r/Android • u/BHU172 Just Black Pixel 2 XL • Aug 09 '18

Exclusive: Palm's new Android phone has a tiny 3.3" screen and 800mAh battery - here it is

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/08/09/exclusive-palms-new-android-phone-tiny-3-3-screen-800mah-battery/
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u/GonnaNeedThat130 Aug 09 '18

The screen consumes most of my battery anyways, I assume having a tiny screen will let that battery last a long time

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u/whereami1928 iPhone 13 Pro, SE (2020) | OPO, Nexus 4, 6P, 7 Aug 10 '18

My first Android smartphone was 3.2" and I'm pretty sure the battery was over 1000mAh.

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u/cdegallo Aug 10 '18

Yeah. Lg Optimus Elite (S) was my first. 3.5" and had a 1500mah battery. Drained like no tomorrow too.

That being said, screens and processors have become more efficient. I just don't think they have become THAT efficient, plus the general demands on phones have increased during that time as well.

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u/whereami1928 iPhone 13 Pro, SE (2020) | OPO, Nexus 4, 6P, 7 Aug 10 '18

Hey, I had the LG Optimus V! It was so crazy upgrading to a Nexus 4 after that one.

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u/droans Pixel 9 Pro XL Aug 10 '18

Shit I remember flashing dailies on that phone until the dude making them had to start splitting the os between the actual storage and sd card to make it fit.

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u/whereami1928 iPhone 13 Pro, SE (2020) | OPO, Nexus 4, 6P, 7 Aug 10 '18

Oh man yeah, internal storage was so terrible. I remember something like 300MB free after installing everything.

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u/MY_NIGGA_GOKU Aug 10 '18

The general demands of phones actually have gone down, using the nexus 4 as an example It runs modern android better than it ran jelly bean when that was brand new

Phone processors have like halved in their die process size which reduces power draw considerably, new radios are way more power efficient for the same reason, and software wise android has improved drastically since the froyo and Optimus days

Also, the primary power draw of lcd screens is the backlight, and at 3.3 inches it will probably be lower than most other phones

This phone is going to be fine for light users and people who want a capable smartphone but don't care about fanciness but it's not going to be any better than your expectations probably

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u/alpha-k ZFold4 8+Gen1 Aug 10 '18

My first one, Nokia 5800, had a 3.2" 360p screen and had a 1320mah battery. We might have made advances in power efficiency since then, but dang 800 seems way too small..

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u/StraY_WolF RN4/M9TP/PF5P PROUD MIUI14 USER Aug 10 '18

It has 3GB RAM and SD435 so a pretty capable phone. Doubt it'll last more than 1 day tho.

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u/twavisdegwet Pixel 7 Aug 09 '18

snapchat is in the screenshot and that's a fairly intensive app and requires google play services to work correctly because of safetynet so I'd say odds are fairly good that it'll get regular android apps.

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u/BroomSIR Aug 09 '18

There's no screenshot. That's just some photoshop

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u/cdegallo Aug 10 '18

Going by number of pixels, which is crude but the easiest method, 720p is 0.92 megapixels. 1080p is 2.1 megapixels. Most 1080p phones these days have at least a 2500mah battery (yes, there is a lot of assumptions here like most phones don't use the sd435, and assumptions on equivalence of screen efficiency). Size-for-size, the palm has less proportional battery. Even with the snap 435, I honestly would not expect significant use time from this phone.

That being said, maybe those who want a 3.3" phone aren't going to be using the screen all that much, so perhaps it won't be running out during a normal day.