cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/56120747
[OFFICIAL] Clicks Communicator upgraded to 12GB of RAM, larger battery, DBrand accessories, new demos, on track to ship December!
Text article if you prefer: https://discover.clicks.tech/big-updates-clicks-communicator
The Clicks also has a programmable switch and notification light fwiw. Both are featured here. I don’t know of they’ve confirmed whether the voice button will be reprogrammable but I doubt they’d lock it down like Samsung used to with the Bixby key…
Clicks has confirmed bootloader will be unlockable.
I don’t think USB speeds have been confirmed yet.
Worth noting they have shipped keyboard cases and accessories before so not totally new to production and design. But phones are a totally different space.
Personally MP02 looks nice but from what I can tell by holding mockups it still seems the Communicator will have the best ergonomics and most well thought out typing experience by far of any of these keyboard phones. The tall, spaced out keys., back bevel, and chin make it a better experience in the hands.
I look at MP02 as a digital minimalist phone first that uses the keyboard to that end. Clicks seems more like a company making the best possible keyboard hardware first and digital minimalism is more just marketing to hop on the trend and expand their niche market. That’s not a knock on either.
Reviews will reveal the truth in the end.
It wasn’t listed on their website when I checked a few weeks ago, has it been updated?
edit: Yep, I can see that on their site now. Has it always been there? Dunno, but it looks customisable too, which is good!
There is a customisable “Clicks Key” on the keyboard, whereas the MP02 has a button on the side rails, so it’s just user preference I guess? The fingerprint reader is in a similar situation too.
That’s good, hopefully it’ll be unlockable without any cloud shenanigans that other companies pull
If USB3 isn’t listed, assume it is USB2. The MP02 labels their port as supporting USB3 speeds. Time will tell, but when a manufacturer doesn’t advertise the speed of USB it’s almost always USB2 480Mbps.
That was my point, this is their first smartphone. The first device. The keyboard case is kind of neat but phones are a beast of their own (software development, thermal management, finding suppliers for all the parts, etc.)
I wouldn’t get either right now, but the MP02 seems more open and transparent than Clicks, plus the software looks more polished and keyboard-centric with the commands and whatnot. I really don’t like how Clicks advertised the “starting at” price with the $199 deposit on their site.
edit: It seems they’ve changed that now and are advertising the early bird price with a slash over the retail price, which is better! Still doesn’t help my suspicions though.
They are both featured here: https://clicksphone.com/communicator
I don’t know if the site changed anytime recently but these were always part of the phone from announcement.
Must have missed that, sorry! No idea if it was always on the site, either way my bad!
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