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Stardate: 20230114.0232 | |
Location: The lab | |
Input Device: Alienware Alpha R1 | |
Audio: Hum of air cleaner | |
Visual: Lab clutter | |
Emotional: Tired, but wound up. | |
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Since I started working again last year, I had to get a new phone and | |
phone number for work. At the time, I decided to hold off on getting | |
a second phone and just get a sim and use the second sim slot on my | |
personal phone (Unihertz Titan) and also see what it was like just | |
using one device. It took some adjusting since I'm used to carrying | |
2 phones. I eventually got used to it, but had to do a bunch of | |
tweaks to not confuse things, like specify alerts for work and for | |
home, keep text messages, phone logs, email, etc. separate from each | |
other. I was able to keep my work apps separate using the shelter | |
application, which uses android work profiles. That seemed to be ok. | |
After getting into my groove at work and having the dual sim cards | |
set up on my phone, I noticed that my phone needed to be charged | |
more frequently. Not a big deal since I mostly work remote. | |
Last month, I started thinking of revisiting my one device setup. | |
Since I am in the habit of factory resetting my devices regularly, a | |
habit acquired during the tinfoil hat days, I thought about all the | |
tweaks I would have to redo. Not really interested, especially since | |
I did not document. So I decided to go back to the idea of | |
separating work from play, err personal device. I would get a new | |
work phone and transfer the work sim to that device. My personal | |
device would continue to be the Titan, but I would backup and wipe it | |
in case there was any work nasty left on there. | |
The device I chose for work arrived a little over a week ago. I got | |
a nice discount during the holidays, even if it was for work. It is | |
a beast of a phone with an appropriate name. It is called the | |
Unihertz Tank.[1] | |
This phone is H U M O N G O U S ! ! ! It is the largest and heaviest | |
brick of a phone I've ever owned, with bitchin' hardware and so many | |
cool features to boot! Here are the basic specs: | |
**Dimensions:** 175.6 × 85.30 × 23.9 mm | |
**Weight:** 560 g (With Battery) (that's 1.234589 lbs. American!) | |
**CPU:** MT6789 Octa-Core 2.0-2.2GHz | |
**OS:** Android 12 | |
**Memory:** 8GB + 256GB UFS 2.2 | |
**Battery:** Non-Removable 22000mAh Battery | |
**SIM Card Type:** Dual Nano SIM Card | |
**Micro SD:** No | |
22000mAh BATTERY! It's like a phone with a built-in powerbank! I've | |
had the phone for over a week and haven't had to charge it yet and | |
the battery is at 58%. It can also charge other phones/devices. The | |
Titan's battery is only 6000mAh and I thought that was good enough. | |
The Tank is a rugged phone and is built to be used outdoors. | |
According to the marketing, it is water, dust, and drop resistant | |
(can it defy gravity?) I have had rugged devices before and I seem | |
to be attracted to that kind of feature, even if I do take care of my | |
stuff. I'm use to having heavy, bulky devices and the Tank has some | |
serious girth and weight. One of the marketing videos showed someone | |
hammering tent stakes with the phone! If I watched videos in bed | |
with this thing and lost my grip, I'd probably be knocked out and | |
have a black eye! | |
One of the most frequently used features that I use on my phones is | |
the flashlight. A flashlight on my phone is essential, especially | |
with my aging eyes. The Tank not only comes with a standard phone | |
flashlight, but it also has a high-powered camping flashlight! 1200 | |
LUMEN!! That's like a 75 watt incandescent light bulb on the | |
phone!!! And it will also signal for help when I get stranded on the | |
side of the mountain in the wilderness or forget to bring the strobe | |
light for the campsite rave! | |
The Tank also has cameras! 32MP in front, 108MP in back, 2MP macro | |
cam, and 20MP NIGHT VISION!!! It can see in the dark! I have | |
thermal imaging on my old CAT S60 (80x60 thermal resolution), which | |
can show temperature in the dark. This one has IR emitters, more | |
detailed pics in the dark and a much higher resolution. But no | |
temperature, boo-hoo ;) | |
On the top of The Tank is an IR blaster! It can communicate with the | |
TV, the stereo, the VCR, the DVD, the fan, the A/C, anything that | |
uses an IR remote! I remember using this feature on old Palm devices | |
with the Novii Remote program. Now I can do the IR remote thing | |
again on The Tank! I already configured it for my entertainment | |
system in the family room. | |
The Tank is not comfortable in pants pockets (is that a Tank in your | |
pants or are you just happy to see me, LOL), unless you are wearing | |
cargo pants. Even then, kinda cumbersome. Right now, I have it in a | |
black tactical zippered molle pouch that I hang off of my belt. It | |
seems to do ok. Some kind of holster might be better. I'll have to | |
check the options in my inventory or pay a visit to the army surplus. | |
Yes, this is indeed my new work phone and totally redonkulous for | |
that purpose. I have been jonesin' for somethings different and so | |
here it is. Shelter has been installed and I have been migrating the | |
work stuff from the Titan into the Android work profile to separate | |
the work stuff from the testing stuff. So much m0ar to explore! | |
[1] Unihertz Tank | |
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