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I tried to find a contacts page, with physical address and phone #. Not finding that is enough to avoid.
https://www.clicks.tech/pages/about-clicks ? (not affiliated but feels a bit rough as a critique for a companty that has shipped keyboards for a while)
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Is it their original launch edition keyboard, or the later refined version? The launch edition one I have is like you describe, but I hope they have improved things since then.
Yeah I think I have the original, and reading this again seems like these new ones are more "touch sensitive". It's a neat idea if they can nail the haptics.
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It deters any kind of use outside texting. Apps won't render properly on too small a screen (e.g. Google Maps). Good luck reading a website on a 4" square screen too
Reading websites should be no problem if pagination is used instead of scrolling.
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https://www.clicks.tech/pages/about-clicks ? (not affiliated but feels a bit rough as a critique for a companty that has shipped keyboards for a while)
where do you see that link here: https://www.clicksphone.com
Marketed as "for doing" and not "for doomscrolling" but if it can host any Android app then what's really the distinction? Seems like at the end of the day it's a discipline thing regardless of the device, unless you truly have a "dumb" phone that is unable to install doomy apps
I would recommend not touching pre-orders with a 10-foot pole. The leadership behind this project is f(x)tec. While they're not outright scammers they have a TERRIBLE track record in delivering products like this. Just look up the old fxtec community forums or the indiegogo pages for the pro1 / pro1x. It's just data points but so far the modus operandi was to take pre-order money and then take years to deliver a bad…
I tried to find a contacts page, with physical address and phone #. Not finding that is enough to avoid.
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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.
The Keyphone they are referencing is Android, so those things can be worked around to some degree.