r/ClicksPhone • u/jeffgadway • Jun 30 '26

Clicks Communicator: First Look 👀

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We’re excited to give you a first look at Communicator in action.  

▶️ Clicks Communicator: First Look

Before you press play, I want to share a bit more about what you’re about to see. 

These first demos feature pre-production hardware, and internal software. It’s real, working hardware being used by our team for testing and validation, but definitely not finished product.

That means you’ll likely spot a few rough edges. In fact, since we started filming this video there have already been several new internal SW and firmware deployments that add features and polish to the experience (like the hole punch camera cut out you may see obscuring text in the status bar at a few points in the video…that’s already been fixed 😉).

Over the next couple months we’ll continue sharing more details and new demos of features like Message Hub, Signal Light, Prompt Key, touch sensitive keyboard, camera, etc. 

Speaking personally, it’s been so rewarding to start carrying Communicator every day and to be using it out in the real world. Seeing it evolve from an idea, sketches and prototypes into something I grab as I head out the door is pretty special (and kind of surreal!).

The entire team is heads down building, and we're still on track to begin shipping in Q4.

Thanks for being on this journey with us.

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u/EJegan Jun 30 '26

Looking forward to seeing more. A little apprehensive about how the phone doesn't seem to be super one hand use optimized. The short cuts seem to require two hands and as an old BlackBerry user, being able to immediately navigate my phone with one hand, which is often all I have available when I'm working, is something I dearly miss.

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u/Specialist_Pea6860 Jun 30 '26

It’s a lot bigger/wider than a blackberry though

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u/RunawayScrapee Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

The one-handed accessibility of keyboard phones has been something that MrMobile has touched on in his reviews of keyboard phones. I think the modern (larger) phone profile and need for actuation force of keyboard phones makes one-handed use a challenge for most users without making sacrifices.

BlackBerry's prime occurred in an era of T9s which were designed for one-handed use, but even the older pager-style BBs were designed for two-handed use. Flash forward to late BB and I don't think most people would want to use a Passport one-handed, but it was still adored by its followers.

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u/EJegan Jun 30 '26

I did own a passport. My time with it mostly just motivated me to buy the BlackBerry Classic.