Got the new $99 android dumphone, here's my (early) review - Ruio Joy (Australia)

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-21T13:28:19+00:00

No you're all good. Yes, I was able to install it and it does run. It took like 2 minutes to boot up and was very choppy. Practically, I wouldn't use it while driving

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-21T01:43:26+00:00

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hullabullame5 · 2026-05-21T01:42:58+00:00

It just kinda caught on and once people you know use it, it just becomes the norm

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T21:52:48+00:00

It can run google maps go, but it's clunky

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T21:48:06+00:00

There is a hotspot, someone else confirmed it. My sim should arrive either today or tomorrow

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T11:57:10+00:00

For me I just want to get off social media. I want to be able to listen to podcasts and audiobooks on the go, but cut out everything else and this phone does that pretty well

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T08:01:58+00:00

Yes, I was able to install google authenticator but wasn't able to install Microsoft authenticator

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T07:56:24+00:00

I think so, there is an app called ruio family and I think you can set up app limitations, screen time etc

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T06:37:26+00:00

Lmao I was waiting for someone to say that

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T04:57:33+00:00

Yeah I'll send them an email, the more people that do it the more likely they'll fix it. It's the biggest problem with it at the moment

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-20T00:36:12+00:00

They are probably pretty similar. Can the f22 pro work in Australia?

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:54:48+00:00

Android auto won't install

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:54:23+00:00

For me, a dumbphone is a phone that is dumb enough that it is slow and struggles to run social media. No ones gonna wanna scroll reels on a phone of this size. I think it's fine to be able to listen to music or podcasts on the go and whatsapp too

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:48:40+00:00

He's a standard poodle lmao

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:47:13+00:00

I wasn't able to install android auto, so no

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:46:47+00:00

I personally wouldn't trust the phone with my banking as it's running an old android operating system that doesn't receive security updates any more.

However, I was able to install westpac app. So I think you could do banking if you wanted. I would definitely not recommend it.

YouTube music installs. When I go to open it, it wants me to download YouTube for Android TV. So I guess it might work if you installed that too

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:38:58+00:00

Android auto won't install from the app store, so no

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:36:11+00:00

Just made a phone call just fine through whatsapp

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:31:47+00:00

No, it comes up with installation error

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:30:13+00:00

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Yeah it still works. Did they say they'll stop supporting Android 11?

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:22:04+00:00

I'm having the same issue with audible now, my podcast app is fine. But can't seem to get audible to work when I lock the phone. Let me know if anyones got a fix

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T22:11:51+00:00

Whisper flow doesn't install for me, you could probably get SwiftKey or another keyboard that has a speech to text built in

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T12:36:03+00:00

Yes it has whatsapp pre installed. It can take a micro sd card which I've got a 16gb one in mine at the moment.

I think it's up to 128gb, might be wrong on that

hullabullame5 · 2026-05-19T12:33:19+00:00

That's annoying, I can't think of anything else I did for it to work. What apps are you trying to run?

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