It's pretty heavy which was weird for the first few days, but I got used to it. At first, it was a bit hard to hold that heavy brick in my hands and reach the keyboard on the bottom without losing my balance, but now I don't have a problem with it anymore. And I notice now that I can start typing blindly more and more, which is super cool.
The OLED screen on the back is a gimmick I rarely use. But I really like that the device sits flat on a surface if you put it into the official case. There's no camera bump tilting it at an angle, like so many modern smartphones do.
Be aware that they use old BlackBerry screens, which have been sitting in a warehouse for years. They have great resolution, but some of them started to delaminate at the edges and that looks like stains on your screen. I got lucky and my screen is pretty good, but other people got really messed up screens. Unihertz is not handling those issues well, it seems, only offering a free case or very low discounts.
And for now, there has only been one small software update. No security updates at all. They released initial software for early reviewers, then one update for the Kickstarter backers and a bugfix. That's it.
They have promised one more major Android release, but I wouldn't be surprised if that'll be their final update, to be honest.
I don't think it'll be shit, but they don't talk about RAM at all while revealing all other specs. Given current RAM pricing it seems like they're still trying to make a good deal on that, which will ultimately decide how much RAM customers get. It probably won't be a lot.
Unihertz put in 12GB into the Titan 2, good luck trying to match that now.
I got the Unihertz Titan 2 in December and I absolutely love it. 12GB of RAM are amazing. The camera isn't good, I hope they'll improve that with the next model.
Clicks is very quiet about the amount of RAM in their device, it seems like they haven't finalized that yet. Given current RAM pricing, I fear a 6GB model coming... :(
I am really grateful that Microsoft removed Windows Mixed Reality from Windows 11 and turned a lot of good headsets into trash for a while. Got an HP Reverb G2 for 120 bucks and now that works better than ever thanks to the Oasis driver that came out a few months ago.
It's 2160p per eye and I played Half-Life: Alyx on it, which is an absolute masterpiece. And I got Virtual Home Theater and watched all of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies in full 3D SBS. Better quality than my local cinema.
The Steam frame is supposed to have the same resolution and might be 600+. I'm not paying that much for VR.
And the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro joystick. Came out in 1998 and people still build USB adapters today to make it work in modern racing games and flight simulators.
Using light sensors was wild back then, the successor didn't use them anymore because they cheaped out.
What's even shittier about this is that one major supermarket chain (LIDL) was sued by our consumer protection agency ("Verbraucherzentrale") but the case was dismissed by the courts.
They have at least allowed a revision, so this will go to a higher court now which has to decide about it. I really hope all of those app discounts will be stopped.
I do admit that I run Win10 IOT in VirtualBox for a few small programs that won’t run under Wine.
I work in an ad agency and I have to use it, too, sometimes. Mainly for Adobe XD and Illustrator. I export their shitty proprietary formats to PDF and SVG, shut down the VM and continue working with native Linux tools.
Ungrouped buttons with titles is very efficient for me, too. I grew up with Windows 95 (that was the default behaviour back then) and my brain can handle this really well. I despise grouped buttons I have to hover over to see the actual windows and the icons only mode makes the clickable area too small and annoying to navigate to.
That sounds a bit like burnout, to be honest. I stopped reading for a few years, too, and didn't even know why, I was just not "in the mood" or at least I thought so. I have picked it up again this year and ultimately realized that my job was stressing me out. I was constantly worried about problems at work, but for reading, you need a calm mind.
Quitting my job and going to another company this year was one of the best decisions ever. Since then I have found time for hobbies (and losing weight) again. I also read on a WiFi-less eBook reader and put my phone into another room, so I cannot get distracted.
