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Re: Clicks Communicator

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Post by joshlemer »

solomonb wrote: post #33

Wow I wish they had announced this sooner. I just ordered a keyphone but this looks way more suited to my use case. I just want a basic feature phone + qwerty keyboard + signal + whats app. I've been using a lightphone for 3 years but i can't stand the touch screen and only having SMS is annoying.

What do you use for maps? Or paying for parking which maybe isn't the case for you but in my city requires use of a smartphone app. What about music and podcasts? Asking cause I would like to use a dumb phone if possible but it seems like it would actually introduce a lot of friction into daily life.

Re: Clicks Communicator

#53

Post by kgwxd »

LunicLynx wrote: post #36
memoriuaysj wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

do you have so little agency that you can't stop yourself from installing TikTok? what will stop you then from keeping your existing TikTok phone after buying this?

Uhhh judgey… You do you. It was ment as a glimmer of hope for society at large.

Education is the hope we need, not yet another "innovative", centrally controlled device.

Re: Clicks Communicator

#54

Post by SkyPuncher »

I had the Unihertz Titan for a while . It was a fun experiment, but I ultimately found it too annoying for continued daily use

First, typing was actually slower and more error prone. Even nearly a year into owning it, I was constantly misclicking and spending loads of time correcting myself.

Second, you loose a ton of navigate functionality with the hardware keyboards. Holding space to navigate between characters is gone. Emojis are gone. GIF keyboards are gone.

Third, none of the apps are built for this aspect ratio or screen size. Often this is just an annoyance - but there are times this became an actual, legitimate blocker. Items would be laid out off screen in a way that you couldn’t access them. The solution: a scaled view where everything was ridiculously tiny.

Three B: too many situations where the virtual keyboard would come up and you’d literally have the entire screen covered.

I didn’t realize how much value I lose with these issues until I experienced them. Every thing you’ve relied on essentially become unreliable because you might not be able to use certain functionality.

Re: Clicks Communicator

#55

Post by thehamkercat »

Waterluvian wrote: post #32

The first rendering made me think it was as thick as a brick, and that got me kind of excited for a moment… Any device that isn’t as thick and heavy as the original Game Boy feels uncomfortably cramped in my hands. Being unable to fit in a pocket would be a plus. I want a device I have to consciously choose to carry with me to a new room, like a tablet or a pound of butter.

You could create a 3D printed case maybe

Re: Clicks Communicator

#56

Post by solomonb »

joshlemer wrote: post #51
solomonb wrote: post #33

Wow I wish they had announced this sooner. I just ordered a keyphone but this looks way more suited to my use case. I just want a basic feature phone + qwerty keyboard + signal + whats app. I've been using a lightphone for 3 years but i can't stand the touch screen and only having SMS is annoying.

What do you use for maps? Or paying for parking which maybe isn't the case for you but in my city requires use of a smartphone app. What about music and podcasts? Asking cause I would like to use a dumb phone if possible but it seems like it would actually introduce a lot of friction into daily life.

I pay for parking with quarters or a credit card.

If necessary I use a piece of paper for maps.

For music I have an ipod.

Re: Clicks Communicator

#57

Post by [deleted] »

reconnecting wrote: post #48

It looks more like hype than a real product. What makes me suspicious is the Gmail icon instead of a generic email app. So if I have my own email server, does that mean no mail? Or would there be one Gmail app and another separate email client? Unclear.

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Re: Clicks Communicator

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Post by memoriuaysj »

LunicLynx wrote: post #36
memoriuaysj wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

do you have so little agency that you can't stop yourself from installing TikTok? what will stop you then from keeping your existing TikTok phone after buying this?

Uhhh judgey… You do you. It was ment as a glimmer of hope for society at large.

ah, sorry, you just want to control what apps other people can use

Re: Clicks Communicator

#59

Post by reconnecting »

Actually, this was initially a phone accessory (1) with a keyboard.

App reviews (2) saying that there was lot of glitches with keyboard app.

I assume same approach will be for the this phone: accessory keyboard over android phone.

1. https://www.clicks.tech/en

2. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.clicks.com...

Re: Clicks Communicator

#60

Post by pmarsh »

petrey wrote: post #46
pmarsh wrote: post #43

This is looking great, hope the camera can at least produce decent photos. So many other phones with a QEWRTY keyboard just have awful cameras. The Razr 2024/25 + the clicks keyboard is probably the "best" so far. Although I just got a Zinwa Q25. Amazing how good that formfactor feels after having candy bars this long.

The site lists the following specs for cameras: > Cameras > Rear: 50MP OIS > Front: 24MP Honestly, this sounds like a great deal

Thanks, I saw that, but I never can make heads or tails of just MP. Feel like some phones have much lower MP but the quality of the photo is much higher.

It does seem like a great deal either way though!

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