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Clicks’ $499 Keyboard Phone Is More Than a BlackBerry Throwback

The Clicks Communicator aims to bring a forgotten phone feature back to modern smartphones. Image: Clicks Technology

The Clicks Communicator adds 12GB of RAM, a larger battery and Android 17 ahead of launch, turning the keyboard phone into a more complete smartphone.

Sep 21, 2026

Clicks started with a simple idea: bring the physical keyboard back to smartphones, and it ended up building something much more.

Ahead of its December launch, Clicks has upgraded the phone with 12GB of RAM, a larger battery, and Android 17 while keeping the physical keyboard at the center of the experience. It also adds on-device speech-to-text, regular Android apps and new services around the handset.

The result is less of a BlackBerry throwback and more of an attempt to rethink what a modern smartphone should prioritize: communication first, everything else second.

Clicks gets an upgrade

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