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Hello everyone,

i am writing this from my old blackberry key 2 which is getting around 8 years now, has android 8.1. i need a successor phone.

I need a qwertz keyboard, qwerty is ok too.

So i was happy when they announced the clicks communicator and now there is a second option, the minimal phone 2. Both will come out in december 2026 if everything goes according to plan.

The unihertz titan 2 elite is out there too, but i prefer to have the option to have an open bootloader, so the titan is out of my scope....

I like that the minimal has its own android and says: its your device, of course it has an open bootloader...

But its around 100€ more money...

How would you decide?

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Plastic, why can't we have plastic phones?

I have an entry-level Moto that's all plastic. So light. Bounces when dropped. Plastic back texture makes it easy to grip.

My Samsung S4 with a plastic back had wireless charging in 2017!

I want wireless charging to work, but frankly it sucks. It's slow, it heats everything.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I never said they were terrible. Plastic fantastic is lighter, doesn't shatter, and cheaper too. But in the context of the MP2, it's almost certainly a glass back, since it supports wireless charging and it doesn't look like a plastic one. Kind of sucks, but hey, they're trying to target iPhone users and all that (as you said, Apple aesthetic)

And yes, wireless charging is pretty lame in my opinion. The technology is cool, but it's really not that inconvenient to plug in a cable, especially if you have one of those phone stands with the slot at the bottom for a cable to seep through