welcome back to another video my name is jose and here we talk about digital minimalism
today we're taking a look at the snap phone ez 4g let's get started
the snapfone ez 4g is actually a very good device and i'm speeding my review for two reasons
number one this device can be helpful to a lot of you who are looking for phone calls text messaging
and a browser number two it shares the same core with the jethro sc490 so it's not going to be
a very long review but i'm going to actually remark the differences by the way an update on
the jethro sc490 is that this device can do group text messaging you need to go to messages settings
mms enable group text messaging i probably missed it on my initial review but i'm updating you guys
i already update it on reddit and on discord so if you're looking for a device that does
phone calls text messages and that works reliably here in the united states with all major carriers
i think the jethro sc490 is for you if you're looking for a device that does phone calls text
messages and a browser the snap phone ez4d is for you the smartphone easy4g comes from a company
again that positions themselves in order to sell for senior members of the community it works with
all major networks att t-mobile and verizon and it has two versions it has a candy bar version
which is the one that we're looking at today and it has a flip phone version in my estimation it
is better that you get the flip phone version just because it has a bigger screen and more
real state in order to use it with the browser the system is very speedy it uses a very basic android
operating system it is non-google based so privacy concerns are going to be diminished it does have
facebook installed however but you can uninstall it thankfully it's not blocked to uninstall now
if you want to use the facebook application you can use it but you don't have to there
is no way to install other applications because it is blocked i am looking for different ways
to install applications into these devices the jethro sc490 and the snapfone ez4g because i
think it can help a lot of people but as of right now we have not found a way and the companies
are unwilling to share their codes i reached out to jethro and i reached out to snap phone
and they just say that it's technically impossible but we know it's not technically impossible it's
just that they're limiting these devices so that there are no exploits or sharing some of the code
that they have done with their launchers but the device has a very big font the operating system
works very reliably very well i did not have any crashes and battery life is decent i was testing
for about two days i did not have any issues and because it shares the same core with the jethro
sc490 i kind of just did some extra testing and i was able to deplete about 50% of the battery in
a day but i was just using it calling and doing a lot of different things but it's going to last you
for one to two days so i don't expect to have any issues now if you get the flip phone version that
may be a little bit different just because it has a larger screen and if you're browsing and using
the browser a lot then of course you're going to deplete the battery faster but i don't see these
devices especially because of the resources that they use not lasting one to three days
with light to moderate use the smartphone ec4g is actually a very good alternative i liked it again
except for the small screen it has a front-facing camera it has a back-facing camera and it can
send group text messaging which is something that we've been looking for this also will be updated
on the dump phone finder if you're looking for a dump phone make sure to go to josebrions.org
phones and check out the material there i'm going to be adding a filter for usb-c devices that's
something that i actually really liked about the smartphone ec4g it does not only have a 3.5
millimeter headphone jack but it also has a usbc connection which is a plus another thing that i
like is that on the side it has a keypad lock so instead of butt dialing or having the screen act
up if you don't put a passcode you can just lock the keypad and avoiding those embarrassing phone
calls so i like the snap phone easy 4g especially because it works on all major networks i test it
with t-mobile att and verizon and it works very well so i'm really excited to share this with you
guys and that's why i'm speeding up the review process and again because it shares the same
core with the jethro sc490 one last thing that i'd like to add is that the smartphone ec4g has
an sos button again i do rave about sls buttons a lot because i think they're very
necessary especially for these kind of devices so again the smartphone ec4g is a very good device
i really like it really enjoyed using it and my recommendation is that you get the flip phone
version if you have any questions about the snap phone ec4d make sure to put it in the comments
below and if you have any questions about any of the dumb phones that i have reviewed make sure
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thanks for watching this video i'll see you in the next one during my testing of the snap phone
probably just trying to look for it maybe i just over there that's not phone easy