cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/45174889
Reddit post by Jeff Gadway: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClicksPhone/comments/1rg082s/clicks_communicator_coming_in_azerty_qwertz/
How about linking to the product instead of reddit?
This.... With Linux.
Superficially it looks pretty good, but there are some details I didn't find handy. For $400 I expect to be able to switch roms and batteries, and for the storage to be decent (not sure what kinda storage they run).
If it tests out to be durable enough for 4 years it might be worth the $400, but that's a gamble for those who just have to have a keyboard and don't care about much else.
For comparison, the other device linked here (Comet) is $250ish and has some swappable parts, including gaming controls. And I think that's overpriced too. Considering neither are tested and known quality tools.
Communicator will be powered by the Dimensity 8300 (MT8883)
No custom rom support then. MTK doesn't release kernel sources.
And here I thought, and was getting excited that, it was going to be a phone with a physical keyboard. It's not. It's just a keyboard you can attach to your phone with a magnet.
Edit: I was wrong. It is a phone. I'm excited again!
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