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
“Designed for doing, not doomscrolling”
I dislike this kind of pretentious marketing. If I’m going to buy your over £500 phone, I want it to be good at everything, including doomscrolling. I feel like this is just telling potential customers that your phone is handicapped in some way.
Rounded screen 💀💀💀
Hot damn, I’m actually a little bit excited for this. Been waiting a reasonably decent keyboard phone since OEMs decided to force shitty touchscreen “keyboards” on everybody. We’ll have to see how they actually perform IRL though.
There is absolutely no way this kind of device needs 12 GB of RAM, but I suspect they are feeling the heat from the Minimal Phone 2 and are now trying to match it where possible.
I mean, it’s a phone. I don’t think any phone “needs” 12gb but for tech enthusiast it is nice
Honestly Minimal and Clicks don’t really seem to be competing all that much. Different spaces.
I’ve got a friend who’s considering one of these so I’ve sent this to him. I must admit I’m intrigued, even though I don’t think this would be a device for me
What is the software on this thing? If it isn’t open source, it’s DOA (not because I think so, but because the number of potential consumers would be incredibly small)
It’s Android with a version of the Niagara Launcher running
Android or AOSP?
not AOSP
Android, hence the community.
It was announced months ago and apparently got a decent number of pre-orders, but yeah it is niche.
It’s not a FOSS focused device. But you supposedly will be able to unlock the bootloader at least. It’s just a phone with a physical keyboard and a few neat features.
Text article if you prefer: https://discover.clicks.tech/big-updates-clicks-communicator
