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[–] 66 points 2 months ago (15 children)

The phone goes beyond being just a BlackBerry dupe, however, by innovating in other areas. For instance, its clever “Signal Light” feature offers a light-up button on the side of the phone that can be customized with different colors and light patterns to indicate when you’ve received messages from certain people, groups, or apps.

Oh sweet summer child.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    This was default android functionality a few years ago wasn't it? I remember having the "notification dot" or whatever it was called that would light in a different colour depending on the notification.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I think the ability to have an always-on display somewhat negated the need for a notification LED. It did for me, at least.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Yes, but then manufacturers switched back to LCD screens for cost purposes but the notification LED remained conspicuously absent.

    Textra can still flash your LED (if you have one) in custom colors depending on which contact just texted you.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    A few years ago? I had this on my Android phone almost two decades ago. :D

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    That... was originally a Blackberry feature, right?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    I had an HTC that did that a very long time ago. Since the phone spent most of its time in my pocket, it was kind of useless as a feature.

    It's too bad there's no way for journalists staff writers to check on things before they publish them.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Soo...for how long do we think they'll supply security updates for this android phone?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    They say 5 years of security updates on their website.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    I miss my Palm Treo :(

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Really looking forward to mine. Seems like it hits most of what I've been looking for in a phone.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Me too. Which colors are you getting? I was torn between the default white/maroon and green/brown. I settled on green/brown eventually.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm going with white with an orange back. I would have gone with yellow but wasn't a fan of the shade of it lol

    The leather back was definitely tempting

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    That thing is still not out? I'm pretty sure Unihertz revealed their Titan 2 Elite a few months after and that one is already out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (12 children)

    Not so sure about the fixed keyboard layout you'll have to live with.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    You can remap the keys however you like.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    That you can do. But you can't add/remove or replace the caps, can you?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Not without taking the phone apart, which is probably beyond the capabilities and/or motivation possessed by most people.

    This was possible with my old Galaxy S Relay, for instance, because all the keycaps were the same size and shape except for the space bar and a couple of the modifiers. Once you got the keyboard separated from the bezel you could fiddle around with it as you saw fit. But not, just to name one example, with my Blackberry Priv because the keyboard had that godawful capacitive touch capability and the keycaps were bonded to the switchboard somehow.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Might not work for some people, but I've never once changed my keyboard layout after customizing it the first time like a decade ago. I only speak one language though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    never once changed my keyboard layout after customizing it

    You can't customize this layout

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I can't wait to finally get a sort of replacement for my old BB 8830 once there is a no google ROM

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Why do phone screens/UI never incorporate or compensate for the front camera? On almost any phone made in the last few years, each one has an ugly black dot/circle on the front corner, and it's especially noticeable anytime the screen is on.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Someone on the other thread speculated that Clicks isn't big enough to get custom screens made, and might just have to go with an off-the-shelf design that already has the hole.

    Or it could just be m i n i m a l i s m.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Super happy to see live use of the device! I pre-ordered day 1 as this is something I've wanted to have as a dedicated work phone and it fits every need for it. Definitely can't wait to get my hands on it and retire my current work throwaway.

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