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 corporate’s first smartphone, the Clicks Communicator, will start transport in December, almost a 12 months after its CES 2026 rollout. The ultimate model is getting a number of 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’s going to run Android 17 out of the field with software program help by means of Android 20, together with 5 years of safety updates.

The system embraces a mix of quirky design and nostalgia. Impressed 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 enlargement. 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 possibly can swipe throughout it to scroll and navigate. Its spacebar doubles as a devoted fingerprint sensor. Along with the English QWERTY structure, Clicks presents variations for French (AZERTY), German (QWERTZ), Korean and Arabic.

Clicks is pitching the Communicator as a second cellphone, higher fitted to messages and calls than countless scrolling. The corporate is not attempting to go head-to-head with the most recent flagships, as a substitute branding it as “a brand new type of cellular communicator.” (A brand new spin on an previous type of cellular communicator could also be extra correct.) Not each Android app can be preferrred for this squareish facet ratio, its processor is a notch or two beneath flagship-level and there is no multi-lens digital camera array on the bottom, choosing a 50MP rear digital camera and a 24MP front-facing one.

Now for the dangerous information: though you possibly can nonetheless reserve a Communicator now for its authentic $499, its value will go as much as $649 on October 1. That is arguably pushing previous an affordable restrict for one thing marketed as a novelty-infused second cellphone.

Clicks Communicator is on the market to pre-order on the corporate web site. Reservation holders can configure their telephones now, selecting colours, keyboard layouts and charging covers. Whilst you mull over the choice, you possibly can learn our founder interview from CES and take a look at the brand new demo video beneath.