Clicks Communicator is a Blackberry for your phone

Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I wish my phone had one?” Good news, friend. Clicks — the company behind them QWERTY keyboard case for your iPhone He only has one thing: Click dialer. It’s designed to act as a kind of complement to your smartphone when you just want to stay connected without all the other distractions of your device. The Communicator comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, along with its own cellular connectivity, so you can leave your main phone behind. But this privilege comes at a price: $499 to be exact.

Let’s put aside the fact that Communicator costs as much Pixel 9A And focusing on great tools for everything. For starters, the Communicator comes with interchangeable back panels so you can change up your style. There’s also a built-in headphone jack, a physical mute switch, and expandable storage via microSD card — all little things that major phone makers have dropped over the past decade. The keyboard keys are actually larger than what you’d get on a Clicks phone case, and the entire keyboard is touch-sensitive so it can act as a trackpad.

The Communicator is a complete standalone device on its own. It comes with its own 5G data connection and runs Android 16, so you can download any app you want. But the concept behind Communicator is to limit the device to your essential apps only when you want to escape your main phone. This way, it will definitely be easier to fit into the Android ecosystem, as you can download Google messages to sync it with your main device. Clicks don’t try anything Whistle-style tricks To bring iMessage into Communicator.

In the spirit of a less distracting secondary device, the Communicator comes with a simple launcher designed in collaboration with Niagara that organizes apps into a list rather than an attention-seeking grid. There’s a side switch with an LED that can be customized to light up in different colors to indicate when a particular contact is calling, or when a notification from a particular app arrives. Pressing the side key can also launch a custom shortcut.

The device comes with a 4.03-inch OLED display, front and rear cameras, and a 4,000 mAh carbon silicon battery to provide plenty of power. In addition to the colorful back panels, the Communicator will come in three colors: olive green clover, off-white smoke, and not-quite-black onyx. If the idea sounds appealing but the price is a bit steep, you’re in luck: Clicks is running a promotion to “buy in” a reservation starting today for $199 and lowering the total price to $399.