Clicks Communicator Gets Major Spec Upgrade Before December Shipments

Clicks Technology has finalised specifications for its keyboard-first Communicator smartphone and has actually improved several components before the device reaches customers. The Android handset will now ship with 12GB of RAM, up from the earlier specification, alongside a larger 4,350mAh battery and Android 17 out of the box. Its 4.03-inch 120Hz AMOLED display sits above a physical touch-sensitive keyboard that can also handle scrolling and fine cursor control.

The Dimensity 8300-powered phone includes 256GB of storage, microSD expansion up to 2TB, wireless charging, NFC, a headphone jack and video output over USB-C. Clicks is promising Android upgrades through Android 20 plus five years of security support. Configuration has now opened for reservation holders, with shipments due to begin in December. The introductory $499 price remains available through September 30 before the MSRP rises to $649.

In a market where virtually every smartphone has converged on a large glass rectangle, Communicator is interesting precisely because it is willing to optimise for messaging and typing rather than maximum display area. The specification increases make that niche proposition considerably easier to take seriously.