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.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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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.
"The enormous 22000mAh battery on Tank offers a decent battery life."
I'd call that more than decent lmao
I think you just like it for the 1200 lumen flashlight.
If I need that kind of battery capacity and illumination, I'll bring my Skilhunt EC300 and some spare 21700s and use it to top off the phone as needed.
i've had such terrible luck with phone charging (USB connectors crapping out after not that many uses) that I like the idea of very large batteries for less frequent charging. I made another post in c/ultralight about this: https://lemmy.world/post/8305808
Were they usb-c devices? I've never had a usb-c port crap out. Fuck micro usb though
Yes micro usb.. From what I've heard, USB C is a little bit better.
That's a fair complaint. My phone's USB port acted like it was dying this summer, but seems to be back to normal now.
https://liliputing.com/unihertz-tank-3-smartphone-has-a-23800-mah-battery/ Bigger battery! 5G! Mwah hah hah!
ha, battery life is very important to me, but this is a bit much
would be nice if someone would do a more reasonable 8-10000mah
8000 doesn't seem much different than the 5000-6000 that almost everything now already has. Make it swappable and then we're talking.
It occurs to me another advantage of a very large internal battery is that you can power the phone from it while something else is plugged into the USB-C port. There are probably splitters or hubs that let you plug a power bank and another device into the port at the same time, but it's more crap and more cables, impairing mobility.
Check out the ulephone power armor 18 ultra, has the same shit but runs Android 13 and has 5g. I've had the non-ultra version a few months now and love it, about to trade up.
It would be more interesting if one of these have swappable internal batteries, so it would be more of a portable battery pack that you can use as a phone in a pitch than the other way around.
Yeah it seems unfortunate to me that the battery pack in that phone is not swappable. I really want a phone that takes swappable 18650's straight up. But, that Tank phone is (at least spec-wise) pretty impressive as a phone, because of the many sensors, cameras, built in video(?) light etc. A 22,000 mah battery pack that weighs 1.2lb and costs $300 would be a non-starter unless the phone is pretty good. I've gotta say the new 5g version ($400+ and several ounces heavier) seems almost silly.
I finally have a USB-C phone and it seems like a big improvement over the old micro USB. Will see if it stays able to reliably charge. That makes external battery packs easier to use, though there is still energy loss in the different voltage conversions, if you are charging the external pack from a low powered source such as a solar panel.