Interesting to see so much interest in this. Boy did BB Bork what they had back in the day. The world was their oyster until it wasn’t because of their own hubris and it took them a decade to realize it.
if you’re inclined to buy it, ensure you purchase this without expecting long-term support from the company.
Unlocked bootloader will be way, way, way better than any support from whatever company owns the BB brand
If it’s not completely locked down I could see a decent modding community growing for it and keeping it alive.
classic blackberry move
The blackberry key2 is now 7 years old. I need a hardware qwertz phone.
Take a look at unihertz, they just made a kickstarter with a new android keyboard phone.
It just has a very bad shape (for me). The unihertz titan 2
I just hope they put a unihertz titan 2 slim out there soon
II would appreciate Unihertz much more if they provided more than five minutes of security updates after each release. Or at least made it easier to run third-party ROMs.
Same here, but i am glad that at least one manufacturer still makes hardware keyboard phones…
Than i cant be picky
iirc there are hardware phone-attachment keyboard devices that you can snap onto a phone
Yes there are, for iphone and pixel 9… But then it gets toooooo long for me
You might be interested in the iKKO Mind One. It’s a fully-funded Kickstarter tiny phone with an optional case that adds a physical keyboard, 3.5 mm headphone jack and a Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC. There are a few days left in the Kickstarter if you want to back for a discount on the release price.
Thanks for pointing it out,
would be around 400 Euros…
Still a bit more expensiva that i am hoping for the unihertz titan 2 slim… If it comes.
Never heard of ikko, but reads not that bar, with opensource and not collecting data…
Hmmmm thats interesting
That’s fair, it’s probably smarter to wait if you can’t afford to lose/waste that amount of money (in a worst case scenario). I noticed there is quite a bit of crossover between people following the Unihertz Titan series and people following the Mind One, which is why your comment stood out to me.
also for the motorola razr (flip phone) lineup, and the combination of flip phone with a small squareish back display and a snap-on keyboard seems like a neat idea, except that one has major fit issues. the android software is also fairly buggy from what i hear, leading to random instances where the keyboard might just not work anymore. they’re also obscenely expensive for what they are.
That’s what she said
put postmarketOS on it and I’ll buy it immediately. the classic is one of the greatest feeling electronic devices I’ve ever owned
I hope that happens but probably wouldn’t unfortunately. It has a Mediatek soc. The Key2 port would be more realistic.
Don’t tease me…
I’d rather have a Canadian made, privacy focused blackberry again without the android bullshit.
If it’s bootloader unlockable, at least we’ll be able to flash a rom like Lineage.
I could go for one of these at $200, so maybe as a second-hand device in a couple years, if I can flash Lineage.
I would love an updated key2 form factor more but any physical keyboard phones are better than none to choose from.
I’m looking forward to my titan 2 from unihertz, I just hope someone makes a postmarket ROM or similar cause I can’t go back to regular android -_-
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