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I am interested in both and paid the $200 reservation for a clicks communicator a couple of months ago. The minimal phone will most likely have better specs and I like they state the bootloader is fully unlocked without question. To me the Communicator looks better designed for my use cases with the ergonomics, plastic and textured back and the bumper case they have designed for it are all what I would pick if they asked me what I would want for a modern blackberry style device. The Communicator has magsafe and a 3.5mm jack which I also really want. It runs full android and I already use Niagara launcher on my current device so it lines up almost perfectly with my use cases. The Communicator is further behind schedule it seems and they only have 1 video of a working device so it you're worried about fulfilment the minimal phone is further along and have already shipped devices in the past.
Yeah maybe i switch over to the minimal.
The niagara launcher is great, i am using that on my key2 too. But the thing is with commands... Thats great, that is something niagara sure will have soon too.
I am happy that there are now too phones. But in my opinion the clicks team is more influencer and design team and although its a great design i am not happy with their initial wording as a second phone...
Fair, that is how they're planning to use it because they're enthusiasts and have several phones around them but according to them it's a full android OS and isn't lacking anything just the him screen set to Niagara which you can also change. This is according to Q/As they have answered so all there is reports that are unconfirmed. I have a 2 year old Nothing Phone2 that still runs fine so planning to use that as my secondary phone to the Communicator. That all remains to be seen but I am fine risking it with the Communicator to see how it turns out.