Clicks Communicator Shipments Start In December

Gadget maker Clicks will quickly learn the way a lot pent-up demand there’s for a modern-day BlackBerry. The firm’s first smartphone, the Clicks Communicator, will start transport in December, almost a 12 months after its CES 2026 rollout. The closing model is getting just a few spec upgrades, together with an October 1 value hike.

The Communicator will now ship with 12GB of RAM, up from the initially introduced 8GB. Its battery capability has grown from 4,000mAh to 4,350mAh and is rated to deal with greater than 800 cost cycles. It will run Android 17 out of the field with software program assist via Android 20, together with 5 years of safety updates.

The machine embraces a mixture of quirky design and nostalgia. Inspired by BlackBerry telephones of previous, the Communicator has a bodily keyboard beneath its 4.03-inch, 120Hz AMOLED show. It runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 chip and has 256GB of inner storage with microSD growth. In one other old-school nod, it has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

That keyboard is greater than rows of tiny buttons. Its floor is touch-sensitive, so you may swipe throughout it to scroll and navigate. Its spacebar doubles as a devoted fingerprint sensor. In addition to the English QWERTY format, Clicks presents variations for French (AZERTY), German (QWERTZ), Korean and Arabic.

Clicks is pitching the Communicator as a second telephone, higher suited to messages and calls than limitless scrolling. The firm is not attempting to go head-to-head with the most recent flagships, as an alternative branding it as “a brand new type of cell communicator.” (A brand new spin on an previous type of cell communicator could also be extra correct.) Not each Android app will likely be ultimate for this squareish side ratio, its processor is a notch or two beneath flagship-level and there is no multi-lens digicam array on the bottom, choosing a 50MP rear digicam and a 24MP front-facing one.

Now for the dangerous information: though you may nonetheless reserve a Communicator now for its unique $499, its value will go as much as $649 on October 1. That’s arguably pushing previous an inexpensive restrict for one thing marketed as a novelty-infused second telephone.

Clicks Communicator is out there to pre-order on the company website. Reservation holders can configure their telephones now, selecting colours, keyboard layouts and charging covers. While you mull over the choice, you may learn our founder interview from CES and take a look at the brand new demo video beneath.