Device form factor looks attractive. This one might even fit in a pocket, unlike all modern phablets and their protruding camera "islands".
Clicks Communicator
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#122I'm surprised this is a thing. with the advances in STT I want the other extreme - a smaller and smaller device that leverages better voice control - super efficient inferencing chip on board and low power mic that's worn on your person to make said STT very very accurate (>95% word accuracy).
The thing I am always curious about with voice controlled devices is how do you use them in public? On the bus? Subway? How do you discretely check a message while in a lecture hall? Voice control makes for a fun scifi gimmick but it is incredibly impractical in real life without an alternative interface, in my experience.
You would still have a screen. The device itself could just be smaller.
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#123For people who miss blackberry.
Well, seems to have all the right ingredients:
- PKB (check) with gestures / navigation (check) - Customisable, colour notification LED (check) - Unified inbox (check).
So far though only BB got all of it right though - very curious how this one works out.
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#124Discipline yourself before buying a new device.
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#125My recommendation for someone considering a minimalist / dumbphone / detox / whatever is to avoid expensive products that over-promise their utility. There's no middle ground, it's either usable or it is not, so any in between will just become e-waste eventually.
The alternative I went with, and which I recommend, is getting both a smartphone and a nokia shitphone (no internet). Then ask the carrier for a sim duplicate. These exist, and are in fact a new number that redirects to your number. Use and carry whichever you want, knowing that calls will all go to both phones.
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#126I 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…
I had a Motorola Dext, HTC Desire Z, Blackberry Passport, Blackberry KeyOne, and Titan Pocket. And Gemini PDA.
The Passport was pretty much perfect, and I've not loved a phone as much before or since.
ISTR Unihertz had to make some significant UX tradeoffs to avoid a Blackberry patent infringement (how else do you explain that shift key). I also found it tiresome to use.
And the screen was square, which many websites didn't like. And high resolution and small, which made it fiddly to use.
I don't know if I'll get the Clicks Communicator. Mostly because looking at the above list, I'd have to admit that I have a phone problem...
(I also have another phone problem, which is that I can't seem to type anything accurately on my iPhone keyboard. Solidarity with hardware-keyboard-users.)
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#127Reminds me of the old Peek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peek_(mobile_Internet_device)
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#128The Communicator is interesting but why are they marketing this as a "second" phone? I can see buying this as a primary but who is really looking for a phone they carry specifically as a backup for when they want a keyboard?
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#129Reminds me of the old Peek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peek_(mobile_Internet_device)
The only thing I remember about Peek is how they sold "lifetime service" with the device for an extra $300 or so and a couple years later went "sike! Your device isn't supported on our network anymore".
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#130Discipline yourself before buying a new device.
How many lashes must I give myself before I buy this phone?