This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry

I'd really love if they made a smartphone with a sliding keyboard, a-la blackberry priv. But this is cool as well, if the company survives this might be my next phone when my current dies in 5 years.

The Spacebar has a built-in fingerprint sensor, which could be handy for unlocking the phone quickly. The keypad is touch-sensitive, which means that you can slide your fingers over it to scroll through messages. And before you ask, yes, it also has a 4.03-inch OLED touchscreen display for those of us who like scrolling on a smoother surface.

Some of you may also be pleased to know that the Clicks Communicator has a 3.5mm headphone jack and that it supports microSD cards for storage expansion. It ships with 256GB storage and you can add a microSD card with up to 2TB of capacity.

The device runs Android 16, supports Qi2 wireless charging, has a USB-C port, and has a 50-MP rear camera with optical image stabilization, alongside a 24-MP front camera. It's powered by a 4nm MediaTek chip that has 5G support. It's a dual-SIM phone with one physical SIM slot and an eSIM

It also has NFC for mobile payment support. I'm not seeing many compromises here except perhaps the camera and processor. I'm gonna use this as my next phone.

The Clicks marketing team has been marketing this as a "second device". I think that's a miss-step. Very few people want to have two phones. They exist, but it seems like this device should be a completely capable phone on it's own. It'll be a niche device either way but I think the "people who want a small phone with physical buttons" niche is larger than the "people who want two phones of of which is small with physical buttons" crowd. And it causes confusion. Some people saw the announcement and didn't realize it's a full fledged independent phone...

I would give it a try if I had a chance. I've been trying to buy one of their keyboards for nearly a year now with no luck.

But is it a good smartphone? Because as the preview says, they also make a keyboard.

I wouldn't trust a clip-on keyboard though because it may not fit your next phone. Rather, look into keyboard/trackpad Bluetooth controllers. They look like gamepads and are meant to be held that way. They can pair to your HTPC (get an old junker PC and hook it up to your TV) or your phone (iPhone or Android) and you can prop the phone up on a kickstand or whatever and not have to hold its whole weight; ergo, you can get a more weighty, solidly built keyboard and accomplish the same.