{"id":670084,"date":"2026-01-03T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670084\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:43:10","slug":"clicks-is-bringing-its-first-smartphone-and-a-new-keyboard-to-ces-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670084\/","title":{"rendered":"Clicks is bringing its first smartphone and a new keyboard to CES 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Clicks is bringing its physical keyboard products to CES yet again, and these are chock full of nostalgia. The company has also unveiled its first smartphone, aimed at &#8220;communication, not consumption,&#8221; that it says will function as a second phone used mostly for messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The phone is dubbed the Clicks Communicator and features a tactile keyboard, a 4-inch OLED display, a 3.5mm headphone jack and expandable microSD storage up to 2TB. The interface is built on Android 16 and supports hardware-level encryption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Even though Clicks says it wants to leave &#8220;content capture&#8221; to a users&#8217; primary device, the Communicator still sports a 50MP main camera and 24MP front camera. The phone also has NFC to support Google Pay, along with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capability. Its 4,000 mAh battery can be charged via USB-C or wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While the Communicator may look like a Blackberry or Palm device from days gone by, it carries modern features like a fingerprint sensor in the spacebar. It also has what Clicks calls a Signal LED, which is a customizable alert light that lets users know when specific people or apps are causing notifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">As much as Clicks talks about its new phone as a secondary device, it follows the trend of <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mobile\/smartphones\/minimal-phone-pioneer-punkt-is-back-with-a-new-privacy-focused-model-at-ces-110000705.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:minimalist;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimalist<\/a> or &#8220;dumb&#8221; phones as more users pull away from an overexposure to technology, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/us-surgeon-general-says-that-social-media-like-cigarettes-should-come-with-warning-labels-171005572.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> and notifications. Some might even find it compelling as a primary device. But the secondary device idea feels unproven: having two phones would mean two phone plans with two phone numbers, which could be impractical for many users. The Communicator can be <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clicksphone.com\/communicator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reserved now;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reserved now<\/a> for $399 and will increase to $499 on February 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">For users wanting a tactile keyboard to use with standard smartphones, Clicks has made the Power Keyboard. It features a QWERTY layout with directional keys and a number row. It attaches via MagSafe or Qi2 and has a 2,150 mAh battery to help keep your phone topped up. The phone can then be flipped into either a horizontal or vertical orientation, which ends up resembling a T-Mobile Sidekick.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Clicks Power Keyboard\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"fig-image-round\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f7400b30-e807-11f0-bd5f-354883a87e73.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clicks<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The keyboard is compatible with both iOS and Android and since it pairs via Bluetooth, it can also be used with tablets, smart TVs and virtual reality headsets. <a data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:;elmt:;cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;contentUuid=93572d3f-045d-4cee-958d-ec3f18a91c2e&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;linkText=Pre-orders&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5jbGlja3MudGVjaC9wb3dlcmtleWJvYXJkIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiI5MzU3MmQzZi0wNDVkLTRjZWUtOTU4ZC1lYzNmMThhOTFjMmUiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNsaWNrcy50ZWNoL3Bvd2Vya2V5Ym9hcmQifQ&amp;signature=AQAAAd4gFeeGPp-iTPpBLKt8SN5AcRgfVem6CL5bK0bH8m-b&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clicks.tech%2Fpowerkeyboard&amp;spaceId=1197802876\" class=\"link  rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pre-orders;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:;elmt:;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Pre-orders<\/a> for the Power Keyboard will open January 2 and an actual launch is expected in the spring. The keyboard will retail for $110, though early-bird pricing is available for $80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clicks is bringing its physical keyboard products to CES yet again, and these are chock full of nostalgia.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[112505,204075,204074,204073,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-670084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-clicks","9":"tag-physical-keyboard","10":"tag-secondary-device","11":"tag-tactile-keyboard","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115828398878774798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}