Clicks’ has unveiled its debut phone, called the Communicator, featuring a physical keyboard as its core interface.
The Clicks Communicator is a $499 phone that is meant to complement an existing smartphone. Instead of encouraging the usual stream of feeds and games, it emphasizes communication and productivity.
In partnership with the developers of Niagara Launcher, Clicks organizes the experience around core utilities, like Gmail and WhatsApp — as opposed to addictive apps.
The company suggests that it’s supposed to be a secondary device you keep around with you for chats and messaging. To that end, there’s a specific “Prompt Key” that will surface any of your various group chats and messaging apps. That key also doubles as a quick switch for voice-to-text.
The highlight of thge Communicator is of course its ergonomic 35-key QWERTY keyboard, which comes with travel-free keys and enough spacing to minimize typos while hopefully keeping autocorrect arrangements at bay.
The keyboard is also touch-sensitive, which means you can scroll through threads and websites without ever removing your thumb from the screen.
Around the chassis, Clicks brings back features that todays main phones have long since gotten rid of, like a 3.5mm headphone jack, a physical SIM slot alongside eSIM, microSD expandability up to 2TB and a hardware switch that can instantly enter airplane mode.
Take the back cover off to change styles; colours at launch will include Smoke, Clover and Onyx.
Signal Light is a side-mountable LED light that can be programmed to flash particular colours or patterns for VIP calls or messages and group chats.
Purple for your boss, green for WhatsApp and a discreet pulse for email — helpful when the phone’s face down in one of those meeting-type things.
Underneath it is the Prompt Key, working like a productivity clutch. Tap to dictate into any text field, or when no field is selected a quick voice note. Clicks also says that deeper integrations — like spinning up note takers, transcribers, or AI-driven agents — are on the roadmap, but the button’s main utility is already there.
The phone weighs 170 grams and measures 131.5 millimeters tall. It supports global 5G and carries a 4,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery.
Camera hardware includes a 50-megapixel rear sensor with optical stabilization and a 24-megapixel front camera.
The Clicks Communicator is going on sale later this year. However, if you pre-order before February 27, you can get it for an early bird price of $400. You can either set up a reservation deposit of $200 or pay the pre-order in full.
Customers who pay the full early price upfront will receive two extra back covers.
The device should begin shipping “later this year.”
Clicks Communicator Specifications
| Battery | 4,000 mAh silicon-carbon |
| Display | 4.03” AMOLED |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, NFC Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax |
| Cameras | Rear: 50MP OIS Front: 24MP |
| Charging | Qi2 wireless charging (MagSafe-compatible) + USB-C |
| SIM cards | NanoSIM + eSIM |
| Wired audio | 3.5mm |
| Storage | 256GB on-board + expandable MicroSD card storage up to 2TB |
| Supported Bands | 5G, 4G LTE, 3G/2G (unlocked) |
| Operating system | Android 16 |
| Secure storage | Android Strongbox ready |
| Size & weight | 130.5mm × 78.63mm × 12mm 170g |
