Unihertz is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, China. The company makes mobile devices running Android OS, targeted at niche audiences utilizing design features such as retro-styled QWERTY keyboards, small form factors, rugged outdoor devices, and others. Unihertz initially gained recognition on the Kickstarter platform where its first project was the miniature smartphone named Unihertz Jelly in 2017.
Unihertz was founded as Unihertz E-Commerce Co., Ltd. in 2016, by Stephen Xu (CEO). Unihertz was granted a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark on October 4, 2016, a European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) trademark on July 28, 2016, and a US patent on December 25, 2018.
Unihertz gained attention in 2017 with the launch of its first crowdfunding project for a credit card sized Android smartphone named Unihertz Jelly, with the Kickstarter project achieving its goal of $30,000 in under an hour, ultimately obtaining US$1.25 million. Another Kickstarter campaign was created to raise funds for the Unihertz Atom, a similarly sized device with a more rugged design. In 2019 Unihertz launched Titan, which features a physical QWERTY keyboard.
Since then, Unihertz has launched several crowdfunding projects for subsequent models including Atom XL â DMR Walkie-Talkie rugged smartphone with a 4-inch display, Jelly 2 â a full-featured small smartphone with a 3-inch display, Titan Pocket â a compact QWERTY keyboard smartphone, TickTock â a 5G rugged phone with dual-screen, Titan Slim â their latest QWERTY phone, Jelly Star â the world's smallest Android 13 smartphone, and Jelly Max â the world's smallest 5G smartphone.
Titan 2. Android 15 Phone with a Physical QWERTY Keypad.
Unihertz owns a self-operated smartphone manufacturing plant with a complete production line. In addition to their main featured product lines, the company also releases other unique devices on their official website. Examples include the Tank series and Luna. Tank series is a lineup of ruggedised mobile phones with unique features like compact 4.3-Inch display, large-capacity battery, projector function and laser rangefinder.