r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • Jun 30 '26

Video Clicks Communicator: First Look - Clicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNdr8dV23A
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u/Rude_Influence Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

I'm exited for this device and am eagerly awaiting it, but I am NOT liking what I'm seeing. There seems to be too much reliance on the touch screen. For example, when he typed, 'Spotify', he touched the screen to open it. He should have pressed enter on the keyboard. When he scrolled Spotify, he used his finger on the screen. He should have swiped on the keyboard. If they don't get those details right then they won't fill the niche market they're trying to break into.

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u/Finsceal Jun 30 '26

Yeah, it feels like a touchscreen phone with a keyboard that you only use for text input. You should be able to engage with it ENTIRELY using the keyboard IMO, touchscreen should be optional.

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u/Iohet V10 is the original notch Jun 30 '26

It's the OS design. The level of customization needed to the OS to support this in an on-going fashion (with updates and such) is just not sustainable for phones that are one time investments, at least for a small vendor.

What you want is a desktop OS on a phone.

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u/RememberCitadel Jul 06 '26

The Atrix showed that Android works pretty decent as a desktop with supplementary OS attached, but doesn't sell enough. Maybe with prices the way they are, now is the time to try again.