Palm Phone PVG100 Verizon GSM Unlocked Mini Smartphone 3.3 inch 32GB (Silver)

Very satisfied. Gentleman was Kind offered to replace my phone or refund my money. Rate a ten

I bought the unlocked, standalone version direct from Palm.All you REALLY need to know about the Palm is that it’s a well built, tiny Android phone with a tiny battery. As you might expect, this means that battery life is poor, and even on max font size, text in many apps can be really hard to read, and typing can be touchy.Palm did come up with two software tweaks to mitigate both of these issues somewhat. There’s a simplified home screen of scrolling icons without text - kind of similar to the Apple Watch (but that only helps on the home screen), and “Life Mode” - an option which makes the phone go into airplane mode whenever the screen is off.Palm promotes life mode as being a way to unplug and spend less time glued to your phone - but an equally important reason is that it’s the only way this phone can get through the better part of a day without needing to be recharged! Handily, Palm provides a quick way to temporarily disable life mode for a few hours in case you’re expecting a call, etc.But in my day or two of using the phone before sending it back, at least for me, life mode seemed more like a bandaid to fix a hardware shortcoming, rather than a clever way to help me focus on the world around me - and honestly, with a phone this small, I was much less interested in using it compared to a regular sized phone anyway (maybe that’s the point?)Also, with life mode enabled I could never get Google Photos to sync anything, even if I told the phone to temporarily turn life mode off for a while. I don't know if other apps would have similar problems but it wouldn't surprise me; most are designed with the assumption that your phone is usually online for decently long periods, but life mode turns that upside down.Hardware-wise, despite being small the phone felt substantial and well made and looked good (similar to a shrunken iPhone XR). Performance was acceptably fast and photos were pretty good. There’s only one button for power/standby (volume can only be adjusted via the UI) and no headphone jack. To save screen space there’s a little 3 dot LED below the screen that replaces the navigation icons; tap once to go back, twice to go home, and hold for multitasking app menu. I found this to be intuitive and easy to use. Palm also includes a way to swipe up and do a gesture to quickly launch an app when unlocking, but I found it to be tricky to get to work. Face unlock thru the camera worked quickly and reliably.Palm also included a leather (or faux leather?) case with the phone along with both a neck and wrist lanyard. The case looked nice but it completely removed tactile feedback on the power button, and it caused the phone to constantly reboot into recovery mode when charging - I guess it was causing the power button to be pressed in (support told me to massage the case's power button a while to fix this but I didn't try). And the two ends of the wrist lanyard for the case wouldn’t stay attached no matter how I pushed and twisted them.In summary, I think anyone considering this phone as a companion device would be much happier with an LTE smart watch instead. You won’t need to sacrifice connectivity to get much better battery life, and rather than squinting at shrunken text and trying to tap on tiny targets, you’ll use apps designed for a small screen in the first place.And if you’re considering this as your main phone, you'll be even more disappointed, for similar reasons.

I love the phone and works as promised! My only complaint is the battery life, the phone won't last charged for more that five hours, but since i just love this mini phone I bough a Mophie case charger, as soon as the phone goes on a 30% battery left I just use the Mophie to re charge it. I use as a spare phone, so I can just turn it off at any time, if you need to use your phone on a daily basis you would have to keep it charging at all times or just buy a case charger as I did

Works as promised but SIM tray can be tricky....no user manual... terrible battery life but I only use it while running so no issues. Reliable seller. A steal at this price; at full price not so much

the best mini smartphone on the market

It was like new.

Sirve bien sólo que no dura la pila no se si es así el teléfono o es una falla pero de lo demás muy bien.

I am so sick of phablets and wanted something truly pocket-sized, and I LOVE this phone. Unfortunately not enough has been done to mitigate the (completely understandable) battery life. The Mophie Juice Pack cannot be used for continuous charging, and there is no other Qi adapter available in a size suitable for the PVG100. This makes it somewhat annoying to try to keep charged, especially since my fast charging cables, at least, are heavy enough to pull the PVG100 off the desk. If nobody's willing to commission a proper Qi adapter for this phone, then I think there should be a wider array of charging wallets and stands available since the phone is (again, for good reason) not able to live away from a charger for very long.The fact that so few attempts have been made to mitigate this weakness is the only thing keeping this phone from being a terrific five-star phone for me. Sadly, it's a complicated hassle to keep it charged, requiring extensive planning and constant attention (the opposite of the experience the phone promises).EDIT: After about a month, the battery has degraded to the point where it can't survive more than a few hours in standby mode. So much could be done even now to make this phone liveable but it seems it's already been abandoned.