instead of 24mm, several ounces heavier, has 16GB of ram and 120 watt charging, omg. I wonder if it uses 18650 batteries instead of some crazy prismatic pack or whatever is in the tank 2.
This disassembly video suggests that it’s using 4 batteries.
Wow, that guy’s channel is great. TIL that the Pixel 7a battery replacement is easy. I had stayed away from Pixels because with earlier models it was difficult. The 7a is too expensive anyway though.