Have you ever thought, "I wish my phone had a phone," good news Clicks - the company behind the QWERTY keyboard cover for your iPhone - has exactly what you need: the Clicks Communicator.
It's intended as a kind of complement to your smartphone when you just want to stay in touch without all the other distractions of your device, reports the Telegraph.
The Communicator comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, along with its own cellular connection, so you can leave your main phone aside. But that privilege comes at a price: $499, to be exact.
Let's put aside the fact that the Communicator costs as much as a Pixel 9A and focus on the awesome device of it all.
For starters, the Communicator comes with interchangeable backplates so you can change up your style.
There's also a built-in headphone jack, a physical mute switch, and expandable storage via microSD - all the little things that major phone manufacturers have been ditching over the past decade.
The keyboard keys are physically larger than what you'll get on the Clicks phone case, and the entire keyboard is touch-sensitive, so it can act as a trackpad.
The Communicator is a complete standalone device in its own right. It comes with its own 5G data connection and runs Android 16, so you can download any app you want.
But the concept behind Communicator is to limit the device to just your essential apps when you want to step away from your main phone.
This way, it's definitely easier to fit into an Android ecosystem, where you can download Google Messages to sync it with your primary device. Clicks isn't trying any Beeper-style tricks to bring iMessage to Communicator.
In the spirit of a secondary, less distracting device, the Communicator comes with a minimalist launcher designed with Niagara that organizes apps in a list instead of a grid that demands attention.
There's a side key with an LED indicator that can be customized to light up in different colors to indicate whether a specific contact is calling, or when a notification from a specific app comes in. Pressing the side key can also execute a custom shortcut.
The device comes with a 4.03-inch OLED display, front and rear cameras, and a 4,000mAh silicon carbon battery for plenty of power.
In addition to the colorful rear panels, the Communicator will come in three colors: an olive-toned clover green, a pale white smoke, and a not-quite-black onyx.
If the idea is appealing but the price is a bit high, then you're in luck: Clicks is running a promotion to "buy" a reservation starting today for $199 and reduce the total price to $399. /Telegraph/
